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215. Cerivoula papillosa. The papillose Bat. 



Vespertilio papillosus, Temminck, Man. Mam, ii, p. 220 (1835-41). 

 Kerivoula papillosa, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 327 ; Jerdon, Mam. 



p. 43; Dobsott, Mon. As. Chir. p. 150; id. Cat. Chir. B. M. 



p. 337. 



Ears very similar to those of C. hardwickii but longer, extending 

 to the end of the muzzle, and the outer margins do not project so 

 much in front. A dense fringe of hair on the upper lip. Wings 

 from the base of the claws ; thumbs and feet large and armed with 

 large and strong claws. Dentition as in C. harchvickii, but 

 upper incisors shorter. 



Colour of fur on back glossy brown, head and lower parts paler 

 and greyer, basal two thirds of the hair dark brown throughout. 



Dimensions. Head and body 2'2 inches, tail 2-2, forearm 1'7. 



Distribution. A specimen was sent from Calcutta by Mr. Pear- 

 son, and is now in the British Museum. Tomes also records one 

 from Ceylon, but the identification is less certain, nor is it abso- 

 lutely proved that the first specimen was Indian, though this is 

 probable. The only other known localities are Java and Sumatra. 



This species is easily distinguished from C. harchvickii by its 

 much larger size and by its colour. 



There is another species, C. brunnea, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. 

 p. 334, closely resembling O. picta in size and structure, but with 

 the membranes dark brown, the fur yellowish brown above, greyish 

 brown below, all the basal portion of the hair dark brown, and the 

 upper incisors nearly equal in size. The type of this was presented 

 by Sir A. Smith to the British Museum, and it is quite uncertain 

 whether the specimen came from Madras or South Africa. 



Genus MINIOPTERUS, Bonaparte (1837). 



Crown of the head much raised above the face-line. Ears 

 separate, short, rounded, the outer margin terminating just behind 

 the angle of the mouth ; tragus as in Vesperugo, of moderate 



Fig. lll.-Skull ofMiniopterusschreibersi,x2. (Blasius, Saugeth. Deutschlands.) 



length, blunt, not attenuated above. Nostrils not tubular, cres- 

 centic. Muzzle broad; the median portion of the upper lip 



