1875.] MR. G. E. DOBSON ON THE GENUS TAPHOZOUS. 995 
II. No radio-metacarpal pouch ; lower lip divided in the centre of 
its upper surface, and in front by a deep narrow groove. 
Subgenus 2. TapHonycrenris. 
8. TaPHOozoUS SACCOL&MUS. 
Taphozous saccolaimus, Temminck, Monogr. Mammal. ii. p. 285. 
pl. 60. 
Taphozous crassus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xiii. p. 491. 
Taphozous pulcher, Elliot, /.c. p. 492. 
Ears shorter than the head; tragus concave on outer surface, 
upper margin regularly convex, margined posteriorly by a fringe of 
fine hairs ; inner margin of the ear-conch smooth, not papillate; gu- 
lar sac well developed in both male and female, but much larger in 
the male; lower lip with a deep narrow groove in the centre of its 
upper surface and in front. No radio-metacarpal pouch. Wings 
from the ankles. 
On the upper surface the fur of the body scarcely extends upon the 
wing-membrane, the line of attachment of which seems to limit its 
extent; posteriorly the fur terminates, as on the sides, in a well-de- 
fined line limited by the root of the tail ; the interfemoral membrane 
and the legs are quite naked, the feet are also naked, thus differing 
from the greater number of, if not from all, the species of the genus. 
Beneath, the chin and sides of the gular sac are covered with very 
short hair, the thorax and abdomen with moderately long fur, as on 
the upper surface ; the antebrachial membrane has a few fine hairs; 
and the wing-membrane is covered as far as a line joining the middie 
of the humerus and the femur, a line of fur passing outwards to the 
carpus and occupying a considerable triangular patch of membrane 
there between the forearm and fifth metacarpal bone. 
Fur, above, white at the base, the greater part of the hairs dark- 
brown, the surface mottled with small irregular white patches; be- 
neath, reddish brown. 
Length: head and body 3'"5; tail 1:3; ear 0'8, tragus 0-23; 
thumb 0"5 ; second finger—metacarp. 2":75, 1st ph. 1''"15, 2nd ph. 
1-2; fourth finger 2°65; tibia 1-2; foot and claws 0'°65. 
Hab. Lower Bengal (Sylhet); Burma; Malay peninsula; Suma- 
tra; Java. 
Type in the collection of the Leyden Museum. 
9. TAPHOZOUS AFFINIS, 
Taphozous affinis, Dobson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1875, xvi. p. 232. 
Ears shorter than the head; inner margin of the ear-conch not 
papillate, tragus rather short, almost quite circular above, outer surface 
concave. _ Lower lip with a deep narrow groove in the centre of its 
upper surface. Male with a large gular sac, as large as in 7’. saccole- 
mus, rudimentary in the female, the margins of the sac alone de- 
veloped. 
No radio-metacarpal pouch. Wings from the ankles; fur, above, 
