552 MR. G. E. DOBSON ON THE GENUS TAPHOZOUS. [Nov. 2, 
Temm. Monog. Mammal. ii. p. 289; Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 
x. p.974; Kelaart, Prodr. Faune Zeylanicz, p. 12; Wagner, Suppl. 
Schreb. Saiugeth. v. p. 688; Horsfield, Catal. Mammal. Mus. E. I. 
Comp. p. 41; Dobson, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Beng. Aug. 1872, p. 153. 
Taphozous bicolor, Temm. l.c. p. 290. 
Taphozous fulvidus et brevicaudus, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. 
Beng. x. p. 975. 
Taphozous cantori, id. xi. 784. 
The gular sac is large and well-developed, though not so large as 
in 7’. saccolemus ; in the female it is represented by a rudimentary 
fold of skin and nakedness of the integument in the same situation. 
Radio-metacarpal pouch moderately developed. Inner margin of ear 
smooth, not papillate; ears about same size as in 7’. saccolemus. 
Wings from the ankles. 
The fur of the head extends upon the face slightly in front of the 
eyes; the muzzle is almost quite naked; the inner side of the ear- 
conch is rather thickly covered with moderately long, fine hair; pos- 
teriorly the ear is almost naked, but a few fine hairs are ranged along 
the outer margin; the tragus is quite naked. On the upper surface 
the fur of the body extends upon the wing-membrane as far as a 
line joining the middle of the humerus and femur; posteriorly the 
interfemoral membrane is covered as far as the point of exit of the 
tail, along which some long fine hairs extend; the remainder of the 
interfemoral membrane is clothed with very short, almost invisible 
fur, which extends along the tibize to the feet, becoming longer on 
the terminal phalanges of the toes. 
Beneath, the fur in front of the gular pouch, under the chin, is 
very short, and the skin there almost naked; the antebrachial mem- 
brane is covered with longer fur than upon the upper surface; on 
the wing-membrane the fur of the body extends more densely and 
further outwards than on the upper surface, being limited by a line 
joining the distal and middle thirds of the humerus and femur, but 
a narrow band of hairs extends outwards to the carpus; posteriorly 
the interfemoral membrane is naked, except at the root of the tail. 
Fur varying from reddish-brown to black, above and beneath, the 
bases of the hairs white. 
Upper incisors small and very slender in some individuals, in the 
greater number of specimens absent. 
Length: head and body 3!-1; tail 1-15; head 0-95; ear (an- 
teriorly) O'S, tragus 0/25; forearm 2-45; thumb 03; second 
finger 4-2; fourth finger 2-15; tibia 0'"95; caleaneum 0'"85; 
foot and claws 0'°45. 
Hab. Indian peninsula, Ceylon, Burmah. 
Abundant about Calcutta and in all the southern parts of the 
Indian peninsula; not yet recorded from Northern India, nor from 
the Himalaya. 
The colour of the fur varies very much. Among a large collection 
of specimens taken at the same place, one may be found with reddish- 
brown fur, the others blacker. In all cases, however, the base of the 
fur is white, and the darker-coloured individuals are generally females. 
