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Eur, above, dark brown, the extreme points of the hairs paler and shining ; 

 beneath, much darker brown or black for three-fourths its length, the remaining por- 

 tion ashy. 



In front the face is everywhere densely covered, the long hairs concealing the 

 eyes, and leaving the tip of the nose above naked ; on each side of the nose two or 

 three small warts may be seen through the hairs. The ears are quite naked an- 

 teriorly ; posteriorly, their bases only are covered. On the wing-membrane the fur 

 of the back extends as far as a line drawn from the junction of the proximal and 

 middle thirds of the humerus to the commencement of the distal third of the 

 femur ; on the interf emoral membrane it ceases abruptly at the end of the second 

 caudal vertebra ; the remainder of the membrane is quite naked. Beneath, the ab- 

 dominal fur extends upon the wing-membrane as far as a line drawn from the elbow 

 to the knee-joint ; posteriorly, the extent of the fur of the body on the wing-mem- 

 branes is similar to that on the upper surface, but three-fourths of the membrane is 

 dusted over with a few very fine hairs arising from the transverse dotted lines. The 

 backs of the toes are covered with a few very short hairs. 



Incisors on each side parallel, acutely pointed ; inner incisors longest with a 

 small acutely pointed talon near their extremities on the outer side. In the lower jaw 

 the second premolar is small, but distinctly visible, standing in the tooth-row ; in the 

 upper jaw the space between the canines and third premolar is small, and the second 

 premolar is very minute, placed in the angle between the first and third premolars, 

 and with dif&culty distinguishable in recent specimens even with the aid of a lens. 



Inches. 



Length, head and body 1"8 



„ tail 1-6 



head 0-65 



„ ear (anteriorly) 0'58 



Breadth „ 0-28 



Length, forearm . . . . , . . . . . . . 1'5 



thumb 0-25 



„ second finger 2'7 



„ fourth „ 1"9 



„ tibia 0*6 



„ foot and claws . . 0"3 



Sahitat. — Hotha, Yunnan. 



Genus Scotophilus, Leach. 

 * Scotophilus oenatus, Blyth. 



Nyctieejus ornatus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1851, vol. xx. p. 517. 

 Scotophilus ornatus, Dobson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 371. 



Specimens of this remarkably coloured species were obtained at Nantin and in 

 the Sanda Valley. Among the Vespertilionidce of the eastern hemisphere this 

 species appears to be most nearly allied to the American species of the genus Ata- 

 lapha, with which it agrees remarkably in its general characters. 



