722 MR. G. E. DOBSON ON THE MOLOSSI. [Nov. 



Dysopes tenuis, Temminck, I. c. p. 228. 



Nyctinomus plicalus, Jerdon, Mammals of India, p. 33 (1867) ; 

 Dobson, J. A. S. B. 1874, p. 143; Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 182 

 (1876). 



About the same size as N. cegyptiacus ; but the ears are united by 

 a low band in front, which forms an obtuse, slightly elevated, angular 

 projection on tbe muzzle, and the tragus is very small, quadrate, the 

 superior margin slightly concave, the outer margin with a small 

 projection at the base ; margin of the ear-conch evenly and broadly 

 rounded off above ; antitragus half oval, separated posteriorly by a deep 

 notch. Upper lip very thick, deeply grooved by vertical wrinkles. 



Wing-membrane from the lower end of the tibia. 



Fur very dense and soft ; above bluish-black or smoke-black, be- 

 neath somewhat paler. 



First upper premolar small, in the space between the canine and 

 second premolar. 



Length (of an adult <$): head and body 2"'9 ; tail l"v, tail free 

 from membrane 1"-1 ; head l"0; ear 0"-9, tragus 0"-lx0"-03; 

 forearm 1"95 ; second ringer 3'' - 9 ; fourth finger 1"*7 ; tibia ()"•/ ; 

 foot and claws 0'. r, 35. 



Hab. Peninsula of India (Calcutta, Ludiana, Agra, Madras) ; 

 Sumatra; Java; Borneo ; Malay peninsula (Singapore) ; Philippine 

 Islands. 



6. Nyctinomus bivittatus. 



Nyctinomus bivittatus, Heuglin, Nova Acta Ac. Leop.-Car. 1861, 

 p. 13. 



Ears conjoined by a low band, very slightly raised above the 

 muzzle ; tragus very small, quadrate ; upper lip grooved by vertical 

 wrinkles. 



Base of the thumb with a remarkably large circular callous pad. 

 Wings from the middle of the tibiae. 



Fur above umber-brown ; the extremities of the hairs conspicuously 

 tipped with grey, especially on the top of the head, where either side 

 is streaked with grey, and on the shoulders and middle of the back 

 spotted over with the same colour ; beneath similar but paler. Dis- 

 tribution of the fur and dentition as in N. plicatus. 



Length (of the type specimen, an adult c?): head and body 2"v; 

 tail 1""6; tail free from membrane 1"'15; head 1" ; ear ()" - 8 ; 

 tragus 0"*1 ; forearm 1"9; thumb 0" - 35 ; second finger 3"'8 ; 

 fourth finger l"-8; tibia 0"'6 ; foot and claws 0"'4. 



Hab. N.E. Africa (Bogos Laud). Type in the collection of the 

 Stuttgart Museum. 



This species is very closely allied to N. plicatus, of which it may 

 be considered the African representative. 



7. Nyctinomus brachypterus. 



Dysopes brachypterus, Peters, Reise nach Mossambique, Saugeth. 

 p. 59 (1852). 



Ears much shorter than the head, conjoined by a deep band on 



