786 Notice of the Bat described as Taphozous longimanus. [No. 128. 



hence, as its stomach was quite empty, I think it probable that the 

 members of this genus do not leave their retreats so early as the 

 ordinary Vespertiliones ; indeed I have often wondered that, considering 

 the great number of Bats which I have lately shot, I could never thus 

 meet with -any not appertaining to the sub-genera of restricted Vesper- 

 tilio, save only the great Pteropus Edwardsii and the Pachysoma 

 marginatum, both of which are abundant. The Bats that fly round 

 the dinner-table of an evening are oftentimes a little tantalizing to a 

 zoologist, though it is not often he would succeed in catching them if 

 he made the attempt, since the rooms in this part of the world (as 

 the European naturalist may be reminded) are lofty and spacious, with 

 open doors and windows in all directions. Still I must say I cannot 

 think that the Taphozoi are frequent visitors.* — Nov. 22d, 1842. 



Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 

 (Friday evening, 15th July, 1842.,) 

 The Hon'ble W. W. Bird, in the chair. 

 The following Books were presented. 



Books received for the Meeting of the Asiatic Society, on the \5th July, 1842. 

 The Oriental Christian Spectator, April 1842, Vol. III. No s 4. 

 The Calcutta Christian Observer, July 1842. Vol. III. No. 31. 

 The Calcutta Literary Gleaner, 1842, Vol. 1, Nos. 3 and 5. 



Annual Report of the Transactions of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, 1840-41. 

 London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 



Vol. XX, No. 130. 

 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Vol. VIII. No. 54, and Vol. IX. 



No. 55. 

 Journal des Savants, Novembre et Decembre, 1841. 

 Pemberton's Report on Bootan, Calcutta, 1839, from Government. 

 Macpherson's Report upon the Khonds of the districts of Ganjam and Cuttack, 



Calcutta, 1842. 

 Catalogue of the Physiological series of Comparative Anatomy, contained in the 



Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, 1840, Vol. V. 

 Summer; or, the causes, appearances, and effects of the Grand Nuptials of Na- 

 ture, by R. Mudie, London. 

 Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 



1823, by the Baron Von Wranzell, translated by E. Sabine, London, 1840. 

 Glossarium Archaiologicum: Authore H. Spelmanno, Londoni, 1687. 



* Some annoying typographical errors occur in my former paper on the Taphozoi, 

 consequent upon making a slight alteration in the text when correcting the proofs. In 

 vol. x, p. 972, 2nd line, read " Loret Volant of Daubenton, styled Senegalensis by 

 M. Geoffroy ;" — 4th line, read — " a fourth is described by M. Geoffroy, as F. Mauri- 

 tanus ;"— close of 18th line, read " Raffinesque ;"— and at p. 973, line 21, for 

 altitude read " attitude." E. B. 



