460 G. E. Dobson — On a new Genus of Rhinolophida, Sfc. [No. 4 



portions of the face are almost naked ; the ears are covered pos- 

 teriorly with fur at their bases which also extends upwards in 

 a triangular form on the inner side, anteriorly the inner margin 

 and part of the conch are clothed with a few short hairs. 



Above, dirty brownish buff; beneath, a lighter shade of the 

 same colour. 



Dentition: — i. - ; c. — : pm. — ; m. 3 — . 

 6 ' l—i ' r 2—2 ' 3—3 



Outer incisors very small, and close to inner ones which are 

 nearly three times their length, and obtusely pointed. 



This bat is about the size of Vespertilio murinus of Europe ; it 



approaches the Serotine very closely in some particulars, as in 



dentition and length of body and tail, but differs in the much 



greater length of the forearm, in the form of the ear and tragus, 



and notably in the colour of the fur. 



Indies. 



Length, head and body, , 28 



„ tail, 2-0 



„ head, 10 



„ ear, (V85 



Breadth, do 05 



Length, tragus, , 0'35 



Breadth, do 0*1 



Length, forearm, , 2'2 



„ second finger, 4'1 



„ fourth do. 30 



„ thumb, 0'38 



„ tibia, 10 



„ foot and claws, 0*5 



Expanse, 15 



The remaining three species obtained near Shiraz were : — 



PlPISTRELLUS MARGINATUS. 

 Vespertilio marginatus, Cretschmer. 

 A dried specimen agreeing very well with the description in 

 Temminck's Monograph.*' The white margin to the wings and 

 interfemoral membranes is very well marked. On the upper sur- 

 face the fur of the body extends upon the wing membrane as far 

 as a line drawn from the middle of the humerus to the knee joint ; 

 * Monographies de Mammalogie, vol. ii, p. 202. 



