Dr. Cantor on the Flora and Fauna of Chusan. 481 



straminea, spathulato- v. obovato-oblonga, obtusa, integerrima, vel 

 apicem versus obsolete crenulata. Stamina 30-45 : filamenta libera 

 v. pentadelpha, ovarium sericeumvel tomentpsum. Stylus glabervel 

 basi barbatus, post anthesin 2 lineas longus. Stigmata obtusa, de- 

 mum s?epe patentia. Nux 2-4 lineas alta, diametro J-3-lineari; 

 costse plus minusve prominentes, ssepissime crassse. Semen ovatum 

 v. obovatum, fusco-castaneum. 



Habitat in Europa, pra?sertim media et australiori. Parisiis florescit 

 medio Junio : individua tamen reperiuntur singula jam initio Junii vel 

 tantum initio Julii florida. 



LIII. — General Features of Chusan, ivith remarks on the Flora 

 and Fauna of that Island. By Theodore Cantor, M.D., 

 Bengal Medical Service, &c. 



[Continued from p. 370.] 



Animals observed at Chusan. 

 1. MAMMALIA. 

 Cheiroptera. 



*Vespertilio irretitus\. V. auriculis capite brevioribus, rotundatis ; 

 trago lanceolato ; rostro brevi, obtuso, nigro ; labiis mentoque crini- 

 bus longioribus sparsim tectis ; vellere dorsi capitisque molli, brevi, 

 griseo-brunnescenti, abdominis pulvericolore ; membro virili maximo ; 

 cauda corpus longitudine sequante, e membrana interfemorali, subtiis 

 sparsim hirsuta, paululum exserta. 



Ears rounded, shorter than the head ; tragus lanceolate ; muzzle 

 short, obtuse, black, the lips and chin with scattered, lengthy, bristly- 

 hairs ; fur of the back and head short, soft brownish gray, that of the 

 abdomen dust- coloured ; male genital organ highly developed ; tail as 

 long as the body, slightly protruding from the interfemoral mem- 

 brane, the abdominal surface of which is thinly covered with short 

 hair. 



Dentition : — Incis. ~j ; canin. molar. |rf • 



Dimensions. j nc h. \\ n . 



Length of the head | 



body 1| 1 



tail 1 1 



ear 2| 



Breadth of the ear 2 



Length of the tragus 1 



Extent of the wings 8 



* Animals marked with an asterisk have been sketched at Chusan in 

 1840 by Dr. Cantor, who has supplied the names unless otherwise observed. 



f Irretire, from its being frequently arrested in the strong web of two 

 large spiders, Epe'ira bilineata and heraldica (vide infra), which circum- 

 stance has given rise to the common erroneous belief that those and similar 

 spiders feed upon bats. 



