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the sides of which the intervening membrane is attached. A pit-like depression on 
each side of the forehead behind the connecting aural membrane. 
Ears large, generally longer than the head, occasionally only reaching to the nose-leaf ; 
from the mesial line of the connecting membrane to the external border considerably 
longer than the distance between the external attachment of the ear and the end of the 
snout; when expanded their inner borders with the connecting band form almost a 
horizontal line from side to side. Inner border of ear slightly convex ; outer border 
slightly emarginate below the tip, broadly rounded in its lower portion towards its 
attachment, which lies about on a level with the angle of the mouth ; the base of the 
ear is devoid of a lobule, and is removed from the angle of the mouth about the distance 
that the inner canthus of the eye is remote from the outer border of the nasal membrane. 
Tragus erect, nearly three times as high as broad, somewhat falcate; tip more or less 
notched; upper half of the inner border concave, lower half convex ; outer border 
convex, with the margin forwardly curved, a prominent triangular lobe at the base ; the 
height equals the distance between the eye and the tip of the snout ; the base of 
the tragus is immediately above the origin of the outer border of the ear. Tail equalling 
or exceeding the length of the head and body, more than three-fourths of its entire 
length free. 
First digit of manus with a callosity on the metacarpo-phalangeal joint. Wing- 
membrane arising from the upper portion of the low-er fifth of the tibia. Interfemoral 
membrane short, perforated by the tail on the dorsal surface close to its free margin. 
Head, anterior to the ears, practically nude, but the margins of the frontal and fronto¬ 
nasal pits sparsely covered with curved hairs. A few long hairs on the sides of the 
snout. A patch of downwardly directed hairs on the mesial line beloAv the nose-leaf 
and similar forwardly and downwardly directed short hairs along the upper lip. 
Anterior surface of the membrane connecting the ears, and the anterior half of the 
inner aspect of the ears, sparsely covered with short hairs. Distal half of the posterior 
surface of the ear nude, but the posterior aspect of the connecting membrane and base 
of ear covered with fur. A few straggling hairs upon the tragus. Cliin nearly nude 
as far back as on a line betw’een the angles of the jaws. Fur not extending from the 
side of the back on to the wing-membrane; lower portion of back (sacral region) and 
interfemoral membrane perfectly nude. A few^ hairs on the under surface of the wing- 
membrane external to the sides of the body. Upper surface of tip of tail with a few 
long hairs. 
Tibia long and straight; foot long and slender, rather more than one-half of the tibia 
in length. 
General colour ashy or mauve-brown, dusky white below ; under surface of limbs and 
accumulation of fat about the base of the tail yellow; upper surface of limbs brown, 
also the wings, the interfemoral membrane, and the ears. 
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