1. MEGADEKMA. 



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The membranes are almost naked, but the t'ur of the body extends 

 upon the humerus and muscular part of the forearm very densely. 



First upper premolar very small and internal, partially covered by 

 the expanded cingulum of the large second premolar, which has a 

 distinct anterior and posterior basal cusp ; the upper canine, on each 

 side, has a very distinct acutely pointed internal basal cusp, which 

 appears in recent specimens like an incisor, and also a large but less 

 acute posterior cusp. The four lower incisors are equal in vertical 

 extent, bifid, and, although close together, not crowded. 



Frontal bones flattened and slightly expanded laterally, with very 

 short postorbital processes (Plate X. fig. 2a). 



Dentition. Inc. j, c. |^, pm. ^~, m. ^. 



Length, head and body 3"-4, ear 1"'7, tragus 0"-7, nose-leaf 0"-55, 

 forearm 2"-7, third finger 4"-7, fifth finger 3"-l, tibia l"-4, foot 

 0"-65. 



A specimen in the writer's collection, sent from Mangalore, Mala- 

 bar coast of India, by Dr. A. F. Dobson, has the terminal third of the fur 

 above pale greyish brown, beneath almost white ; ears, nose-leaf, and 

 membrane of the same pale colour. That this is not due to age is 

 shown by the unworn condition of the teeth. It is also slightly 

 smaller than adult specimens of M. lyra from other parts of India, 

 but does not differ from them structurally so far as can be seen. The 

 foUowing are the measurements of this specimen : — 



Length, head and body 3"-2, head l"-2, ear l"-55, tragus 0"-7, 

 nose-leaf 0""55, forearm 2""5 ; third finger — metacarp. 1"'75, 1st ph. 

 1"-1, 2nd ph. 2" ; fourth finger— metacarp. l"-9, 1st ph. 0"-6, 2nd 

 ph. 0"-85 ; fifth finger— metacarp. 2"-15, 1st ph. 0"-75, 2nd ph. 0"-65 ; 

 tibia l"-25, calcaneum 0"-45, foot 0"-65. 



Hah. Peninsula of India (from Kashmir to Cape Comorin) ; 

 Ceylon. 



a. ad. sk. 

 h. cJ ad., al. 

 c. ad. sk. 

 ^f. ad. sk. 

 g,h. <S ad., al. 

 i-m. ad. sk. 

 n. ad. sk. 

 o. ad. sk. 

 p. ad. sk, 

 q. 5 ad., al. 

 r-x. skull. 

 y-c'. skulls. 

 d'. skeleton. 



Nipal, Himalayas. 



India. 



Bombay. 



Madras. 



Madras. 



Java? 



Nipal. 

 Madras. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J. 

 General Hardwicke [P.]. 

 Dr. Leith [P.]. 

 Sir Walter ElUot [P.]. 

 T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 

 E. I. Company [P.]. 

 Old Collection. 



Old Collection. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



Sir Walter Elliot [P.]. 



2. Megaderma spasma. 



Vespertilio spasma, LinncBus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 32 ; Schreber, Stiu- 



gethiere, i. p. 158, pi. xlviii. (1775). 

 Megaderma spasma, Oeoffroy, Ami. du Mus. p. 195 (1810) ; Cantor, 



Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1846, p. 179 ; Blyth, Append. Kelaart's 



