974 Description of three Indian species of Bat [No. 120. 



incisors, and therefore may be of some utility for a time, co-existing with 

 the first canines, but no longer required when these are supplanted ; in 

 the lower jaw are four distinctly trilobated incisors : behind the upper 

 canines are one or two very minute false molars, then a large sharp 

 pointed one, corresponding to the carnassier or ** scissor-tooth," and pos- 

 terior to this are two large subquadrangular true molars, less elevated 

 than the last, and succeeded by a small transverse third true molar ; below 

 are two large pointed false molars, and two large and one small true 

 molar, corresponding to those above. The fur is soft, close, and velvety, 

 and in most species plentiful, being generally, if not always, slightly 

 grizzled towards the extremity of the pile. 



The first species I have to notice is the 



T. longimanus, (?) Hardwicke : but as the details furnished by that 

 observer are, for the most part, of generic rather than specific import, 

 it may prove to be an allied one, though I do not think this probable. 

 The only specimen I have seen is an adult male, for which I am indebted 

 to my valued friend, and former European acquaintance. Dr. Cantor, in 

 whose residence in Calcutta it was captured. The description and 

 figure are taken from the recent animal. 



Length, from nostrils to end of tail, 4f inches, the membrane extend- 

 ing I inch further ; alar expanse 16 inches ; tail 1 inch, capable of protru- 

 sion I inch, and of being sheathed for its whole length ; ears, posteri- 

 orly f inch, or anteriorly to inferior lobe even with the mouth, above 

 f inch, their breadth at base f inch, and tips apart as they lie flatly out- 

 wards, If inch ; tragus ^g inch, and of the usual hatchet-shape, widest 

 at the extremity. Length of fore-arm 2f inches, and from wrist 

 to end of wing above 3| inches ; tibia 1 inch, and foot minus the 

 claws, ^ inch ; two small longitudinal excrescences on the chin, but 

 no throat- sac in the specimen, though the site of this is indicated 

 by a semi-nude rudiment of the structure in question. Colour of 

 the fur uniform dark fuscous-brown above, slightly tipped with a light- 

 er colour, and pure white at base ; beneath paler, except on the throat, 

 from being more conspicuously tipped with brownish-grey ; the fur 

 everywhere very close and full, rather short, and soft, and velvety ; face 

 almost nude, and with the membranes darker than the back ; the ears, as 

 usual, naked externally, except at their posterior base, and on a fold 

 near this ; within are a few minute hairs. 



