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ORDER CHIROPTERA.— GENUS VESPERTILIO. 
47. V. HARPYIA THE HARPY EAT. 
The Harpy Bat is remarkable for the shape ofits snout, which, though 
very obtuse, yet appears elongated, owing to its two nasal tubes, which 
separate from each other, advance beyond the lips, and exhibit precisely 
' the configuration we have before described in the formation of Pallas’, 
Tube-nosed Ronssette, Harjn/ia Pallasii. It is, moreover, dis- 
tinguishable from all others, by its feet being clothed to the very nails, 
and from its interfemoral being clad with transparent hairs above, and 
painted below with numerous diagonal and concentric lines, formed by 
small papillae, whence tlie diverging hairs arise. The incisors above 
are of unequal length, those below are crowded, and bi-lobed. The fur 
is abundant, long, and frizzled, cottony, and bi-coloured above, of one 
colour beneath. The head, neck, and body, are of a beautiful whitish-grey, 
but the points of the hair being of a lively red, confers on these parts a rosy 
ash tint; the alar membraneabove, and the feet and toes, are covered with 
bright red hair. Underneath the marking is reddish-grey, the sides of 
the chest being red. The female is somewhat paler than the male. The 
total length is four and a half inches, the width thirteen. Its habitat 
is Java, where, however, it appears to be scarce, residing in caverns 
(Fig. in Temm. Mon. II. pi. 53, figs. 5, 6.) 
48. V. PAPILLOSUS THE PIMPLED BAT. 
The body of this Bat is slim in proportion to the great expanse of the 
wings ; the cutaneous system is much developed, and there is a row of 
very small pimples, forming a border, which runs all along the interfemoral 
membrane, and distinguishes this species from any other. The ears are 
very distant, and broader than high, nearly round, and internally pro- 
vided with a marked fold of the skin; there is, moreover, a longitudinal 
fold, whereby the organ may be closed ; the tragus is very long, filiform, 
and bodkin-like. The forehead is elevated, and the cranium round. The 
fur is abundant, very bushy, soft, cottony, and frizzled ; above it is of a 
deep brown colour, with a rosy tint at the point, all the rest, to the root, 
being silvery-grey. The neck, chest, and coccyx, ate reddish ; the flanks 
are brown ; and the abdomen red. The membranes are very diaphanous, 
and much veined; the row of pimples is whitish, and not supporting any 
hair. Total length, nearly four inches, breadth, twelve. This animal 
has been procured both from Java and Sumatra, but appears scarce, M. 
Temrainck informing us that, whilst MM. Kuhl and Van Hasselt sent 
home hundreds of others, they have only transmitted two specimens of 
this (^Fig. iu Temm. Mon. II. pi. 55, figs. 1, ‘2, 3, and 4.) 
49. V. ADVERSUS THE CROSS-TOOTHED BAT 
This species is described by Dr Horsfield, in his Zoological Researches, 
(No. viii. 2.) but must be rare, as M. Temminck has never received a 
specimen of it. The teeth come within the usual formula, but the upper 
incisors, though they have plenty of room, have such diverging points, that 
the lobes of the teeth, on both sides, cross each other. The head is 
conical ; the chanfrin oblong ; elevated at the back [lart ; the muzzle is 
broad ; the ears straight, obtuse, as long as the head, bent backwards, 
and terminating by a small basal lobe. The interfemoral membrane is ir- 
regularly veined, and marked with obscure points. Its length is three 
inches, three lines ; its breadth ten inclufs. 
50. V. HARDWICKII HARDWICK’S BAT. 
General Hardwick’s Bat was also first introduced to notice by Dr 
Horsfield. It is not very common in Java; nor in Sumatra, where it 
has also been found, does it appear to abound. In size it is somewhat 
less than our Pipistrelle ; the ear is broader than high, scooped out in the 
middle, furnished with a lobe, and abutting near the commissure of the 
lips. This Bat, like t\ia pimpled one, has a longitudinal fold, whereby 
the organ is closed, the external border folding over the internal; the 
tragus is very long, and filiform. The muzzle is short and pointed ; the 
membranes diaphanous ; the fur soft, cottony, and somewhat frizzled ; 
above, it is of a light brownish-grey colour, and beneath, of a brownish- 
grey, with the points of a rosy hue. The entire length is tliree inches, 
breadth, eight (Fig. in Temm. Mon. II. figs. 7. 8, and 9.) 
51. V. RICTUS — THE STRIPED BAT. 
' The Piclus of Linnaius, Pallas, Horsfield, and others, the Striped Bat 
of Pennant, seems to be widely spread over the Continent of India ; it 
also abounds in .lava, Borneo, and Sumatra, .although its existence in 
Ceylon is more doubtful. During the day it finds a retreat at the foot, 
and hides under the great leaves of the Musa sapicniium. The ears are 
large, oval, and slightly cut out at the external margin ; the operculum 
is long and oval-shaped ; a border of short hairs runs along the edge of 
tile interfemoral membrane ; the feet are well covered with fur ; the fore- 
liead is elevated, and the cranium rounded. The fur is cottony, and much 
frizzled ; above, it is of a very shining golden-red colour, below, reddish, 
tile sides of the neck and flanks more decidedly so. The alar membranes, 
as far as the fingers, and the whole of the interfemoral, are more or less 
reddish, and are especially red near the flanks, and at the coccyx ; be- 
tween the fingers they are of a dull black ; a tinting which, though con- 
spicuous on the living animal, cannot be perceived on the preserved 
one. The length is three inches, the width, nine. — (Fig. in Temm. 
