32 TAPHOzom^. 



Length, 3|- to 4 inches, of which the tail is -^^ ; expanse, 14 to 15 

 inches. 



This bat is stated in Horsfield's Catalogue to have been sent from some 

 caves in Canara by Dr. Wight, but no other record of its occurrence in 

 our province is known to me. It is common in various parts of Malajana. 



33. Taphozous saccolaimus. 



Temminck. — Blyth, Cat. 84. — T. crassics,BLYTii. — T.jndcher, Elliot. 

 The White-bellied Bat. 



Descr. — Muzzle, angular, naked, very acute; nostrils, small, close; ears, 

 distant, shorter than the head, large inner margin recurved, outer ditto 

 dilated, reaching to the conmissure of the mouth ; tragus, wide, securi- 

 form ; fur, short, smooth, blackish on the head, chestnut-brown on the 

 back ; beneath, dirty- white ; or black-brown above with white pen- 

 cillings ; pure white below. 



Length, nearly 5 inches; expanse, 17; tall, ■^^. One obtained by 

 Mr. Elliot at Madras, was 4-^"^ inches long ; expanse, 17; fore-arm, 2/^. 

 Malayan examples appear to be smaller. 



This fine Taphozous has been procured occasionally in various parts of 

 the peninsula, and it also inhabits Burmah and Malayana. 



Taphozous hkolor, Temminck, is said to be from the East Indies, and 

 Wagner states that M. Roux brought four examples from Calcutta. As 

 it was never obtained by Blyth, I imagine there must be some mistake, 

 and that the specimens, if of a distinct species from those recorded above, 

 were not obtained at Calcutta ; T. hicolor is described as having the ears 

 oval, long, nude ; the tragus, short and securiform ; the liairs white at the 

 base, and dusky black at the tip. Ijength, S^p^- inches ; expanse, 1 3. 



There are one or two more Asiatic species of Taphozous, several fiom 

 Africa and one from Australia. 



Most of the remaining groups of this sub-family are from America ; one, 

 Emhallonura, having a representative in Java. 



Sub-fam. NoCTILIONINyE. 



Tail, longer than the membrane, free at the tip for some length in several. 

 Gen. Nyctinomus, GeofTroy. 



Syn. Dysopes, in part, Illiger. 



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Char. — Incisors, in the young, — ; in adults, — or — or — : molars, 



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