1887.] 



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251 



The following are dimenaions and some particulars of the speci- 

 mens preserved : — 



Length, head and body , 



„ tail 



„ head 



,1 ear 



„ tragus 



„ forearm,. .. , 



)} thumb 



„ third finger, , . 



„ fifth finger ... 



„ tibia 



,, foot and claws 



rf" 



cT 



cf 



? 



? 



cf 



? 



1-73 



1-8 



1-8 



1-9 



1-8 



1-79 



1-82 



1-45 



1-4 



1-5 



1-63 



1-55 



1-37 



1-55 



0-6 



0-64 



0-6 



0-63 



0-65 



0-63 



0-63 



0-5 



0-5 



0-5 



0-58 



0-55 



0-5 



0-53 



0-22 



0-21 



0-22 



0-25 



0-21 



0-23 



0-22 



1-29 



1-28 



1-3 



1-3 



1-3 



1-28 



1-3 



0-25 



0-25 



0-3 



0-25 



0-24 



0-24 



0-27 



2-35 



2-4 



2-4 



2-55 



2-45 



2-3 



2-5 



1-6 



1-7 



1-7 



1-77 



1-75 



1'65 



1-8 



0-52 



0-5 



0-5 



0-6 



0-51 



0-5 



0-53 



0-26 



0-26 



0-27 



0-3 



0-26 



0-27 



0-25 



8-8 



9-0 



10-0 



10-1 



90 



8-9 



9-7 



Fur above dark olive-brown, below paler and rather rufous brown ; 

 basal part of fur above and below blackish. Membranes dusky. In a 

 male captured on the 8th November the testes appear in the form of 

 oval bodies, 0"3 inch in length, placed on each [side of the base of the 

 tail, below, in a temporary scrotum. lu this specimen, the colour of the 

 fur differs perceptibly from that of the other examples. The fur above 

 is a rich brown, with a wash of gold-colour in parts, due to the hairs 

 being pale-tipped ; below, the colour is sandy brown. The tips of the 

 claws are pure white. On comparing these Nepalese examples with 

 specimens of V. ahramus in the British Museum, I could not detect any 

 appreciable differences in the shape or position of the teeth, or in any 

 other specific characters. 



Mr. Hodgson presented five examples of Vesjperugo ahramus^ ob- 

 tained in Nepal, to the British Museum ; but he does not appear to 

 have discriminated the species, as he gave no name to it. The speci- 

 mens were entered in the Catalogue of Hodgson's collection, by Dr, 

 J. E. Gray, as Scofojohilus fuliginosus, with Vespertilio fuliginosus^ 

 Hodgson, as a synonym. The latter title is really a synonym of 

 Miniopterus schreihersii, as is proved by Hodgson's original description. 



14. Harptiocephalus leucogaster. 



Murina leucogaster, Alph. Milne -Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. vii, Bull. p. 91 

 (1871) ; Mammif. du Tibet, p. 250 (1872). 



Harpiocephalus leucogaster, Dobson, Monogr. Asiat. Chir. p. 157 (1876) ; Cat. 

 Chir. lirit. Mus. p. 283 (1878). 



I obtained a single specimen of this bat in the Nepal Valley, 



