554. MR. G. EF. DOBSON ON THE GENUS TAPHOZOUS. [Noy. 2, 
from the tibie. Backs of toes with long hairs almost as long as in 
the species of Molossi. Fur covering the body very short, white at 
the base, the extremities dark-brown. 
In front the fur of the head does not extend beyond the frontal 
depression, and the muzzle is nearly naked ; the ear-conch has a few 
fine hairs on its inner side only, tragus naked. The fur of the back 
is limited laterally and posteriorly by a well-defined line beyond which 
the finest hair does not pass; it does not extend upon the wing or 
interfemoral membranes, and the humerus, forearm, and antebrachial 
membranes are quite naked; posteriorly the terminal line of hair is 
separated from the point of exit of the tail by a considerable distance ; 
beneath, the throat is nearly naked; the wing-membrane is covered 
as far as a line drawn from the midddle of the humerus towards the 
pubis, and a band of fine hairs extends outwards posterior to the fore- 
arm to the carpus; the lower part of the abdomen, the legs, and the 
interfemoral membrane are quite naked. 
In this species large collections of fat surrounding the root of the 
tail and extending between the thighs are found in many specimens, 
especially in those taken during the hibernating season. This ap- 
pears to be a provision for sustaining life during the cold season, 
and would seem to indicate that this is the most northerly species 
of the genus; for I have not observed similar deposits of fat in 
the body of any of the other species, which all inhabit tropical or sub- 
tropical regious. Similarly large deposits of fat are found in Rhino- 
poma alone, which inhabits the same countries with this Bat. 
Length (of an adult 2 ): head and body 3!'*7; tail 1!"6; ear 0'-85, 
tragus 0!°25; forearm 2!°95; thumb 0-45; second finger—meta- 
earp. 2!-55, Ist ph. 1'"1, 2nd ph. 1-2; fourth finger 2-8; tibia 
1-2; foot and claws 06. 
Hab. North-Eastern Africa (Egypt, Nubia); Asia Minor (Pales- 
tine). 
Type in the collection of the Frankfort Museum. 
7a. TAPHOZOUS NUDIVENTRIS, subsp. KACHHENSIS. 
Taphozous kachhensis, Dobson, Journ. Asist. Soc. Beng. 1872, 
p. 221. 
Very similar to 7’. nudiventris in general form and in the distribu- 
tion of the fur, but distinguished by the absence of the gular sac in 
both male and female; in the male the usual position of the sac is 
indicated by a small semicircular fold of skin and nakedness of the in- 
tegument ; in the female the surface is smooth. The measurements 
are also slightly different ; but the general resemblance to 7. nudi- 
ventris is so close that I hesitate to class it as a distinct species. 
Length (of an adult 2 ) : head and body 3'6 ; tail 1!*25; ear 0'"-9, 
tragus 0-25; forearm 2-95; thumb 0!'-45; second finger—meta- 
carp. 2!"7, Ist ph. 1/1, 2nd ph. 1/"3; fourth finger 2-7; tibia 11; 
foot and claws 0'65. 
Hab. Kachh, N. W. India. 
Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 
