550 MR. G. E. DOBSON ON THE GENUS TAPHOZOUS. {[Nov. 2, 
0-8, 2nd ph. 0-9; fourth finger 2'1; tibia 0''-9 ; foot and claws 
O5, 
Hab. Bengal (Jashpur), Pinang, Burma, Cochin China, Java. 
Type in the collection of the Leyden Museum. 
2. TAPHOZOUS THEOBALDI. 
Taphozous theobaldi, Dobson, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Beng. Aug. 1872, 
p: 152. 
Gular sac absent in both sexes. Inner margin of the ear papillate ; 
ears larger than in any of the species of T’aphozous. Radio-meta- 
carpal pouch well developed, larger than in 7’. melanopogon. Wings 
from the tibize above the ankles. 
The fur of the head extends upon the face as far as a line drawn 
between the inner corners of the eyes, the remainder of the muzzle 
is nearly naked; ear-conch naked, except where a few hairs clothe 
the basal portion of its inner surface ; posteriorly the ears are naked 
except at the base and along their outer margins. 
On the upper surface the wing- and interfemoral membranes are 
quite naked, the fur being strictly limited to the body ; laterally the 
limit of the fur upon the back is defined by a well-marked line, con- 
vex inwards in the lumbar region; in 7’. saccolemus and in T. nudi- 
ventris the line of fur is convex outwards in the same situation; so 
that in this species the space occupied by fur in the lumbar region 
is narrower than in any of the other species, and appears to depend 
on the position of attachment of the wing-membrane. The tail has 
but three or four long, very fine hairs. 
Inferiorly, the chin is naked as far as the anterior prolongation of 
the external margin of the ears; the fur of the body extends upon 
the wing-membrane as far as a line joining the middle of the humerus 
and femur; from this a band of fine hairs extends outwards to the 
carpus; the interfemoral membrane is naked ; the backs of the toes 
are covered with very short hairs. 
Upper incisors very short and blunt. 
Length: head and body 3°35; tail 1°35; head 1-19; ear 
(anteriorly) 1'"1, tragus 0!"28; forearm 3-0; thumb 0/745; 
second finger 4'""7 ; fourth finger 2'""5; tibia 1°15; caleaneum 0!'9 ; 
foot and claws 0''65. 
Hab. Tenasserim Province. 
Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 
3. TAPHOZOUS AUSTRALIS. 
Taphozous australis, Gould, Mammals of Australia; Wagner, 
Suppl. Schreb. Saugeth. v. p. 690. 
A distinct but rather small throat-sac in males, in females quite 
absent, the chin being covered with hairs in the position occupied 
by the throat-sac in the males. Ears large, as long as the head, 
inner margin of the ear-conch papillate; no lobule at the base of 
the tragus. Radio-metacarpal pouch well developed. 
Wings from the ankles or tarsus. Tail slender. 
