SCOTOPHILTJS COEOMANDELIANUS. 35 



uniform breadth, rounded at the end ; wing membranes extending to the 

 base of the toes, which exceed the rest of the foot in length ; fur bico- 

 lored; abore, dark brown, with whitish-brown tips; beneath, brown at the 

 base, the tip yellowish-brown. 



Length, head and body, 2 J inches; taillif; expanse 13 J; forekrm 

 2^;tibiaifths. i 



This species of bat was brought from some part of India by Caj^tain 

 Boys. 



38. Scotophilus coromaudelianus. 



Vespertilio apud F. Cuvibe. — Blyth, Cat. 105. — Kerivoula Sylcesii, 

 Gray.— No. 12, Elliot, Cat. 



The Cokomandel Bat. 



Descr. — Ears rather large, broad; tragus lunate, or slightly curved 

 forwards, and obtuse and rounded at the tip ; a minute prsemolar above, 

 situated laterally internally, not visible from without ; two lower praemo- 

 lars; two pair of upper incisors about equal in size; fur short; above, 

 diagy fulvous-brown, beneath grayish fulvous ; in some dark-brown both 

 above and below. 



Total length, 2f inches, of which the tail is 1^ ; expanse 7| to 7f ; 

 forearm 1^. Elliot gives total length 2-j^; forearm 1. 



This minute bat is found in every part of India, and usually conceals 

 itself in the roofs of dwelling-houses, in holes in the thatch, under tiles, &o. 



39. Scotophilus lobatus. 



Vespertilio apud Geay. — Haedwickb, HI. Ind. Zool. — F. abramus, 

 Temminck 7 



The Lobe-eaeed Bat. 



Descr. — Ears small, ovoid, ends rounded, scarcely emarginate, with a 

 lobe at the base ; tragus short, of nearly uniform breadth, curved inwards 

 and rounded at the end ; muzzle very short, pointed. Pur above black- 

 ish-yellow, ashy beneath. Some cross lines of hairs on the interfemoral 

 membrane. 



Length, 2^ inches, of which the tail is 1| ; extent 7^; forearm 1^. 



This bat, figured in Hardwicke's Illustrations, is considered by Tomes to 

 be very close to, if not identical with the Japanese bat, named V. abramus 

 by Temminck. It is not_certain from what part of India it was procured. 



