202 G. E. Dobson— 0^ tlie JPtero^idce of India. [No. 3, 



belong to the same species, and, accordingly, to avoid the possibility of 

 introducing a fresh synonym, I have retained Fitzinger's name. 



Ctnopterus brachtsoma. pi. XIV, Fig. 7. 



Cynopterus hracliysoma, Dobson, Journ. A. S. B., 1871, p. 260. 



I have little to add to my original description of this species. 



The ears are much rounded off above, and the upper third of the outer 

 margin is straight or slightly convex ; the presence of a rounded lobe at the 

 base of the outer margin at once distinguishes this species. 



The difference in the measurements of the breadth of the ear given with 

 the original description and in the table below is due to the measurement 

 having been taken in the former case across the concavity of the ear, ante- 

 riorly ; in the latter, by means of a string round the convexity, posteriorly. 



G-enus III.— Ctnonycteris, Peters.. 

 I^ostrils projecting ; upper lip with a wide groove hi front with smooth 

 not elevated margins ; index finger ivith a distinct claw ; metacarpal hone of 

 second finger exceeding^ or equalling^ the index finger in length ; wings from 

 the sides of the hairy hack ; wing -memhrane from the hase of the second toe ; 

 tail shorty distinct. 



^ ^.^. .4 1-1 2—2 3—3 



Dentition : — in. — ; c. — - ; piit. - — - ; m. — ■ . 



Cynontcteeis amplexicaudata. pi. XIV, Fig. 8. 



rteropus amplexicaudatus, Geoff. Ann. du Mus., Vol. xv, p. 96. 

 ,, Leschenaultii, Desniarest, Mammal., p. 110. 

 „ amplexicoMdatus, Temm., I, p. 200. 

 ,, seminudus, Kelaart, Jonrn. As. Soo. Beng., xxi, p. 345. 

 „ Leschenaultii, Blyth, Cat. Mammal. Mus. As. Soc. Beng., p. 21. 



Head long, triangular ; upper lip with a wide groove directly continu- 

 ous with the emargination between the nostrils, the edges of the groove 

 smooth, not thickened as in Fteropus or Cynopterus ; ears moderate, trian- 

 gular, rounded at the tip, the upper half of the outer margin straight, the 

 lower half convex. 



Posteriorly the ears are naked except at their bases, anteriorly the conch 

 is covered with a few very short fine hairs. The fur of the body extends 

 upon the humerus and upon the fleshy part of the forearm, the remaining 

 part to the carpus has only a few very fine hairs. The portion of the back 

 and wing-membrane covered with fur across the loins is not more than an 

 inch in breadth. The interfemoral membrane is densely covered with hair 

 at the root of the tail, and on either side as far as lines drawn from the knee 

 joints to the base of the free portion of the tail ; the remaining portion, the 

 legs and a considerable part of the wing-membrane beyond, are clothed with 

 short, thinly-spread fur which extends along the wing membrane and legs 



