5 4 Notices respecting New Books. 



racters and brief accounts are given : they belong to the genera 

 Chciromeles, Bhinolophus, and Vespeitilio, the first of which is 

 newlj' established by the author. 



Cheiromcles. Ch a r. Essent. Denies primores utrinque duo ; 

 supra magni, approxiniati, semiconici, acuti, infra minimi, sini- 

 plices. Rostrum conicum, sulcatum, glandulis confertis seti- 

 ieris in paribus tribus oppositis coronatum. Ataiculce di- 

 stantes, patentes, operculo brevi, semicordato, obtuso. Saccus 

 axillaris amplus, ad regionem hypochondriorum extensus, an- 

 tice membrana pectorali, postice patagio complexus. Scelidum 

 podaria manus sunt. Halluce ungue lamnari, extrorsum serie 

 secunda setarum uncinatarum marginata. 



C torquatus. C. coUo pilis longiusculis cincto, dorso 

 punctato nudo. 



This curious bat is one of the subjects added to the museum 

 of the East-India Company by the researches of the late 

 Dr. Finlayson, who coUectetl various species of the family in 

 Penang and Singapore. In its physiognomy it bears consi- 

 derable resemblance to Molossiis, and on first view was con- 

 sidered as a species of that genus ; but a more careful exami- 

 nation evinced that it was a new genus, and more nearly allied 

 to Ni/cti7iomiis. The singular structure of the foot, or rather 

 according to lUiger's language, of the podarium, which in the 

 posterior members has the characters and properties of a hand, 

 the thumb being a complete antagonist to the fingers, sug- 

 gested the name of Cheiromelcs, — from "x^nq [manus) and /xrAoy 

 [membrum). About the neck is an irregularly defined collar, or 

 ruflf, of long soft hairs, from which the specific name has been 

 taken. The extent of the wings is nearly two feet. 



Rhinolophus larvatus. R. supra ex fusco fulvescens pos- 

 tice saturatior siibtus fulvus nitore canescente, cauda pedibus 

 breviore, auriculis magnis acutis erectis approximatis basi la- 

 tissimis simplicibus. — Loxvo-sumbo of the Javanese. 



lihi7iolophus nobilis. R. supra canescente fuscus subtus 

 dilutior, lateribus colli et abdominis axillis maculaque infra-sca- 

 pulari albentibus, cauda pedibus longitudine aequali, prosthe- 

 mate supra membrana transversa porrecta infra acumine 

 elongate, auriculis erectis acutis magnis basi latissimis lobo 

 utrinque subinvoluto. — KebbWc of the Javanese. 



The individuals composing the genus Rhinolophtis, one of 

 the most remarkable in the family of Vespertilionida;, are pe- 

 culiarly distinguisiied by the presence of two papillary tuber- 

 cles, situated on the os pubis, and exhibiting the external ap- 

 pearance of breasts, which were first distinctly noticed by 

 Bechstein; but which, according to M. Kuhl's observations, 

 although connected with the propagation of the species, are 

 not breasts, as he never discovered lactiferous glands near 



them. 



