MURINA SUILLUS. 41 



tip ; muzzle somewhat thick ; wing-membranes extend to the base of the 

 toes ; fur, above very soft, silky and long, brownish-gray, with a ferrugi- 

 nous cast, and variegated with whitish hairs on the head, neck, and 

 shoulders ; the rest of the body above, with the base of the membrane, 

 thighs, and interfemoral membrane, deep bay, or reddish-brown, with a 

 few hairs of the same tint scattered over the membrane, and projecting 

 from its edge ; body, beneath gray, palest on the throat and breast ; 

 membranes brown ; interfemoral membrane marked with transverse lines. 



Length, 4 J inches, of which the tail is 1^ ; expanse 14 ; forearm 2| ; 

 ear ^ ; tragus Y*:7ths. 



Hodgson's description of Noctulinia lasiura is as follows : " Entire 

 legs and caudal membrane clad in fur like the body, which is thick 

 and woolly ; colour bright rusty above, sooty below, the hairs tipped with 

 hoary." 



This handsome bat has only, I believe, been procured at Darjeeling, 

 where Hodgson says he took it near his own house, and whence also 

 specimens were sent by Mr. Theobald. Mr. Blyth states that Hodgson 

 sent specimens of the next species, Muri7ia suillus, under the name of N. 

 lasiura ; and I see that this is included by Horsfield in the list of new 

 species sent by Hodgson from Sikim, though not recorded in Gray's 

 Catalogue of his collection. 



Lasiurus has been considered chiefly an American group. . 



Gen. Murina, Gray. 



Char. — Head and face somewhat lengthened, hairy ; nostrils produced; 



ears large, with the outer margin folded ; tragus long, filiform, acute ; 



wing-membrane broad, united to the whole length of the outer toe; 



5 5 



interfemoral membrane and toes hairy ; canines small ; molars - — -. 



— o 



51. Murina suillus. 



Vespertilio apud Temminck. — Blyth, Cat. 107. — N. lasiura, in part, 

 Hodgson, and L. Fearsoni apud Blyth. 



The Fig Bat. 



Bescr. — Fur long, woolly, bright-rufous, the hairs whitish at the base ; 

 abdomen isabelline. 



Length, head and body, 1^ to 2 inches; expanse 9-10; tail 1^ ; 

 forearm 1 \ ; tibia y^ths. 



