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Peesbytis ektellus, Dvifr. 

 The Langur. 



1797. Simia entellus, Dufresne. Bull. Soc. Phil., p. 49. 



1843. ? Semnopithecus ancMses, Blyth. J. A, S. B. XIII, p. 470. 



1888. Semnopithecus entellus, Blanford. Mammalia No. 12. 

 cJ 40 ; $ 38, 39. Shendurni, E. Khandesh. 



The National Collection is very badly off for specimens of this group. 

 There is nothing which can with confidence be labelled entellus, a name 

 based on a Bengal specimen. As however the species is stated to extend 

 to Central India, the name must be used for the present. The forms- 

 named anchises and leucopus are from the Mysore table land and the Mala- 

 bar Coast respectively, and until authentic representatives are available for 

 examination, we must remain very much in the dark as to the number of 

 distinct forms in this group. 



Lykodekma LTE.A, Geoff. 



The Indian Vampire Bat. 



1810. Megaderma lyra, Geoffroy. Ann. Mus. XV., p. 190. 



1847. Eucheira lyra, Hodgson. J. A. S. B. XVI, p. 891. (Gen. nom. 



preoccupied.) 

 1872. Lyroderma lyra, Peters. M. B. Akad. Berl., p. 195. 

 1891. Megaderma lyra, Blanford. Mammalia No. 169. 



5 135, 136. Ghodasgaum, E. Khandesh. in al. 134. Ghodas- 

 gaum, E. Khandesh. 

 In a paper on the Megaderms (A. M. N. H. XIX, 1907, p. 129) Dr. K, 

 Anderson and myself established a sub-species caurina. From the material 

 at our disposal we placed the bovmdary between true lyra and lyra caurina 

 at longitude 75°-77°. The present specimens, which are undoubtedly true 

 lyra, seem to have been taken right on this boundary line. 



PlPISTKELLUS CEYIONICUS, Kel. 



Kelaarfs Bat. 



1852. Scotophilus ceylonicus, Kelaart. Prod. p. 22. 



1878. Vesperugo indicus, Dobson. Cat. Chir. B. M., p. 222. 



1891. Vesperugo ceylonicus, Blanford. Mammalia, No. 186. 

 5 77. Ajanta, Haidrabad Dekhan. 



As recorded in my paper " Some Konkan Bats" (B. N. H. S. Journ. XII,, 

 p. 719, 1899) this species is quite common all down the West Coast from 

 Surat to Kanara, and I have taken it at Poena. It is undoubtedly indicus 

 Dobson, and it is quite possible that when series from Ceylon are available 

 for comparison, Dobson's name will have to be used, ceylonicus being limited 

 to the Ceylon form. 



