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EMBALLONtlRID^. 



Hah. Austro-Malayan Subregion (Ternate ; Amboina ; Duke of 

 York Island, New Ireland). 



a. (5 imm., al. (type). Amboina. Sir E. Belcher [C.]. 



h. d" ad., al. Duke of York Island. Rev. G. Brown [C.J. 



4. COLEURA. 

 Ooleura, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1867, p. 479. 



Ears as in Emhallonura ; tragus longer than broad, slightly nar- 

 rower above ; wings from the ankles or tarsus ; antebrachial mem- 

 brane without a pouch ; interfemoral membrane very large ; tail 

 short, projecting on the upper surface by the last caudal vertebra. 



Nasal bones concave, frontal depressed ; postorbital processes of 

 the frontal long and slender ; premaxiUaries not united in front. 



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



Lower incisors not separated by an interval on each side from the 

 canines. Upper incisors equally distant from the canines and from 

 each other. 



The bony palate does not extend so far back as in Emhallonura, 

 and the basisphenoid is much more deeply excavated, almost as 

 deeply as in Taphozoas. Owing to the concavity of the frontal 

 bones, the crown of the head appears much more elevated above the 

 face-line than in Emhallonura. 



Range. South-east Africa (Zanzibar ; Mozambique) to the Sey- 

 chelle Islands and, probably, to Madagascar and other islands of the 

 Malagasy Subregion. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



a. Lower lip with a distinct median groove in 

 fi'ont ; muzzle obtusely conical ; ears nar- 

 rowly rounded off above ; forearm 2"-2 ; 

 tibia 0"-95 1. C. seychellensis, p. 364. 



h. Lower lip not divided by a groove in front ; 

 muzzle acvitely conical; ears broadly 

 rounded off above ; forearm 1"'9 ; tibia 

 0"-6 2. C. afra, p. 365. 



1. Coleura seychellensis. 



Coleura seychellensis, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1868, p. 367. 



Ears much shorter than the head, their inner margins arising 

 from the sides of the forehead at a short distance above and be- 

 hind the eyes ; inner margin of the ear-conch straight, tip nar- 

 rowly rounded off; outer margin slightly convex, with a shallow 

 emargination opposite the tragus, terminating midway between the 

 base of the tragus and the angle of the mouth ; tragus much longer 

 than broad, inner and outer margins straight, parallel, the tragus 

 maintaining the same width upwards, abruptly and shortly rounded 

 off at the tip, a small projection on the outer side opposite the base 



