210 G. E. Dobson — Kotes on some K. W. Himalmjan Bats. [Dec. 



which the first was sent from Darjeeling by Major Sherwill in 1853, and 

 appears in Blyth's Catalogue as Murina suillus, Temm. Having lately ob- 

 tained by exchange, from Dr. W. Peters of Berlin, a specimen of Murina 

 suillus, Temminck, which had been compared with the type specimens, I was 

 enabled to perceive that Major Sherwill's specimen which had been labelled 

 M. suillus, Temm. was not correctly so named, and, further, that it differed 

 as much from 31, suillus, a Javanese species, as from the only other member 

 of the genus, M. grisea, Hutton, from the N. W. Himalaya, lately described 

 by Dr. Peters.* 



4. Murina cyclotis, n. sp. 



Muzzle and nostrils as in M. suillus. The ears are nearly as wide as 

 long, and almost quite circular, the only interruption to the regular convexi- 

 ty of the external margin being a very faint flattening of the upper and 

 outer portion, and a slight convexity opposite the base of the tragus. The 

 tragus is shaped like that of M, suillus, but is considerably longer and tapers 

 to a much finer point. 



Wings attached along the outer toe as far as the base of the claw ; feet 

 small, toes of nearly equal length ; extreme tip of tail alone free. 



The upper surface of the interfemoral membrane is covered with hair 

 which is most dense at the root of the tail, along the tibia, and on the cal- 

 canea ; it also extends across the tibia to the wing-membrane. The back of 

 the feet are closely covered with hair, which exceeds the toes in length. 



On the upper surface the fur is bicolored, dark brown at the base with 

 bright ferruginous tips ; beneath paler brown throughout. 



The vdng-membrane extends further outwards and backwards along the 

 outer toe than in M. suillus, occupying its entire outer side, the terminat- 

 ing claw being alone free. This distinguishes the species at once from M. 

 grisea in which the wing-membrane extends only as far as the base of the 

 first phalanx of the toe. 



The first and second premolars in the upper jaw are well developed, and 

 nearly equal in size, the first being slightly smaller than the second. The 

 last molar is very narrow, being less than half the antero-posterior diameter 

 of the antepenultimate molar. 



Length, head and body, 1-7 inch ; tail 1'5 ; ear (anteriorly) 0*6 ; tragus 

 0-35 ; forearm 1-3 ; 2nd finger 2-4 ; 4th finger 2*0 ; thumb 0-35 -, tibia 0-65. 



Besides the original specimen sent by Major Sherwill others have since 

 been received by the Museum from Captain Elwes, Dr. Stoliczka, and Mr. 

 Mandeli, but all have been obtained at Darjeeling. 



* Monatsberichte, Berlin Akademie, April, 1872, p. 258. 



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