32 TAPHOZOINJE. 



Length §| to 4 inches, of which the tail is -j^ths ; expanse 14 to 16 

 inches. 



This bat is stated in Horsfield's Catalogue to have been sent from some 

 caves in Canara by Dr. Wight, but no other record of its occurrence in our 

 province is known to me. It is common in various parts of Malayana. 



33. Taphozous saccolaimus. 



Temminck. — Blyth, Cat. 84. — T. crassus, Blyth. — T. jnilcher, Elliot. 

 The White-bellied Bat. 



Descr. — Muzzle, angular, naked, very acute ; nostrils, small, close ; ears, 

 distant, shorter than the head, large inner margin recurved, outer ditto, 

 dilated, reaching to the conmissure of the mouth ; tragus, wide, securi- 

 form ; fur, short, smooth, blackish on the head, chesnut-brown on the back ; 

 beneath, dirty white ; or black-brown above with white pencillings ; pure 

 white below. 



Length, nearly 5 inches ; expanse 17 ; tail y\ths. One obtained by 

 Mr. Elliot at Madras, was 4-j% inches long ; expanse 17 ; forearm 2^'^. 

 Malayan examples appear to be smaller. 



This fine Taphozous has been procm-ed occasionally in various parts of 

 the peninsula, and it also inhabits Burmah and Malayana. 



Taphozous bicolor, Temminck, is said to be from the East Indies, and 

 Wagner states that M. Eoux brought four examples from Calcutta. As it 

 , was never obtained by Blyth, I imagine there must be some mistake, and 

 that the specimens if of a distinct species from those recorded above, were 

 not obtained at Calcutta ; T. licoler is described as having the ears, oval, 

 long, nude ; the tragus, short and securiform ; the hairs white at the base, 

 and dusky black at the tip. Length 3^ inches ; expanse 13. 



There are one or two more Asiatic species of Taphozous, several from 

 Africa, and one from Australia. 



Most' of the remaining groups of this sub-family are from America ; one, 

 Emballonura, having a representative in Java. 



8ub-fam. Noctilionin^. 



Tail longer than the membrane, free at the tip for some length in several. 

 Gen. Nyotinomus, Geoifroy. 



Syn. Dysopes in part, Ilhger. 



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C/iar.— Incisors, in the young — ; in adults — or — or —■; molars, 



