﻿1874.] G. E. Doh?.on— On the Cliiroptcra inlinhUing tlic Khasia HiUs. 235 



small, upper edge simple, narrower tlian tlie horse-shoe portion, thin, the 

 three vertical folds in front faintly discernible at base only : the horse- 

 shoe with a small incision in the centre of its front free edge : frontal pore 

 small, placed at some distance behind the transverse nose-leaf. 



Wing-membranes from the tibia a short distance above the ankle ; 

 interfemoral membrane triangular, the extremity of the tail projecting. 

 Fur and integuments dark throughout. 



This species belongs to the same section* of the genus as Ph. armigera 

 from which it is distinguished by its considerably smaller size ; by the upper 

 transverse nose-leaf being simple, not lobed above as in that species, and by 

 the incised front edge of the horse-shoe which in Fh. armigera is invariably 

 plain. 



The specimen from which the above description is taken is an adult 

 male preserved in alcohol, obtained in the Khasia Hills by Major H. H 

 Godwin-Austen and sent by him to the Indian Museum. 



5. Ph. larvat/V, Horsfield. 



The Indian Museum possesses specimens of this species from the Kha- 

 sia Hills collected by the late Lieut. Bourne. They differ remarkably in 

 the colour of the fur from the Javanese and Burmese forms. Those from 

 the Khasia Hills are usually very dark without the least reddish tinge ; in 

 one specimen, however, an old male with greatly enlarged glandular eleva- 

 tions between the eyes, the fur has a very distinct orange tinge throughout. 



6. Ph. ruLYA, Gray. 



This appears to be the most widely distributed species of the genus. 

 It varies remarkably in the colour of the fur and size of the ears, and has 

 consequently received nearly as many names as those of the different coun- 

 tries it inhabits. 



Fam. VESFEBTILIONID^. 



7. Vesperus pachyotis. 



Vesperus 2)(icht/otis, Dobson, P. A. S. B., 1871, p. 211. 



This remarkable species, readily distinguished by its peculiar fleshy 

 ears, has not been recorded from any other locality. The original descrip- 

 tion was taken from two adult specimens, a male and female, preserved in 

 alcohol in the Indian Museum. 



8. Vespertjgo (Pipistrelltjs) imbricatus, Horsfield. 



This is the commonest bat in India where it takes the place of the 

 European Pipistrelle. Specimens vary much in size according to age and 

 locality ; the form of the teeth, especially of the incisors, is also very varia- 



* Gloionycteris, Gray. 



