154 Gr. E. Dobson — On Barmese hats. [Atjgtfst, 



an apparently adult male from the vicinity of Calcutta the incisors are about 

 0"-05 inch long, and very slender. The length and weakness of the upper 

 incisors in T. longimanus probably accounts for their absence in the greater 

 number of specimens of this species, as they are more liable to injury than 

 the short blunt incisors of the other species, which scarcely appear above the 

 level of the gum. 



I have had the opportunity of examining but a single spirit specimen 

 of T. saccolaimtis (the remaining specimens in the Indian Museum being 

 dried skins), and in it could not discover any trace of upper incisors, but 

 as this species is closely affined to T. longimanus, the mcisors are probably 

 similarly long and slender and fall out on the least injury. 



In T. KachJiensis, the upper incisors are very shoii; and not distinguish- 

 able without cutting down on them ; in T. Theohaldi, very short and blunt,, 

 their extremities discerned with difficulty by the naked eye, in one specimen 

 I found the left incisor absent. In every specimen of T. Qiielanopogon 

 examined, five males and five females, the upper incisors were found present, 

 very short, but distinctly visible with the aid of a lens. 



YIII. — Notes on some species of Chiropteea collected by W. 

 Theobald, Esq., in Barma, — ly Gr. E. Dobson, B. A., M. B. 

 Mr. Theobald has presented to the Indian Museum a small but very 

 interesting collection of bats, made by him in Barma, which I find to con- 

 sist of eight species representing seven genera. 



1. Cynonycteris amplexicaudatus, Geoff. 

 A new locality for this species. Mr. W. T. Blanford sent me, in March, 

 last, two specimens from North-western India. It has also been recorded 

 from the PhilijDpine Islands, Amboyna, and Timor ; its geogra^^hical range 

 is, therefore, very extended. 



2. Macroglossus spelceus, Dobson. 



The collection contains male specimens of ^his species not previously 

 examined. The males also possess the peculiar post-anal glands noticed in 

 the female specimens from which the origmal description of the species was 

 taken.* In a large adult male, in which the testes have descended, one of 

 these post-anal glands forms, on each side, the posterior boundary of the 

 temporary scrotum which, in this situation only, is devoid of fur. In none 

 of the specimens is there any trace of a claw on the index finger which equals 

 the metacarpal bone of the second finger in length. 



Length (of an adult male) head and body 4"-5, tail 0"-5^ ; forearm 

 2"'85 ; second finger 4"-9 ; fourth finger d"S ; tibia r'-2. 

 * Journ As. Soc. Beng. xl, p. 261, 



