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of specimens taken at the same place, one may be found with reddish- 

 brown fur, the others blacker. In all cases, however, the base of the 

 fur is whitish, and the darker-coloured individuals are generally 

 females. This species very closely resembles T. perforatus, GeoS., 

 and may yet be shown to be a variety only of that species. The 

 number of well-preserved specimens of the latter species in the 

 Museums at present is not sufficient to decide the question. 

 a, b. cS ad., al. India. 



e-f. ad. sks. Calcutta. 



ff,h. d & $ ad., al. Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



t. c? ad., al. Teuasserhn Province. Dr. Oldham [P.], 



J- ad. sk. Malacca. A. Charlton, Esq. [P.]. 



k. skeleton. India. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



I. skeleton. 

 m. skull. Madras. Sir Walter Elliot [P.]. 



Var. u. 

 Taphozous lougimanus, var. leucopleurus. 



A single specimen in the collection, obtained by Mr. Wallace in 

 Flores, resembles T. lougimanus from India and Eurmah closely in 

 general structure and in measurements, but differs slightly in the 

 colour, quality, and distribution of the fur. 



The fur is rather long, especially about the neck and upon the 

 under surface of the wing-membrane between the humerus and 

 femur. On the upper surface the posterior half of the antebrachial 

 membrane is clothed with moderately long brown fur, and a small 

 patch of very short hairs appears behind the elbow ; the wings are 

 clothed as far as a line drawn from the middle of the humerus to 

 the distal third of the femui- near the knee ; very short, almost in- 

 visible hairs extend along the tibiae to the feet, and a few long 

 hairs spring from the base of the claws ; beneath, the fur of the 

 antebrachial membrane is longer, but occupies the anterior half of 

 the membrane, and the wing-membrane is thickly clothed as far 

 as a line drawn from the distal third of the humerus to the middle 

 of the femur ; a band of thinly spread fur (longer than in other 

 species) passes outwards behind the forearm, increasing in width 

 until, at the iifth metacarpal, it extends along almost half its 



length. 



Above, pale greyish brown at the base of the hairs and for three 

 fourths their length, the terminal third dark brown, tipped with 

 paler greyish brown ; beneath, similar, but the termmal third of the 

 hairs is paler than on the upper surface, the long fur on the wings 

 between the humerus and femur white. „ „ , , „„ „ 



Length, head and body 2"-9, tail 1"-1, ear -8, thumb -3, 

 forearm 2"-3 ; third finger— metacarp. 2"-3, 1st ph. 0"-9, 2nd ph. 

 1" ; fourth finger— metaearp. l"-8, 1st ph. 0"-5, 2nd ph. -3 ; 

 fifth finger— metaearp. l"-35, 1st ph. 0"-5, 2nd ph. 0"-4 ; tibia -9, 

 foot 0"-5. 



Ilab. Flores, Malay Archipelago. 

 „ ad sk Flores. A. R Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



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