1871.] G. E. Dobson— On Malayan Bats. 265 



Teeth very small, and acutely pointed ; upper canines with a 

 small cusp at the base, both in front and behind. 



r» .... T 2 1—1 1—1 3_3 



Dentition.— In. - ; c. , — - ; p.m. : m . 



4 1—1 r 2—2 3—3 



t j, i Inches 



Length, head and body, j.g 



» tail, ,.... !!.'!!.".'.'.!.' 1-2 



head, - 6 



eai % m 0-4 



Breadth, ditto, *... 0*35 



Width, upper transverse nose-leaf, .' \ 03 



Height, ditto ditto, 02 



Length, forearm, _ % j.gg 



„ thumb, ......" "..'.." 02 



,, second finger, 2*6 



„ fourth ditto, \-Q 



» tibia, pb 068 



„ foot and claws, 03 



„ calcaneum, , ## 0*3 



Expanse, " 90 



Loc. Penang. 



Miniopteris Austkalis, Tomes. 



Mr. Tomes in describing this species writes — " The fur too of the 

 under-parts encroaches somewhat on the membranes, whilst in M. 

 blepotis, the latter are quite free from fur." — As this appears to me 

 the most important point of difference amongst those enumerated, I 

 think it would have been well, if Mr. Tomes had shown to what ex- 

 tent the fur of the body encroaches on the membranes, as the ex- 

 pression " encroaches somewhat" is vague, there being very few of 

 the Vespertilionidce, (indeed, I have never seen any, except imma- 

 ture individuals,) in which the fur of the body does not extend to 

 some degree, however limited, on the wing and interfemoral mem- 

 branes. I think, therefore, an accurate description of the distri- 

 bution of the fur, accompanied with detailed measurements of the 

 three specimens, obtained by Dr. Stoliczka at the Nicobars, may not 

 be out of place here, more especially as doubts may be entertained 

 as to the identity of this species with that described by Mr. Tomes 

 from its remarkable distribution, to which I have referred in the 

 Proceedings, Asiatic Society of Bengal.* 



The following is a description of the colour and distribution 

 of the fur taken from one of the three specimens dried from spirit. 



* May, 1871 



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