322 TESPEETILIONIDiE. 



19G. Nycticejus pallidus. The desert yelloiu Bat. 



Scotophilus pallidum, Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 186 ; id. Cat. Chir. 

 B. M. p. 204 ; id. J. A. S. B. xlvi, pt. 2, p. 310 ; Anderson, Cat. 

 p. 137. 



Ears thick aud short, tips broadly rounded, margins conA'ex, 

 basal lobe round ; outer margin emarginate opposite base of tragus 

 and ending in a convex lobe ; tragus moderately long, not attenuate, 

 rounded at the tip, inner margin straight or slightly concave, outer 

 moderately convex, with a prominent pointed lobe at the base. 



Muzzle and teeth as in N. l-uldi. Tip of the tail free. 



Colour of fur above light chestnut-brown, beneath brownish buff, 

 basal portion of hairs on both surfaces pale buff. In some specimens 

 the fur and membranes are all pale buff throughout. 



Dimensions. Head and body 2 inches, tail 1"4, ear from crown 0*35, 

 forearm 1*4. 



Distribution. Sind and the Punjab. 



197. Nycticejus ornatus. The harlequin Bat. 



Nj^cticejus ornatus, Bli/th, J. A. S. B. xx, pp. 159, 517, xxvi, p. 285 ; 



id. Cat. p. 30 ; jerdon, Mam. p. 39. 

 Nycticejus nivicolus, Hodgson, Ilursjield, A. M. N. II. (2) xvi, 1855, 



p. 104 ; Jerdon, I. c. p. 39. 

 Scotophilus ornatus, Dobson, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 371 ; id. Mo7i. As. Chir. 



p. 124 ; id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 265 ; Anderson, An. Zool. Res. 



p. 99 ; id. Cat. p. 137 ; W. Blanf. J. A. S. B. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 208. 



Ears of moderate size, subtriangular, with rounded tips ; outer 

 margin slightly concave below the tip, then convex, emarginate 

 opposite the base of the tragus and ending in a rounded lobe ; 

 inner margin slightly convex above, endiug in a well-rounded basal 

 lobe, the free inner extremity of which is a rounded point. Tragus 

 long, bluntly pointed, inner margin nearly straight, becoming con- 

 cave above, outer margin convex, ending in a pointed projecting 

 lobe at the base. 



Muzzle broad, much swollen, nearly naked; 

 the swollen terminal naked portion stands 

 out abruptly, above and at the sides, just in 

 front of the eyes, from the hinder part of the 

 face, which is covered above with long hair ; 

 sides of the face tliinly clad. The fur gene- 

 rally softer and longer than in N. l-uhli. Tail 

 Fig. 100.— Head of iv: or- ioi,„ only the tij) free. 



If ciiiS''^'"" "■ '^^''' pivmaxillary bones are more de- 

 veloped than in N. lnhli, and the incisors 

 are separated from the canines by a space, even at tlie base. 



Colour of fur brownish yellow above, almost orange-brown, with 

 some white spots ; the hairs dark brown at the base, then isabelliue, 

 the tips brownish yellow. A small (elongate patch of pure white 

 on the crown of the head ; a narrow white stripe down the middle 

 of the back (this is said to be interrupted in some specimens), and 



