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the base of the inner margin, thence gradually tapering to the end, 

 which is finely subacutely pointed, the inner margin slightly con- 

 vex throughout, outer straight below the widest part of the tragus, 

 then angulate, concave above. 



Wing-membrane from the base of the claw on the 

 outer toe ; feet small ; only the extreme tip of the 

 tail free. Interfemoral membrane hairy above, hair 

 densest at the root of the tail, along the tibiae and 

 calcanea. Backs of the feet also thickly furred. 



Upper incisors long and slender, the outer the 

 shorter. Eirst and second upper premolars subequal, 

 F 103 E tlie first a little fcte smaller > an( * about half as high 

 S'H.cydoS. as the canine. 



(Dobson.Mon. Colour of fur above dark brown with ferruginous, 

 As. Chir.) or sometimes with yellowish-brown tips, below paler 



brown. 



Dimensions. Head and body 1-7 inches, tail 1-5, forearm 1-3, 

 ear from crown outside 0*37. 



Distribution. A. purchased specimen in the British Museum is 

 said, apparently on fair authority, to be from Ceylon. All the 

 other known examples are from the Sikhim Himalayas. 



202. Harpyiocephalus lencogaster. The white-bellied 

 tube-nosed Bat. 



Murina leucogaster, A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. vii, Bull. 



p. 91 (1871) ; Rech. Mam. p. 252, pi. xxxvii B, fig. 2, xxxviic, 



fig. 3. 



Harpyiocephalus huttonii, Peters, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 711. 

 Harpiocephalus leucogaster, Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 157 ; id. 



Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 283 ; Scully, J. A. S. B. Ivi, pt. 2, p. 251. 



Muzzle thick. Ears oval with convex margins ; near the base 

 of the inner margin a small pointed process projects. Tragus 

 attenuated above, pointed and curved outwards, an obtuse lobule 

 just above the base of the outer margin. 



Wings from base of claw on outer toe. Eur long and dense. 

 Interfemoral membrane hairy above as in H. cyclotis. 



Outer upper incisors larger than the inner ; first upper pre- 

 molar smaller than the second, and situated a little inside the 

 general line of the teeth. 



Colour of fur above brown, not dark, the hair greyish at the 

 base ; beneath, the throat, chest, and abdomen are whitish, the sides 

 of the body pale brown. 



Dimensions. Head and body 1-9 inches, tail 1-5, forearm 1-3, 

 ear from crown of head O4. 



Distribution. This species was obtained by Hutton at Jeripuni 

 near Mussoorie, Scully captured it in Nepal, and there is a skin 

 procured by Hodgson' at Darjiling in the British Museum. The 

 original type was from Eastern Tibet. 



Habits. According to Hutton, this bat when searching for 



