120 MR. G. E. DOBSON ON BATS [Feb. 20, 
narrower and is margined as in Cynopterus by raised naked edges 
(fig. 4); tongue very long, much attenuated in terminal fourth, armed 
with recurved, brush-like papille ; ears about as long as the muzzle, 
oval, rounded off above, the outer and inner margins of the ear-conch 
equally convex, so that the ear attains its greatest width in the 
middle (fig. 5). 
Interfemoral membrane very short behind; no trace of a tail in 
either of the specimens. Wing-membrane from the base of the 
middle toe, or from the space between the second and middle toe, 
and from the sides of the body. Fur moderately short, but very 
dense, extending thickly upon the wing-membrane as far outwards 
as a line drawn from the elbow to the knee, and more thinly for a 
considerable distance beyond, and also covering the short interfemo- 
ral membrane and the legs. Above bright reddish yellow, the base 
of the hairs dark ; crown of the head dark brown, the extremities 
of the hairs greyish yellow; a large patch round each eye dark 
brown, almost black ; anterior half of the muzzle pale buff, a narrow 
streak of the same colour passing backwards between the eyes; the 
whole under surface of the body dark brown, almost black, the ex- 
tremities of the hairs greyish; the fur on the sides of the body longer, 
and the terminal half of the hairs brownish buff. 
Upper incisors small, forming a semicircle in front, and separated 
from the canines by a wide space on either side; central incisors 
somewhat larger than the outer ones, and converging slightly ; lower 
incisors very small, in pairs, separated by a space between; upper 


Upper and lower jaws of M. melanops. 
canines remarkably long and strong, deeply grooved anteriorly by a 
longitudinal furrow: first upper premolar exceedingly small, and so 
close to the canine as to appear to be a small basal projection from 
that tooth; second premolar larger than any of the other teeth (ex- 
cept the canines), in the centre of the wide space between the canine 
and first molar; third premolar shaped like the second premolar, 
but much smaller and close to the first molar; molars very narrow, 
scarcely raised above the gum; first lower premolar larger than the 
