1887.] 



J. Scully — -On ^/ie Ohiroptera of Nepal. 



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3. Cynopterus marginatus. 



Pteropus marginatus, Geoffroy, Ann. du Mns. xv, p. 97 (1810). 

 Cynopterus marginatus, Dobson, Mon. Asiat. Chir. p. 24 (1876) ; Cat. Ohir. Brit. 

 Mus. p. 81 (1878). 



I obtained only two specimens of this species in Nepal, one from the 

 Nowakot district about 16 miles north-west of Kathmandu; and another 

 just within the Nepal Valley, which had evidently strayed there from the 

 Nowakot district. The captures were effected on the 13th and 27th of July. 

 The first example obtained is a female, evidently an old animal, as the 

 molars are much worn, and the second is a male, apparently full grown, 

 but not old. 



The following are measurements taken from these specimens after 

 preservation in alcohol : — 



Length, head and body 



„ tail 



„ head 



„ ear (anteriorly from notch) 



Breadth,ear 



Length, ear to tip of nostril 



eye to tip of nostril 



forearm 



thumb and claw 



third finger 



fifth finger 



tibia 



foot and claws 



Expanse 



? 



< ^ 



3-6 



3-2 



0-45 



0-45 



1-3 



1-25 



0-7 



0-7 



0-47 



0-45 



1-1 



11 



0-5 



0-47 



2-5 



243 



0-9 



103 



4-1 



3-9 5 



31 



2-9 



0-95 



0-86 



0-6 



0-55 



16-0 



16-0 



The dental formula of these two specimens is : — 



Incisors f , canines f , premolars f, molars f = 30. 



Ears margined with white ; wing-membrane from basal half of 

 first toe ; fur olive-brown above, pale fulvous beneath. Claws black, 

 with white tips. Compared with specimens of C. marginatus in the 

 British Museum, I could not detect any difference except in size, the 

 Nepalese examples being decidedly small and having short ears. My 

 measurements accord best with those of G. brachyotus, from S. Anda- 

 man Island, given by Dobson in the Monograph of Asiatic Chiroptera ; 

 but, as this variety does not even figure as a synonym in the Catalogue 

 of Chiroptera published by him later, it is to be presumed that G. mar- 

 ginatus must be regarded as a species which varies greatly in all 

 dimensions. 



Mr. Hodgson did not obtain this species in Nepal, and, although it 

 has often been quoted as from that country on his authority, it has been 



