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tip ; muzzle somewhat thick ; wing membranes extend to the base of the 

 toes ; fur, above yery soft, silky and long, brownish-gray with a ferrugi- 

 nous cast, and variegated with whitish hairs on the head, neck, and 

 shoulders ; the rest of the body above, with the base of the membrane, 

 thighs, and interfemoral membrane, deep bay, or reddish-brown, with a 

 few hairs of the same tint scattered over the membrane, and projecting 

 from its edge; body beneath gray, palest on the throat and breast; 

 membranes brown ; interfemoral membrane marked with transverse lines. 

 Length 4^ inches, of which the tail is IJ; expanse 14; forearm 

 2J; ear |; tragus ^ths. 



Hodgson's description of NoctuUnia lasiura is as follows : — " Entire 

 legs and caudal membrane clad in fur like the body, which is thick 

 and woolly ; color bright rusty above, sooty below, the hairs tipped with 

 hoary.'' 



This handsome bat has only, I beheve, been procured at Darjeeling, 

 where Hodgson says he took it near his own house, and whence also 

 specunens were sent by Mr. Theobald. Mr. Blyth states, that Hodgson 

 sent specimens of the next species, Murina suillus, under the name of N. 

 lasiura ; and I see that this is included by Horsfield in the list of new 

 species sent by Hodgson from SiMm, though not recorded in Gray's Cata- 

 logue of his collection. 

 Lasiurus has been considered chiefly an American group. 



Gen. Mueina, Gray. 



Char. — Head and face somewhat lengthened, hairy ; nostrils produced ; 

 ears large, with the outer margin folded; tragus long, fihform, acute; 

 wing-membrane broad, united to the whole length of the outer toe ; uiter- 



femoral membrane and toes hairy; canines small; molars, 



5 — 5 



51, Murina suillus. . 



Vespertilio apud Tbmminck. — Blyth, Cat. 107. — ^iV. lasiura, in part, 

 HoDGBON, and L. Pearsoni apud Blyth. 



The Pia Bat. 



Descr.— Fur long, woolly, bright rufous, the hairs whitish at the base ; 

 abdomen isabelhne. 



Length, head and- body, If to 2 inches ; expanse 9-10; taU 1^; 

 forearm l\ ; tibia ^ths. 



