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tragus about half the length of the inner margin of the ear, narrow 

 and acutely pointed, outer margin convex immediately above the 

 base, then concave, inner margin correspondingly convex. Face 

 narrow and densely clothed with woolly hair. Wings from the 

 metatarsi ; feet rather large ; tail (in the type specimen, a dried 

 skin) whoUy included within the interfemoral membrane. 



Pur, above, black with brown tips ; beneath, black with ashy tips. 

 On the upper surface the fur extends to the membranes along the 

 sides of the body only ; beneath, a few fine hairs cover the wing- 

 membrane as far as a line drawn from the elbow to the knee-joint ; 

 the interfemoral membrane is nearly naked, except where a few fine 

 thinly spread hairs fringe the posterior free margin. 



The canine and third premolar are rather close, so that the small 

 first and second premolars are drawn iuwards, the second more than 

 the first. 



Length (of the type specimen, a dried skin), head and body about 

 l"-6, tail about 1", enr 0"-6, tragus 0"-28, forearm l"-5, thumb 0"-3, 

 third finger 2"-G, fifth finger 2", tibia 0"-6, foo't 0"-4. 



Such are the characters of the type specimen, from Amoy, a dried 

 skin in a very imperfect state of preservation. 



A specimen in alcohol, in the collection of the Paris Museum, 

 from Cochin China, appears to be referable to this species ; but, as it 

 differs apparently * in some important points from the Amoy spe- 

 cimens, I give the following description: — ■ 



Ears narrow, laid forwaids the tips do not extend to the end of 

 the nose ; inner margin of the ear-conch straight in lower third, 

 convex in middle third, straight in iipper third, tips shortly roimded 

 off; outer margin straight almost from the tip to its termination 

 below, the slight convexity of the lower part commencing below the 

 middle, and not forming any lobular projection ; tragus rather short, 

 and shaped as in V. daubentonii, the outer margin convex, the 

 inner straight. 



Wings from the tarsi ; last caudal vertebra free ; interfemoral 

 membrane triangular behind ; termination of calcaneum indistinct. 



Fur, above, dark, extremities of the hairs greyish ; beneath, simi- 

 lar, the terminal third of the hairs lighter than on the upper surface. 



The canine and third premolar are separated by a rather small 

 interval, and the second minute premolar is quite internal ; in the 

 lower jaw the second premolar stands in the tooth-row. 



Length (of an adult $ ), head and body l"-9, tail l"-7, head 0"-65, 

 ear 0"-6, tragus 0"-27, forearm l"-35, thumb l"-25, third finger 

 2"-6, fifth finger l"-9, tibia 0"-55, foot 0"-4. 

 Hah. China (Amoy) ; ? Cochin China. 



a. 



ad. sk., al. (type). Amoy. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [P 



h. ad.' sk.'' ' . Amoy. R. Swinhoe, Esq. 



ct. ? ad. sk. Amoy. R. Swinhoe, Esq. 



* The differences in the dried stins may be mainly the result of imperfect 

 ^""T Type of V. laniger, Peters. 



