NOTCH-EARED BAT. 97 



The head is ovate, but including the fur roundish, 

 with the forehead slightly elevated ; the muzzle of 

 moderate length, and slightly emarginate between 

 the nostrils, which are ovate and lateral. The ears 

 are nearly as long as the head, widely separated, 

 ovate, obtuse, bent outwards ; their inner margin con- 

 vex, the outer with a semicircular lobe at the base, and 

 a wide and deep sinus in their upper half 1 . Viewed 

 without reference to the basal lobe, they might be 

 described as oblong, but otherwise they are broadly 

 ovate, and deeply emarginate. There are five trans- 

 verse plicae running from the outer margin, and the 

 inner has a marginal narrow curved cartilage. The 

 wings are long and of moderate breadth ; the cubi- 

 tus a little longer than the tail ; the membranes 

 bare, the thumb of two joints, the second finger of 

 two, the third of three, the fourth of four, and the 

 fifth of three. The tail is long, and extends half-a- 

 twelfth of an inch beyond the interfemoral mem- 

 brane, which has eighteen transverse plaits. Thts, 

 feet are long ; the toes equal, excepting the outer, 

 which is a little shorter ; their claws small, curved, 

 compressed, and tapering to a very fine point. 



The ears, which are bare, unless at the base, are 

 of a dusky tint ; as are the lateral membranes, of 

 which the plicae are brown, excepting those of the 

 interfemoral portion, which, with the very long spur, 

 are whitish beneath. The fur is long, close, and 

 very soft, inclining to silky. There is a series of 

 long soft mystachial hairs on each side of the upper 

 jaw, and a few project from the chin. The general 



