22 megadeematinjE, 



membranous apparatus ; ears very large, connate at the base, with a small 

 tragus. No tail. Interfemoral membrane cut square. Peculiar to the 

 Eastern hemisphere. 



15. Megaderma lyra. 



Geoffroy. — M. camatica, Elliot, Cat. 5. — M, scMstacea, Hodg- 

 son. — Blyth, Cat. 59 — Hoesfibld, Cat 73. 



Thk Lakge-eared Vampire Bat. 



Descr. — Of a slaty blue or pale mouse color, albescent or yellowish-ashy 

 tjeneath. Nasal appendage, large, oblong, free at the tip, reaching to the 

 base of the ears with a fold down the centre ; tragus cordate, two-lobed, 

 anterior lobe pointed, twice as high as the posterior, which is rounded; 

 muzzle, truncated ; under lip, cleft. 



Length of one, head and body, 3^ inches ; extent, 19^; forearm, 2|j 

 tibia, 1-^. 



The molar teeth above are occasionally only three on each side, as found 

 by Mr. Elliot, but Hodgson and others have observed four on each side. 



This curious looking bat is found over all India, from the foot of the 

 Himalayas to the extreme South, frequenting old buUdings,'pagodas, caves, 

 roofs of houses, &c. It is very abundant in the innermost compartments 

 of the cave temples of EUora and Ajunta. Hodgson considered those he 

 procured (which were under the roof of the Dak bungalow at SilUgoree, 

 at the foot of the Sikim Himalayas) distinct ; but I got specimens from 

 the very same locality, and found them apparently quite identical with 

 those from Southern India. Horsfield, indeed, when noticing Hodgson's 

 new Mammals, &c., stated that dry specimens could not be distinguished 

 from M. lyra. 



Mr. Blyth has fully ascertained that this bat at times sucks the blood 

 from other bats, fixing on them behind the ear, sucking the blood during 

 flight, and then devouring the body. It has also been known to eat frogs 

 and fish. Hodgson found insects only in those he examined. 



16. Megaderma spectrum. 



Waqnek.— In Hiigel's Kaschmir, IV. p. 569, with figure. 



The Kashmir Vampire Bat. 



Descr. — Above slaty cinereous, whitish beneath ; the vertical nose leaf 

 of moderate size, oval ; inner lobe of tragus ovate. 



