108 TlMEHRI. 
Atalapha are to be obtained about the town, while the 
third has, up to the present, been obtained only in the 
North-west District. The Atalapha noveboracensis, is 
a very widely distributed and common form. It is of a 
rich ruddy colour, with a spread of wings of about 12 
inches, and will readily be known by the absence of the 
nose-leaf, and by the long tail terminating at the extremity 
of the interfemoral membrane, which latter has its upper 
surface covered with hair. The teeth in these forms are 
curiously placed ; no median upper incisors are present, 
their place being taken by a hard pad ; and the two 
lateral incisors are small and placed close against the 
canines ; while the under incisors are six in all, and are 
closely arranged. There are no upper premolar teeth in 
this species, 
In the other closely-related, but larger, species, A.ega, 
one upper premolar is present on each side; and the 
fore-arm reaches a length of about or more than 2\ inches, 
as against if inches in A* noveboracensis. A. ega seems 
to be an uncommon form, one specimen only having 
been obtained in town from the top of the Bourda district. 
The last species to be noticed here, Thyroptera tri- 
color y is one of the most specialised of all the group. It 
is a small bat, with a spread of wings of from about 8-9 
inches, and is rendered remarkable by the presence of an 
adhesive circular pad on each of the limbs — at the base 
of the thumb and op the foot — by means of which it ad- 
heres, during rest, to the various obje6ls on which it may 
settle. The specimen in the Museum collection was 
taken by Mr. H. I. PERKINS, from a plantain tree to 
which it adhered by means of its suckers. Although it 
has only been taken once here, the species is known from 
