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5. KERIVOULA iKROSA, D. 8. 



This species, from the same locality as the last, resemhles it in the 

 long and curly nature of the fur, hut is larger and differently coloured. 

 The ears, too, are larger, with the ends more rounded, and less deeply 

 notched externally. 



The top of the head, although much elevated, is scarcely so much 

 so, relatively, as in A', lanosa, and the muzzle is proportionally 

 longer, hut the nostrils and snout are shaped as in that species. 

 The ears have their ends rounded, quite as much so as in the Notch- 

 eared Bat and Natterers Bat of Europe; and the hollow in tin- 

 outer margin near to the end scarcely deserves the name of notch. 

 It is in fact a mere indentation, shallow, hut regular, and occupying 

 nearly one-third of the outer margin. In all other respects the ears 

 resemhle those of the foregoing species, and indeed those of the 

 other representatives of the genus. The tragus offers no deviation 

 in form from that of the species already described ; it is long, taper- 

 ing, and pointed. 



The membranes are similar to those of K. lanosa, excepting that 

 they are not quite so distinctly marked with dotted lines as in that 

 species. 



The fur of the head is only of medium length, and does not ob- 

 scure the ears, nor extend so far along the face as in K. lanosa. The 

 face is in fact moderately hairy, with a woolly moustache on the 

 upper lip, and a naked space between the eye and ear. The chin 

 also is nearly naked. 



On no part of the membrane does the fur of the back extend, and 

 that of the under parts only to a very trifling extent ou the base of 

 the interfemoral membrane ; but the upper surfaces of the legs, feet, 

 and heel-cartilages, of the tail, forearms, thumbs, and index-fingers, 

 and of the two terminal phalanges of the longest fingers, beyond the 

 extremity of the index lingers, are more or less clothed with short 

 adpressed shining hairs, thickest on the forearms and tail, hut no- 

 where so thick as in the last species. The edge of the interfemoral 

 membrane, between the heel-cartilage and tail, is sparingly furnished 

 with short bristly hairs, very unlike the thick comb-like fringe of A'. 

 lanosa. 



The fur of all the upper parts is long, thick, and curly, and nearly 

 uniform in colour over the whole of the hack, varying only in be- 

 coming a little darker towards the rump. It is of four colours, — 

 dark grey-brown at the base for nearly half its length, succeeded by 

 yellowish-brown, then by deep umber-brown, and tipped with shining 

 bronzy vellow ; that which is spread over the upper surface of the 

 limbs, tail, &c. wholly of the latter colour. 



Beneath, the fur is of a dark sepia-brown colour, tipped with 

 brownish-bronze colour. 



In no other Bat have I seen far at all resembling that of the pre- 

 sent species. It is not difficult to attain a tolerably collect idea of 



its general appearance, by supposing a small species with I'm- of the 



quality and texture of thai Of the common hare, but of a dark brown 