Mon. II. pi. 56, figs. 1, 2, and 3.) 
52. V. SUILLUS.— THE SWINE BAT. 
This singular little Bat is most readily distinguished from its congeners 
by many peculiar characters. Its small head terminates in a prominent 
snout, in which there are two prominent tubes. Its ears, at their outer 
margin, have a projection, which is furnished with a longitudinal fold ; 
the tragus is long, filiform, and pointed ; the alar membranes are very 
ample, and take their attachment from the feet, not at the first articula- 
tion of the metatarsus of the external toe, but at its unguiual phalanx. 
The tail is short, and the membrane cut transversely, so that its point 
extends somewhat beyond it. The fur is bushy, long, woolly, and bi- 
coloured ; the whole of the interfemoral membrane, having edges curv- 
ed, as are the toes, with transparent hair. The upper parts of the body 
are bright-red, the under, a pale isabclle-colour, the flanks ash-coloured, 
the skin reddish. The total length is two and a half inches, the breadth, 
seven and a half. This new species has been sent from Java, by the 
Netherland Naturalists t it flies very rapidly, and, during the day, con- 
ceals itself under the Musa sapientium- It is also found in Sumatra. — (Fig. 
in Temm. Mon. II. pi. 56, figs. 4, 5, and 6.) 
53. V. HASSELTII.— HASSELT’S BAT. 
This rSmarkable species is distinguished by a dark fur, which is cottony, 
and a very diaphanous cutaneous system; the alar membrane takes 
its attachment from the apophysis of the tibia, leaving the metatarsus 
free ; the muzzle is somewhat long ; the ears larger than wide, round 
at the points ; the tragus is lance-shaped, and obtuse at the extremity. 
The very short fur is cottony throughout ; above, the colour is light 
mouse-coloured, grey at the point, the roots being black, beneath, white ; 
the interfemoral membrane has a fringe of transparent hairs, the nails 
are white. The entire length is a trifle above 3", the width 9". 
This species was captured by M- Van Hasselt in Java, and sent to 
Leyden. — (Fig. in Temm. Mon. pi. 56, figs. 7 and 8.) 
54. V. HORSFIELDII HORSFIELD’S BAT. 
Horsfield’s Bat is a new species, which has recently been sent from 
the neighbourhood of Buitenzorg, iu Java, to Leyden, and which the 
distinguished Professor has designated after the able Naturalist whose 
labours have added so much to our knowledge of the Natural History of 
Java. Its size corresponds to that of the Barbastelle, Its muzzle is 
pointed, and its nostrils somewhat tubercular. The ears of mean length, 
are narrow, and somewhat inclined backwards, louud at the end, and 
scooped in the margin ; the tragus is straight, lance-shaped ; the toes are 
long and strong ; the alar membrane takes its attachment from the base 
of the metatarsus, and some very minute white biistles are studding over 
the lower part of the interfemoral ; the point of the tail is free. The 
odoriferous glands are large ; they commence beneath the nasal tubes, 
and completely go round the orbits. The fur is of mean length, and 
smooth, extending over the base of the interfemoral. In the male, all 
the superior parts are black, tiie sides of the neck and the chest brown ; the 
flanks dark grizzly ; there is a whitish streak along the medial line of the ab- 
domen ; i\K female is somewhat more grey above. The length is somewhat 
above 3", the width, 10" (Fig. in Temm. Mon. pi. 56, figs. 9, 10, 
and 11.) 
55. V. TRALATITIUS.— THE TRALATITE BAT. 
The Tralatite Bat of Dr Horsfield, the Lo7vo-manir of the Malays, is 
very common in Java, and is also found in Sumatra. The females have 
one, and sometimes two, at a birth ; its habits are not unlike those of 
t\\& Pij)is(rellc. Its muzzle is very short, somewhat pointed; the ears 
oblong, and much scooped at their external margin ; the tragus is shaped 
like the willow-leaf, with a round point ; the toes are very short, and 
the membrane rises from the outer one. The interfemoral membrane is 
chagrined beneath, and very fine, small, grey bristles rise in transversal 
lines from the projecting points. The odoriferous glands are placed on each 
side of the muzzle, near the nostrils, and extend .above the eyes, with- 
out surrounding the organ, their colour being light yellow. The fur is 
cottony, very abundant, though short and smooth ; above, it is quite black, 
with a drab-brown tip ; beneath, it is also black, with the tips white. The 
length is three inches, the width about eleven.— Fig. in Temm. Mon. II. 
pl> 57, figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4./ 
