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Wings from the ankles ; interfemoral very large ; calcaneum 

 nearly as long as the tibia ; last caudal vertebra alone projecting. 



Upper incisors in pairs in the centre of each half of the space be- 

 tween the canines, equal in size and in vertical extent, unicuspidate, 

 with oblique cusps directed downwards and slightly inwards ; lower 

 incisors very small, trifid, not crowded, the outer tooth on either side 

 separated from the canine by a space ; first upper premolar scarcely 

 raised above the gum, in the centre of the space between the canine 

 and second premolar and rather to the outer side of the tooth-row ; 

 upper canine with small anterior and posterior basal cusps ; first 

 lower premolar scarcely half the size of the second, triangular, with 

 a small anterior and posterior basal cusp ; last upper molar nearly 

 three fourths the antepenultimate molar. 



Length, head and body l"-8, tail 0"'6, head 0"-7, ear 0"-6, tragus 

 0"-18, forearm l"-7, thimib 0" -28, third finger — metacarp. l"-6, first 

 ph. 0"-5, second ph. 0"-8 ; fourth finger — metacarp. l"-3, first ph. 

 0"-4, second ph. 0"-35 ; fifth finger— metacarp. l"-25, first ph. 0"-42, 

 second ph. 0"-2, tibia 0"-7, calcaneum 0"-6, foot 0"-3. 



A female specimen in the collection, from unknown locality, ob- 

 tained during the voyage of the ' Sulphur,' has the forearm l"-85, 

 but the ears and calcanea are slightly shorter than in other 

 specimens. 



Hah. Polynesian Subregion (Pelew Islands, New Hebrides, Fiji 

 Islands, Navigators' Islands). 



a. $ ad., al. Fiji Islands. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



h. ad. sk. Island of Ovalau, Fiji. Dr. F. M. Rayner [P.]. 



(Type of Emhallonura fidiginosa, Tomes.) 

 c-e. iS ad., al. Island of Ngai, Fiji. Lords of the Admii-alty [P.]. 



/. 2 ad., al. Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [P.]. 



g. $ ad., al. Voy. of the ' Sulphur.' Sir E. Belcher [0.]. 



(Type of Centrcmyeteris calcarata, Gray (non Wied).) 

 h. skuU. New Hebrides. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



i. skull. Viti Levi, Fiji. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



j. skuU. Island of Ngai, Fiji. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



2. Emhallonura monticola. 



EmbaUomu-a monticola, Temminck, Van der Hoeven, Tijdsch. voor 



Natur. Gesch. v. p. 25, pi. ii. figs. 1, 2 (1839) ; Peters, MB. Akad. 



Bei-l. 1867, p. 480; Dobson, 3I(mogr. Asiat. Chiropt p. 166 



(1876). 

 Vespertilio (Nycticejus) s\ecio, Eydcmx et Gei-vak, Voy. ' Favorite,' 



2" part. Zoology, p. 7 (1839). 

 Emhallonura discolor, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl 1861, p. 711. 



Muzzle obtuse in front, the extremity projecting slightly beyond 

 the lower lip ; centre of the upper lip with a small, naked, trian- 

 gular projection below and between the nostrils ; nasal apertures 

 circular, directed forwards and downwards. Eyes large, rather 

 prominent. Ears narrow, slanting backwards, the inner margins 

 arising from a point above the eye, straight in the upper half ; tip 



