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Mr, 0. Thomas on a new 



quite to the base of the interfemoral. Structure of nose-leaf, 

 ear, and tragus apparently, so far as can be judged from a 

 skin, quite as in V. Jineatus and vitiatus. Ear-conch mar- 

 gined with white anteriorly. 



Fur on tlie upper surface extending along the arms to the 

 middle of the forearm, and on the wings as far as a line from 

 the elbow to the middle of the femur. Interfemoral mem- 

 brane and hind limbs thinly hairy. 



Skull, except in its smaller size, very like that of V. vittatus, 

 broader and heavier in proportion than that of V. lineatas. 



Dental formula :— I. % C. \, P. \, M. |x 2 = 30. 



Teeth (figs. 1-3) . — Outer upper incisors well developed, filling 



the 



between the 



Fio-. 1. 



up tne space 



canines and inner incisors. 

 Canines proportionally short 

 and stout. Upper premolars 

 and anterior molars as in V. 

 vittatus. Second molars con- 

 vex instead of being flattened 

 or concave behind, owing to 

 the total absence of —. Lower 

 incisors four in number, about 

 equal in size. Anterior cusp 

 of the last lower premolar 

 almost as high as the canine. 

 ii772 in horizontal section 

 slightly longer than ;;n ; ^TTs small, not so minute as in Fl 

 hidens, but still only about one quarter the size in section of 

 the anterior premolar. 



Teeth of Vam^n/rops CaraccioJce. 



Fio'. 2. 



Fiji. y. 



Front view. 



Side view, 



Dimensions of the type, a slightly immature* specimen 

 preserved as a skin (sex not determinable) : — 



* The epiphyses of the hind limbs are not united, but the teeth are all 

 tuUv exserted. 



