368 Mr. McClelland’s Catalogue 
Order IT. CHEIROPTERA., 
Genus PTERopus, Briss., &e. 
3. Preropus AssAMENSIS. Capite anticé toto ex saturato rufes- 
cente fusco, posticé zord pallidiore in aureum vergente cincto ; 
collo omni, nuchd, interscapulio, pectore abdomineque e xeram- 
pelino aureis, plagd lateral saturatiore ; vellere in his elongato 
sublanuginoso ; noteo e saturato fusco-nigricante pilis albis com- 
misto; paltagio nigro; auriculis elongatis acuminatis; axillis 
humerisque lanugine fusco vestitis. 
The face and the whole anterior part of the head are deep chest- 
nut-brown, with a slight tendency to tawny; the back part of the 
head is surrounded by a belt of a lighter tint, inclining to orange, 
which also includes the throat. Around the entire neck, to the 
origin of the membrane, is a broad collar of rusty-yellow, inclining 
to orange, diversified with deeper rufous shades; the same colour, 
with its variation of tints, embraces the interscapulium, and ex- 
tends to the breast and anterior part of the abdomen; the lower por- 
tion of the abdomen and the vent are rufous-brown. The back is 
deep blackish-brown, with a scanty admixture of white hairs; the 
fur, though slightly appressed, is more soft and silky than in the 
other species belonging to this section of Pleropus. ‘The membrane 
is blackish. The flanks, armpits, and the bones of the shoulders and 
arms, are covered with a soft, silky, lengthened down, of a rufous- 
brown colour. ‘The ears are long and pointed. The entire length 
is eight inches. 
This species, although it resembles the Pt. edulis and Edwardsii 
(or medius) in habit, distribution of tint, and in the form of the ears, 
is nevertheless distinguished from them by the character of the fur 
on the neck, breast, and adjoining parts. ‘This is not short and rigid, 
as in the species mentioned, but long, soft, and silky, furnished at 
the base with a close down, of a dark colour: in this particular it 
approaches to the second section of this genus, which is characterized 
by a lengthened, silky, frizzled fur, and of which the Pteropus dasy- 
mallus, Temm., is the type. The toes and claws are proportionably 
large. 
There are in Mr. McClelland’s collection two specimens of this 
species, for which he has proposed the specific name of Assamensis : 
this, notwithstanding the objection raised to local names, has been 
retained, in order to direct naturalists in India to the country where 
it was discovered, and thus to determine, by future search, its rank 
as a distinct species, and also the existence of other species of both 
groups, typified by Pteropus edulis and Pteropus dasymallus. 
Genus VESPERTILIO, Auct. 
4. Vespertilio 2 . . 
A single specimen of Vespertilio has been received, which is not 
sufficiently perfect to determine its true character. 
