90 CHALINOLOBUS. 
curved inwards. Lower lip with a distinct fleshy lobule on either 
side near the angle of the mouth, projecting horizontally outwards. 
Wings from the bases of the toes. Upper incisors unequal and 
unicuspid ; the poe ones shots bibs inner long. 
Dentition. ae my op —— P, 2 —* (Australian) or iS * (African), 
M. $=} = 34 or 32, 
Habits.—Insectivorous, 
1. CHALINOLOBUS MORIO, Gray, sp. (1841). 
Chocolate or Small-toothed Bat. 
Ears small, rounded off above. Tragus narrow at the base, 
expanded in the middle. Nostrils opening slightly downwards, 
the margins of the apertures sharply cut and projecting above, 
separated by a rather wide concave space having a small median 
ridge. Postcalcaneal lobe well developed, supported internally by 
a cartilaginous prop, the curved extremity of which forms its 
posterior margin. Tail wholly contained within the interfemoral 
membraue. Fur above dark brown, almost black, on the head 
and anterior half of the body, passing into dark chestnut-brown 
posteriorly ; below similar but slightly paler. Body fur rather 
long and thick. Base of interfemoral membrane between the 
thighs only furry. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about one and four-fifths inch; 
tail about one and seven-tenths inch; forearm about one and a 
half inch. 
Habitat—From southern Queensland through New South 
Wales and Victoria to South Australia; Tasmania; New Zealand. 
References.— Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 248, pl. xiv. figs. 
1 (ear), la (muzzle); Gould, Mamm. Austr. iii. pl. xli. (S. morio), 
xlii. (S. microdon); Thomas, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) iv. p. 462. 
2. CHALINOLOBUS SIGNIFER, Dobson (1876). 
Dobson’s Bat. 
Ears and nostrils as in C. tuberculatus. An erect transverse 
process on the face between and slightly in front of the eyes ; its 
free upper margin regularly convex. All other characters similar 
to those of the preceding species. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about two inches; tail about 
one and three-fourths inch; forearm about one and two-fifths inch. 
Habitat.—South Central Queensland. 
Reference.—Dobson, B. M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 250, pl. xiv. figs. 
2 (front view of head), 2a (muzzle). 
Note.—Probably not distinct from the preceding species. 
