SCOTOPHILUS COROMANDELIANUS. 35 



uniform breadth, rounded at the end ; wing-membranes extending to the 

 base of the toes, which exceed the rest of the foot in length ; fur bico- 

 loured ; above, dark-brown, with whitish-brown tips ; beneath, brown at 

 the base, the tip yellowish-brown. 



Length, head and body, 2|^ inches; tail l|f ; expanse 13i ; forearm 

 2^ ; tibia \ ths. 



This species of bat was brought from some part of India by Captain 

 Boys. 



38. Scotophilus coromandelianus. 



Vespertilio apud F. Cm'iER. — Blyth, Cat. 105. — Kerivoula Sykesii, 

 Gray. — No. 12, Elliot, Cat. 



The Coromandel Bat. 



Descr. — Ears rather large, broad ; tragus lunate, or slightly curved 

 forwards, and obtuse and rounded at the tip ; a minute praemolar above, 

 situated laterally internally, not visible from without ; two lower premo- 

 lars ; two pair of upper incisors about equal in size ; fur short ; above, 

 dingy fulvous-brown, beneath grayish fulvous ; in some dark-brown both 

 above and below. 



Total length, 2| inches, of which the tail is 1| ; expanse 7| to 7f ; 

 forearm 1^. Elliot gives total length 2^^ J forearm 1. 



This minute bat is found in every part of India, and usually conceals 

 itself in the roofs of dwelling-houses, in holes in the thatch, under tiles, (fcc. 



39. Scotophilus lobatus. 



Vespertilio apud Gray. — Hardwicke, 111. Ind. Zool. — V. abramus, 



Temminck 1 



The Lobe-eared Bat. 



Descr. — Ears small, ovoid, ends rounded, scarcely emarginate, with a 

 lobe at the base ; tragus short, of nearly uniform breadth, curved inwards 

 and rounded at the end ; muzzle very short, poiuted. Fur, above, 

 blackish-yellow, ashy beneath. Some cross lines of hairs on the inter- 

 femoral membrane. 



Length, 2^ inches, of which the tail is IJ ; extent 7^-^ ; forearm l^^. 



This bat, figured in Hardwicke's Illustrations, is considered by Tomes 

 to be very close to, if not identical with, the Japanese bat, named V. 

 ahramus by Temminck. It is not certain from what part of India it 

 was procui'ed. 



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