3. EMBALLONTJEA. 363 



sembles E. semicaudata, while it differs from all other known species 

 of the genus in the relatively great length of the calcanea and tail, 

 and in the greater development of the second upper premolars. 



Length, head and body l"-8, tail 0"-7, head 0"-6, ear 0"-55, 

 tragus 0"-17, forearm l"-5, thumb 0"-3 ; third finger— metacarp. 

 l"-4, first ph. 0"-6, second ph. 0"-8 ; fourth finger — metacarp. 1", 

 fij-stph. 0"-4, second ph. 0"-37; fifth finger— metacarp. 1-05, first 

 ph. 0"-34, second ph. 0"-3, tibia 0"-6, calcaneum 0"-63, foot 0"-28. 



Hcib. Madagascar. 



Tj'pe, an adult $ , from the interior of Madagascar, in the collec- 

 tion of the Berlin Museum. 



The above description of this species (of which I have not yet 

 seen the type) is translated from the original description lately 

 published by Dr. Peters. 



4. Emhallomira nigrescens. 



Mosia nigrescens, Gi-ai/, Voyage of the ' Sulphur,' p. 23 (1844). 

 Emballonm-a nigrescens, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1867, p. 480 ; Dob- 

 son, Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 165 (1876). 



Smaller than any of the preceding species, and at once distin- 

 guished from them by the very different form of the muzzle and 

 nostrils. Ears shorter than the head, comparatively broader than 

 in E. monticola and more obtuse, rounded off above ; tragus much 

 longer than broad, slightly broader above, rounded at the tip and 

 curved outwards ; inner margin convex, outer correspondingly con- 

 cave (Plate XX. fig. 1, ear, double natural size) ; muzzle rather short 

 and obtuse, the upper Hp not projecting beyond the lower one, the 

 forehead concave between the eyes ; nostrils rather wide apart, open- 

 ing by obliquely placed elliptical apertures, whereof the margins do 

 not proj ect ; eyes prominent, with a gToove on the face beneath 

 each. 



Feet small ; wings from the base of the toes ; calcaneum three 

 fourths the length of the tibia. 



Pur, above, dark brown at the terminal fourth, paler towards the 

 base ; beneath paler brown throughout, scarcely extending upon the 

 membranes or extremities, which are dark brown or black. 



Upper incisors small, acutely pointed, unicuspidate, close together, 

 directed inwards and forwards, the inner incisor slightly shorter 

 than the outer one ; lower incisors uot crowded, filling up the space 

 in a semicircular row between the canines; first upper premolar 

 very small, scarcely raised above the gum, in the space between the 



metacarp. l"-25, Ist ph. 0"-38, 2nd ph. 0"-6; fourth finger— meta- 

 carp. 0"-98, 1st ph. 0"-3, 2nd ph. 0"-3 ; fifth finger— metacarp. 

 0"-95, 1st ph. 0"-3, 2nd ph. 0"-22 ; tibia 0"-5, calcaneum 0"-4, foot 

 0"-22. 



