382 EMBALLONUIUD.E. 



and femur ; from this a band of fine hairs extends outwards to the 

 carpus ; the interfemoral membrane is naked ; the backs of the toes 

 are covered with very short hairs. 



Upper incisors very short and blunt. 



Length, head and body 3"'35, tail l"-35, head 1"-15, ear (ante- 

 riorly) 1"-1, tragus 0"-28, forearm 3", thumb 0"-45, third finger 4"-7, 

 fifth finger 2"-5, tibia 1"-15, calcaneum 0"-9, foot 0"-65. 



Hah. Tenasserim Province. 



Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



3. Taphozous australis. 



Taphozous australis, Gould, Mammals of Australia (185.3) ; Wagner, 

 Suppl. Schreb. Sdugeth. v. p. G90 ; Dobson, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 550. 



A. distinct but rather small throat-sac in males, in females quite 

 absent, the chin being covered veith hairs in the position occupied by 

 the throat-sac in the males. Ears large, as long as the head, inner 

 margin of the ear-conch papillate ; no lobule at the base of the tragus. 

 Eadio-metacarpal pouch well developed. 



Wings from the anldes or tarsus. Tail slender. 



The face is everywhere covered with hair, which in front of the 

 frontal depression is very short. The fur of the back extends for a 

 short distance upon the wing-membrane, and upon the interfemoral 

 as far as the point perforated by the tail ; the remaining part has a 

 few short hairs. Beneath, the wing-membrane is densely covered 

 as far as a line drawn from the middle of the humerus to the knee, 

 the limit of the fur being strictly defined as in 2\ melanopogon. As 

 in other species, a band of fur passes outwards behind the forearm 

 to the carpus. 



Fur above and beneath pure white at the base, the remaining 

 three fourths of the hairs above dark brown, and terminal half 

 beneath paler brown. The fur of the body rather long and dense. 



Length, head and body 3", tail l"-3, ear 0"-95, tragus 0"-28, fore- 

 arm 2"-7, thumb 0"*4 ; third finger — metacarp. 2"-5, 1st ph. 0"-8, 

 2nd ph. 1"-1 ; fifth finger 2"-45, tibia l"-05, calcaneum 0"-8, foot 

 0"-45. 



Hah. Australia, from Cape York to King George's Sound ; New 

 Guinea. 



a. (S ad., al. New Guinea. Mrs. Stanley [P.]. 



6, c. ad. sks. Albany Island, Cape York. Voy. of ' Rattlesnake.' 



d, 2 ^^" ^^- (typs)- King George's Sound. Dr. Richardson [P.]. 



3 a. Taphozous flaviventris. 



Taphozous flaviventris (Goidd), Peters, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 430. 

 Taphozous australis, var. flaviventris, Dobson, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 551. 

 ? Taphozous hargi'avei, Pier son- Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, 1876, p. 81. 



I have not had an opportunity of examining the single specimen 

 on which this species was founded, and the following description 



