260 [No. 3, 



Description of four new species of Malayan Bats, from the 



collection of Dr. Stoliczka,— ly GL E. Dobson, B. A., M. B., 



Asst. Surgeon H. M.'s British Forces. 



[Received 3rd May, read 26th June, 1871.] 

 Cynopterus brachysoma, Dobson. 



Head broad, with prominent zygomatic arches, general shape 

 triangular ; muzzle pointed, deeply emarginate between the nos- 

 trils ; ears moderate, conical, with rounded tips, not margined with 

 white. 



Body very short and thick, everywhere clothed with long, dense 

 fur, of a peculiar slatey-blue colour, with a grayish or silvery tinge, 

 the tips of the hairs sooty-brown. The fur of the back is con- 

 tinuous with that of the abdomen through the notch in the inter- 

 femoral membrane, and completely conceals the tail which is very 

 short and slender. Upper surface of interfemoral membrane thick- 

 ly covered with hair ; beneath, the triangular portions on each side 

 of the tail have a few scattered hairs only on their posterior mar- 

 gins. Above, the fur of the back extends upon the wing membrane 

 as far as a line drawn between the elbow and knee joints, covering 

 it with rather long hair, also upon the humerus, half the length of 

 the forearm, the femur, and proximal end of the tibia ; beneath, the 

 antebrachial membrane is dusted over with a few, very short, fine 

 hairs ; the wing membrane is clothed to about the same extent as on 

 the upper surface, but the hairs are very short, and thinly spread. 



, 4 1—1 2—2 2—2 



Dentition.— In. - ; c. — ^ ; p.m. — - ; m. ~ ^ 



The description of this new species is taken from an adult female 



specimen preserved in spirits. 



Inches. 



Length, head and body e 2.9 



„ tail, 0.25 



head, 125 



„ eye to tip of nostril, 0.4 



„ ear (anteriorly), , 0.6 



Breadth, ditto, 35 



Length, forearm, 2.2 



„ second finger, 4.0 



„ fourth ditto, 3.0 



„ thumb, 0.9 



„ tibia, . .. 0.8 



„ foot and claws, 0.5 



„ calcaneum, 0.2 



Expanse, 14.0 



Loc. Andaman Islands. 



