388 EMBALLONURTB.H. 



Yar. a. 



Tapbozous kaclihensis, Dohso7i, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 221. 

 Taphozous nudiventris, subsp. kachbensis, Dobson, P. Z. S. 1875, 

 p. 563; Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 172 (1876). 



Very similar to T. nudiventiis in general form and in the distribu- 

 tion of the fur, but distinguished by the absence of the gular sac in 

 both male and female ; in the male the usual position of the sac is 

 indicated by a small semicircular fold of skin and nakedness of the in- 

 tegument ; in the female the surface is smooth. The measurements 

 are also slightly different ; but the general resemblance to T. nudi- 

 ventris is so close that I hesitate to class it as a distinct species. 



Length (of an adult 5 ), head and body 3"-6, tail l"-25, ear 0"-9, 

 tragus 0"-25, forearm 2"-95, thumb 0"'45 ; third finger — meta- 

 carp. 2"-7, 1st ph. 1"-1, 2nd ph. l"-3 ; fifth finger 2"-7, tibia 1"-1, 

 foot 0"-65. 



Hah. Kachh, N.W. India. 



Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



II. No radio- metacarpal pouch; lower lip divided in ike centre of its tipper 



surface and in front hy a deep narrow groove. 



Subgenus 2. Taphonycteeis. 



8. Taphozous saccolsemus. 



Taphozous saccolaimus, Teinmincli, Monogr. Mammal, ii. p. 285, 

 pi. 60 ; Dobson, F. Z. S. 1875, p. 554 ; Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. 

 p. 172 (187G). 



Taphozous crassus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xiii. p. 491. 



Taphozous pulcher, Elliot, I. c. p. 492. 



Ears shorter than the head ; tragus concave on outer surface, 

 upper margin regularly convex, margined posteriorly by a fringe of 

 fine hairs ; inner margin of the ear-conch smooth, not papillate. 

 Gular sac well developed in both male and female, but much larger 

 in the male ; lovt^er Up with a deep narrow groove in the centre of its 

 upper surface and in front. No radio-metacarpal pouch. 



Wings from the ankles. 



On the upper surface the fur of the body scarcely extends upon the 

 wing-membrane, the line of attachment of which seems to limit its 

 extent ; posteriorly the fur terminates, as on the sides, in a well-de- 

 fined line limited by the root of the tail ; the interfemoral membrane 

 and the legs are quite naked, the feet are also naked, thus differing 

 from the greater number of, if not from aU, the species of the genus. 

 Beneath, the chin and sides of the gular sac are covered with very 

 short hair, the thorax and abdomen with moderately long fur, as on 

 the upper surface ; the antebrachial membrane has a few fine hairs ; 

 and the wing-membrane is covered as far as a line joining the middle 

 of the humerus and the femur, a line of fur passing outwards to the 

 carpus and occupying a considerable triangular patch of membrane 

 there between the forearm and fifth metacarpal bone. 



Fur, above, white at the base, the greater part of the hairs dark 



