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inner ears acutely pointed, moderate, less than the hend ; teeth ^, 

 ~, ^»j snont to romp 2. 1 , inches; tail 2 ; expanse 12 i. 



"Nasal bones slightly convcxed in their length, and unite easily 

 with a low forehead." 



The following is the description of the specimen deposited in the 

 British Museum by Mr. Hodgson. The specimen is preserved in 

 spirit; but the skull having been removed, renders the description 

 less perfect than might have been wished : — 



Nostrils rather small and approximate. Feet, rather large, the 

 toes taking up fully two-thirds of their entire length. Wing-mem- 

 branes extending barely to the base of the toes. Thumb with the 

 basal phalange short, the one between it and the small one bearing 

 the claw, taking up the greater part of its length. Tail-tip wholly 

 enclosed in the interfemoral membrane. 



Membranes (when wet with spirit) translucent, and marked with 

 reddish brown and dark brown, the latter occupying the triangular 

 spaces between the digits, and the former appearing as narrow stripes 

 on each side of all the bones of the wings — just as in Kerivoula 

 2>icta. 



Fur very thick, that of the under parts yellowish buff, that of the 

 upper similar at the root and tipped with rust-colour. 



The specimen included in Dr. Ilorsfield's ' Catalogue of the Mam- 

 malia contained in the Museum of the East India Company ' affords 

 the following particulars : — Muzzle rather produced, thick, but not 

 broad ; top of the head scarcely elevated above the line of the face ; 

 nostrils small, near together, opening sublaterally, and slightly tu- 

 bular. Ears ovoid, emarginate at their outer margin ; tragus long, 

 slender, and tapering evenly to a moderately acute point, which is 

 curved a little outwards. Wing-membranes extending to the base 

 of the toes, barely ; the feet large, the toes occupying fully two- 

 thirds of their entire length. The basal joint of the thumb very 

 short in relation to the length of the second. 



Fur very thick and close, and cottony in texture; that of the 

 upper parts yellow-buff, with the tips of the hairs conspicuously 

 tipped with rust-colour ; below, uniform yellow-buff. 



The interfemoral membrane, the portions of membrane contiguous 

 to the flanks, and all the parts in the immediate vicinity of the bones 

 of the wings and legs, chestnut-coloured, all the remaining parts of 

 the membrane being black-brown. 



The following description has been taken from the specimen from 

 which the illustration (PI. LX.) accompanying the present paper baa 

 been drawn, and, as already stated, from Shanghai ; and I may oil- 

 serve that aiapecimen in my own collection, also from China ( Kiang), 

 is similar, but with the colours even brighter than those of tin- plate. 

 As these examples ditfer from those already described in a lew par- 

 ticulars Only, save in colour, it will be BCCOBSary to mention merely 

 these points of difference, and the remarkahle colouring of the fur 



of this variety- if it is not a distinct species: — 



Ears ovoid, nearlv the length of the head, anil more deeply and 

 evenlv notched near the middle of the outer margin than in the 



