No. 5- — 1850.] MAMMALS OF CEYLON. 



329 



DESCRIPTION OF ADDITIONAL MAMMALS. 

 By E. F. Kelaart, m.d. 



Pteropus Seminudus, nobis. 

 New species of Frugivorous Bat. 

 Body slightly covered with light brown fur ; membranous 

 expansion of a darker brown colour ; interfemoral mem- 

 brane deeply emarginated ; head and body 5| inches ; 

 head alone If inch ; tail j inch ; expanse 1 foot 8 inches. 



lam indebted to the Rev. Dr. Macvicar for a specimen of 

 this hitherto undescribed bat, found at Mount Lavinia. 



Hipposideros Lankadiva, nobis, n. sp. 

 Ceylon Gigantic Horse-shoe Bat. 

 Ears large, aecuininate, and emarginated externally near 

 apex ; transverse striae on inner surface naked, with the 

 exception of the inner edge ; muzzle short, but face rather 

 prolongated ; body loug, covered with soft, dusky, rufous 

 brown fur, which is grayish at the basal termination ; head, 

 neck, and beneath of a lighter brown colour ; pubis hairy ; 

 interfemoral membrane accuminated to tip of tail, which is 

 not exserted ; no frontal sac, but two tubercular points 

 from which grow stiffish hairs. 



A full-grown male measured as follows :— 

 Length of head and body 

 „ of tail 

 „ of forearm 

 „ of tibia 

 „ of carpus 

 „ of tarsus 

 Ears, ■§ in. broad, and nearly as long. 

 | inch. Weight, 2. oz. 3 J drs. 



4 £ inches. 

 2 

 2 



Space between ears, 



