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along the margin of the upper lip, almost concealing the minute 

 eyes, and leaving the tip of the nose alone uncovered. 



Ears ovate, with obtusely pointed tips directed outwards ; outer 

 margin concave immediately beneath the tip, becoming gradually 

 convex and forming a small lobe near the base : tragus long, 

 narrow, and obtusely pointed ; inner margin straight, outer mar- 

 gin curved outwards at the base for about one-third its length, 

 then ascending straight, equally inclined to the inner margin ; on 

 the curve near the base a very small lobulus is placed, which is 

 not succeeded by an emargination. Nose projecting slightly 

 beyond upper lip, with a very shallow emargination between the 

 nostrils which open sublaterally. 



Thumb rather long, basal phalanx less than half its length ; 

 foot moderately large, toes more than half its length. Wing mem- 

 brane very broad, attached close to base of outer toe, beautifully 

 variegated with orange and brown-black. The portions of dark 

 coloured membrane are triangular in form, and occupy the spaces 

 between the second and third, and third and fourth fingers, and 

 also the space included between the fourth finger and a line drawn 

 from the carpus to the angle. All the remaining portions of mem- 

 brane, including the ears and interfemoral membrane, are orange. 

 The orange colour extends in narrow lines along the fingers, the 

 bones of which are of the same hue, and is dispersed over the 

 dark triangular spaces in dots and streaks, 



The fur of the back is everywhere thick and woolly, tricoloured, 

 dusky at the base for about one-third its length, then light fawn 

 colour, the ends of the hairs tipped with light golden brown ; 

 beneath light fawn colour, the hairs paler at the base. 



Above, the fur of the back extends upon the humerus and 

 ante-humeral membrane for half their length, on the wing mem 

 branes it occupies but a very small space, about 0".3 wide, termi- 



the Dame Stenopterus. I have since examined several specimens of Murina 

 suilla from the same locality, and it appears to me very probable that the 

 narrowness of the wing in the so-called Stenopterus, and the smaller number 

 of phalanges, has to be attributed to an accidental abnormity in a specimen 

 of the above noticed Murina. I, therefore, defer characterizing that specimen 

 until I may be enabled to trace its exact relation to Murina. The name 

 Stenopterus, having been already used in other branches of Zoology, cannot 

 again be employed in this case. > 



