CHALINOLOBUS. 89 
2. VESPERUGO ABRAMUS, Z'emminck, sp. (1835 - 1841). 
Yellow-headed Bat. 
Muzzle obtuse. Glandular prominences on the sides large and 
rounded, causing a furrow between them and the crown of the 
head. ar-conches broadly triangular, rounded at the tips; the 
outer margin almost straight. Tragus moderate. Wing-membrane 
attached to the bases of the toes. Postcalcaneal lobe distinct and 
rounded. Tip of tail free. Head and face between the eyes 
densely covered with moderately long fur ; space in front of the 
ears, about the eyes, and extremity of muzzle generally almost 
naked. Fur above dark brown, tipped with light yellowish-brown; 
head and neck wholly yellowish-brown ; below sooty-brown, the 
tips lighter than those of the upper surface. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about one and four-fifths inch ; 
tail about one and a half inch; forearm about one and a third inch. 
Habitat.—North Australia ; the Oriental Region from Ceylon 
to Southern Japan, and the Malay Archipelago ; and in summer 
entending westwards to Middle Europe. 
Reference.—Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 226. 
3. VESPERUGO KREFFTI, Peters (1869). 
Krefft’s Bat. 
Ear-conches shorter than the head, triangular, the tips rounded 
and, owing to a deep and abrupt emargination on the upper third 
of the outer margin, distinct, Tragus acutely pointed and curved 
inwards, with a distinct, acutely triangular lobe at the bases of the 
outer margin. Wing-membrane attached to the bases of the toes 
or to the metatarsus. Postcalcaneal lobe very shallow. Cartila- 
ginous extremity of tail only free. Face in front- of the ears 
nearly naked, the glandular prominences with a few long hairs. 
Fur above dark reddish-brown ; below paler. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about two and two-fifths inches ; 
tail about two inches ; forearm rather shorter than the tail. 
Habitat.—New South Wales ; Tasmania. 
feferences.—Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 232; Gould, 
Mamm. Austr. iii. pl. xlviii. 
Genus ITI.—CHALINOLOBUS, Peters (1866). 
Muzzle broad, generally very short and obtuse: glandular 
prominences well developed. Crown of head slightly raised above 
face-line. Nostrils sublateral, forming a prominent flattened 
central ridge on the upper surface of the muzzle, separated from 
the glandular prominences by a distinct groove. Ears short, 
broad, rhomboidal or ovoid; the tragus expanded above and 
