CCELOPS FBITHII. 29 



Length of forearm, 1-^ ;: ears posteriorly, f ths of an inch. 



Blyth states, that this is larger than murirms, but the forearm as given 

 is much shorter. It may prove to be a local race of H. wiurimts, and has 

 only been found in the Punjab salt range. 



H. lariiatus, Horsfield, is common in Sylhet, Burmah, and Malayana ; 

 and Cantor gives H. nohilis, insignis, diadema, and galeritus, from' the 

 Malay peninsula. Gould has one species from Australia. 



Gen. CoBLOPS, Biyth, 



Char. — General characters of Bhinohphus, but the tail and calcanea 

 wanting entirely, the intercrural membrane acutely emarginate to the 

 depth of a line even with the knees. Ears, large, broad, rounded ; the 

 Biunmit of the facial membranes rising abruptly, obtusely bifid, bent 

 forward ; fur, long, delicately fine. 



29. Ccelops Frithii. 



Blyth, J. A. S. XVlI. 251.— Cat. 81. 



The Tailless Bat. 



i)escr. — Color dusty or blackish ; the fur tipped with dull ashy-brown 

 above, paler and somewhat ashy beneath ; membranes fuscous. Length 

 to rump, 1| inch ; tdembrane beyond, |ths ; forearm. If. 



Mr. Blyth obtained one specimen only of this cttrious bat, which was 

 procured by Mr. Frith in the Soonderbuns. 



Gen. EniifOPOMA, Geoffroy. 



2 , l^^l 4 4 



Char. — Incisors, ---; camties, — — r— molars, -=■•—=-. Ears, mode- 

 4 1 — 1 5 — 5 



rate, connate ; auricle, small, erect ; forehead, excavated ; nostrils, oper- 



culate by a small lamina ; tail, connate by its base with the intercrural 



membrane, but produced beyond it. 



The genus by its connate ears approaches Megaderma, near which it is 



classed by some. 



30. Brhiuopoma Hardwickii. 



Gkay.— Blyth, Cat. 83. 

 ? 

 The LoNCt-TAiLED Leaf-bat. 



iJescr.— Muzzle, long, thick, truncated, and surmounted by a small 

 leaf; tragus, oblong, bi-acuminatc ; forehead, concave, with a fossa or clian- 



