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2. Chalinolobus signifer. 



Chalinolobus signifer, Dobson, Ann. ir Mag. Nat. Hist. 1876, xvii. 

 p. 289. 



Ears and nostrils as in Ch. tuherculatus ; but behind the nostrils 

 on the face, between and slightly in front of the eyes, an erect 

 transverse process (like the transverse nose-leaf in Phyllorhina, but 

 smaller and not concave in front) is placed. This process com- 

 mences on each side at a short distance from the eye, and its free 

 upper margin is regularly convex (Plato XIV. figs. 2, 2a). 



Wiiigs from the base of the toes ; tail wholly contained within the 

 interfemoral membrane ; postcalcaneal lobe well developed, nearly 

 as large as, and similar in shape to, that of 0. tuherculatus. 



In the colour and distribution of the fur, the siiigie specimen yet 

 discovered (an adult male preserved in alcohol) appears to agree 

 closely with G. tuherculatus, which it also resembles in the form and 

 position of the teeth. 



Length, head and body l"-95, tail l"-75, head 0"-55, ear 0"-4, 

 tragus 0"-18, forearm l"-4, thumb 0"-25, third finger 2"-5, fifth 

 finger l"-9, tibia 0"-6, foot 0"-3. 



Hub. Queenslaiid, E. Australia (Peak Downs). 



«. S ad., al, (type). Peak Downs, Queensland. Purchased. 



3. Chalinolohus gouldii. 



Scotophilus gouldii, Ch-ay, Appendix to Grey's Journ. of two Expedi' 



tions of Discovery in Australia, p. 405. 

 Chalinolobus gouldii, Dobson, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 383. 



Head short, crown of the head very slightly raised above the 

 face-line ; muzzle broad, obtuse ; glandular prominences on the sides 

 much developed, adding to the breadth of the muzzle in front ; 

 nostrils prominent above, separated on each side by a small sulcus 

 from the glandular prominences. Ears similar in general outline 

 to those of Miniojyterus schreihersii ; inner margiia of the ear very 

 convex forwards in lower half, then sloping almost horizontally 

 backwards to the tip, the position of which is determined only by a 

 slight flattening of the upper third of the outer margin ; the lower 

 two thirds of the outer margin is slightly convex, and terminates in 

 a conspicuous lappet of skin hanging vertically downwards, placed 

 at a short distance behind the angle of the mouth. Tragus broad 

 above, reaching its greatest breadth above the middle of the inner 

 margin ; the outer margin has a slight convexity near the base, 

 above it a concavity from which the tragTis expands considerably 

 outwards, so that the superior part of the outer margin nearly 

 equals the whole inner margin in length ; the inner margin is 

 straight or slightly concave. Lower lip with a distinct fleshy lobe, 

 as in C. tuherculatus (Plate XIV. fig. 4, head, double natural size). 



Feet small ; wings to the base of the toes ; postcalcaneal lobe 

 rounded, well developed, at a distance equal to the breadth of the 

 foot from the end of the tiliia ; extreme tip of the tail projecting 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 4a). 



