18 BMBALLONURID^. 



Le7igth.—B.e!iA and body 3-5", tail 1-3", ear O-S," tragus 0-23", thumb 

 0-5", 3rd finger metacarpal 2-75", 1st ph. M5*, 2nd ph. 1-2", fifthfinger 

 2-65", tibia 1-2", foot 0-65». 



iTa6.— Sind, Lower Bengal, Southern India, Sumatra, Java, Burmah, 

 and the Malay Peninsula. Not known from Bombay or the Deccan ; 

 but probably occurs there also. 



Taphozous Kachensis, Dols. J. A. S. B. 1872, p. 221; Suh. Sp. 

 of T. nudiventris. Dobs. Monog. As. Chir. p. 172.— The Kutch Bat. 



^a?,.— Sind and Kutch. Distinguished from T. nudiventris by the ab- 

 sence of the gular sac in both sexes, and slightly different measurements. 



Length.~Rea.d and body S-G", tail 1'25", forearm 2-9b", 3rd finger 

 metacarpal 2' 7*. 



Rhinopoma, Geoff. Descrip. de I'Egypte ii. p. 123; Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1866, p. 82; Bohson, Monog. Asiat. Chir. p. 174. 



Crown of the head slightly elevated above the face Hne ; muzzle 

 thick, obtuse; the superior extremity projecting considerably beyond the 

 lower lip. Nostrils valvular, in the front surface of a fleshy prominence . 

 at the anterior extremity of the muzzle ; ears united across the forehead, 

 which is deeply concave between the eyes as in Taphoaous. Tragus 

 distinct; index finger with two phalanges. Tail slender, produced 

 considerably beyond the truncated interfemoral membrane. 



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JJentition. inc. jj c. j^^ pm. ^^, m. g^. 



Upper incisors rudimentary, suspended from the small premaxillary 

 bones, which are united in the centre and connected laterally by slender 

 processes as in Emlallonura with the maxillary bones. Nasal bones 

 much expanded laterally and vertically, while posteriorly the frontal 

 bones are depressed, forming a shallow concavity in the forehead. 



Rhinopoma microphyllum, Wagner. Supp. Schreh. Saugeth. i. 

 p. 444; Vobson, Monog. As. Chir. p. 174; Cat. Chir. Br. Mus. p. 400. 

 Ehinopoma Hardwickii, Gray. Zool. Misc. p. 37 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. 

 p. 492 ; Dobs. Cat. Chir. Br. Mus. Var. A. Sub Sp.— The Long-tailed 

 Leaf-Bat. 



Extremity of the muzzle thick, obtuse, obliquely truncated, pro- 

 jecting considerably beyond the lower lip. Nose leaf very small ; 

 upper margin convex, with a small raphe passing downwards between the 

 nostrils ; forehead with a deep circular concavity between the eyes, and a 

 narrow groove along the centre of the muzzle to the base of the nose leaf. 

 Ears shorter than the head; inner and outer margins slightly convex, 

 the outer straight for a short distance immediately beneath the tip, 

 the extremity rounded off, ending between the base of the tragus and 

 the angle of the mouth, not forming a separate lobule near its termina- 

 tion; tragus longer than wide, the extremity obtuse and indistinctly 

 irregularly toothed. At the base a small triangular lobule. Meta- 

 carpal bones of the index and of the second fingers equal in length, 

 that of the fourth finger shorter than the second, but longer than 

 that of the third finger. 1st ph. of mid-finger imperfectly flexed 



