96 TAPHOZOUS. 
1. TAPHOZOUS AUSTRALIS, Gould (1853). 
Sharp-nosed Bat. 
Lower lip scarcely grooved. Gular sac distinct but rather 
small in the males, absent in the females. Ears large, as long as 
or longer than the head. Radio-metacarpal pouch well developed. 
Wings from the ankles or tarsus. Tail slender. Interfemoral 
membrane clothed with fur as far as the point perforated by it. 
Fur rather long and dense, basally pure white above and below, 
the remaining three-fourths above dark brown, below paler. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about three inches ; tail about 
one and a third inch ; forearm about two and three-fourths inches. 
Habitat.—Australia and New Guinea. 
References.—Dobson, B. M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 382; Gould, 
Mamm. Austr. ili. pl. xxxii. 
2. TAPHOZOUS FLAVIVENTRIS, (Gould) Peters (1866). 
Yellow-bellied Bat. 
Differs only from 7’. australis, in its color and superior size. 
Fur above uniform dark brown, below pale ochraceous yellow, 
whitish basally. 
Habitat.— New South Wales. 
Reference.—Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 382. 
Note.—Dr. Ramsay’s 7’. hargravii, of which the type is in the 
Australian Museum, Sydney, is founded on a dried skin in very 
bad condition, and is possibly identical with this species ; in any 
case until good specimens in the flesh are obtained and an extended 
examination and comparison thus rendered possible, it is premature 
to give it a place in our fauna. The specimen was obtained in 
the Wollongong District, N.S. Wales. It is but right to state 
that Dr. Ramsay still considers the species to be good ; for the 
reason given above | can venture on no opinion. 
3. TApHozous AFFINIS, Dobson (1875). 
Var. a. 7’. insignis, Leche (1884). 
Leche’s Bat. 
Lower lip deeply grooved. Gular sac large in the males, 
rudimentary in the the females; behind its aperture a small 
duplication of the integument provided with thickened edges. 
Kars shorter than the head. Upper margin of tragus jagged. 
Radio-metacarpal pouch absent. Wings from the ankles. Inter- 
femoral membrane naked. Fur above black with white bases, 
below pure silky white. Antebrachial and interfemoral membranes 
and the portion of the wing-membrane between the forearm and 
