OTONTCTERIS HEMPEICHI. 
119 
Measurements, 
Persian. 
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Siwah. 
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Ourgla. 
6 • 
Gulf. 
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mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
Snout to vent. 
74 
73 
72 
66 
69 
Vent to tip of tail. 
51 
50 
49 
47 
55 
Length of head. 
27 
27 
26 
26 
26 
Height of ears. 
35 
37 
36 
35 
34 
Breadth of ears, greatest . 
27 
27 
26 
26 
27 
Height of tragus. 
18 
17 
17 
17 
16 
Breadth of tragus, greatest . . 
5 
5 
5 
5 
4 
Length of forearm. 
61 
61 
57 
59 
60 
„ 1st digit. 
11 
11 
11 
12 
14 
„ 2nd metacarpal . 
54 
52 
52 
54 
54 
„ 3rd „ . . 
56 
54 
54 
54 
54 
„ 4th „ , . 
54 
51 
52 
52 
54 
„ 5th „ . . 
52 
51 
50 
48 
50 
,, tibia. 
24 
23 
22 
25 
26-5 
„ foot. 
12 
11 
11 
11 
12 
Stretch of wing. 
365 
355 
325 
360 
375 
Measurements of the skull of a female. 
mm. 
Occipital crest posteriorly to tip of premaxillary. 23’3 
„ to posterior border of premaxillary notch. 21 
Upper border of foramen magnum to tip of premaxillary. 22 
Lower border of foramen magnum to tip of premaxillary. 20 
Length of mesial line of palate. 8-3 
Breadth of palate between canines. 3 
„ ,, ,, last molars .. 5-3 
„ across muzzle at canines. 6 
„ „ postorbital process. 8*5 
Least breadth behind postorbital process. 4-5 
Greatest breadth behind root of zygoma. 11*7 
„ zygomatic breadth. 14-7 
The skin of a female bat of this genus was obtained at an elevation of 5000 ft. at 
Gilgit, in the North-western Himalayas, in July 1876, by Colonel J. Biddulph. From 
its dried condition it is difficult to compare this skin, more especially the ears, with 
the specimens from the Oasis of Siwah, in that part of North-east Africa where the 
types of the genus were obtained ; but the muzzle in its dried-up condition closely 
resembles the muzzles of these three specimens, so much so that the Gilgit skin must 
