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mens are often deeply tinged with dark ferruginous throughout, but fade 

 qviicklj on drying. 



This bat is found throughout all India, from the Himalayas to Cape 

 Comorin and Ceylon. It roosts during the day in clusters on the folded 

 leaves of the plantain, Palmyra palm, and other trees. It is exclusively 

 frugivorous in habit. 



Several species are recorded, apparently very closely allied, and some 

 of them perhaps not distinct. C. affinis, Gray, from the Himalayas, is 

 usually considered the same. It may, however, be distinct, and is perhaps 

 Hodgson's P. 'pyrivorus in part, described as " wholly earthy brown, nude 

 skin of lips, of joints, and the toes fleshy gray; length, G inches ; expanse, 

 24 ; weight, 5 oz."* 



Of this family, other A'genera are antharpy'm, and Epomophorus fro m 

 Africa ; and JIacroglossns, the type of which is Pt. minimus, from Tenas- 

 serira and Malayan a. 



The rest of this sub-order are all insectivorous. They have true molars, 



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, beset with pointed tubercles adapted for crushing the hard cases 



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of beetles, &c. The canines are often of large size. The gape is large. 



The fore-feet have the thumb clawed, the hind-feet without a claw. Index 



with one or two bony phalanges. The stomach is small and simple, and 



the intestinal canal short, being only about twice the length of the body, 



or less. They are found all over the world. They are called Gadal 



Cliamgidar in Hindustani ; Chamgitdclri, Beng.; Chidgu, at Bhagulpore, 



Gahhelay and Jihurai in Telugu ; Kcmka-pati in Canarese ; Pldyu hngtd, 



Bhotia ; and Prin, Lepcha. 



Fam. Yampyrid.e. 



A. nose-leaf, either simple or complicated. 



Sub-fam. Megadeematix^. 



Nose-leaf complicated. Index-finger of two joints. 



Gen. Meg ADEEM A, Geoflroy. 



Char. — Incisors, - ; molars, . Nose furnished with a complicated 



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* I see that in the last edition of Hoclgson's Catalogue, by Mr. Gray, P. 

 pyrivorus is given, in addition to Cynoisierus marginatus, from the Sikim Terai. 

 This, if really distinct, may be 0. affinis, as noted above ; or Ptero^us dussumierii. 



