42 CATALOGUE. 



70. CHEIROMELES TORQUATUS, Horsfield, Zool Re- 

 search., with figures of the upper and loiver side, and details 

 of dentition. 



Molossus torquatus, Fischer, Synops. Mamm. p. 90. 

 Dysopes cheiropus, Temm., Monogr. I. p. 218, fyc. 

 Cheiropus torquatus (?), Miiller , Verhandl. over Nat. Gesch. 



Tafel der Zoogdieren. 



A. Discovered by Mr. George Finlayson, while attached 



to the mission of John Crawfurd, Esq., to Siam and 



Cochin China. The precise locality is not known. 



According to Dr. S. Miiller, this species, or one nearly allied to it, has 



been found in Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. He adds to his account, that 



it is distinguished from the rest of the family not only by its disgusting 



exterior, and the nakedness of its body, but chiefly by a most offensive 



and nauseous odour which emanates from it. This odour is caused by 



a soft greasy substance, secreted in a small sinus, situate in a transverse 



fold of the skin, above the thorax. It is so pungent and offensive, that 



M. Van Oort, while employed in making a drawing of an individual, 



was afflicted with headach and nausea so severe, that he could only 



with difficulty complete his task. 



Genus NYCTINOMUS, Geoffr. et al. 



DYSOPES et MOLOSSUS, Temm. et al. 

 VESPERTILIONIS Spec., Linn, et al. 



71. NYCTINOMUS TENUIS, Horsf., Zool Research, 



Dysopes tenuis, Temm., Monogr. I. p. 228, with a figure 

 pi. xix. bis. Miiller, Verhandl. over Nat. Gesch. Ta- 

 fel der Zoogdieren. 

 Molussus tenuis, Lesson, Mamm. Fischer, Synops. Mamm. 



p. 92. 



LOWO-CHURUT, of the Javanese. 

 HAB. Java. Also Sumatra and Borneo, Miiller. 

 A. Horsfield's Collection from Java. 

 Several dried specimens. 



Allied toN.plicatns, Gray, Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 23, the Vesper- 

 tilio plicatus of Buchanan (Linn. Trans. V. t. 13). Nyctinomus dila- 

 tatus, Horsf. (Zool. Research.), appears to be a variety of this species. 



The Nyctinomi live during the day in hollow trees and rocky 

 caverns. I found them very abundant in the hills of Prowoto, and 



