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Show 1866.] DR. W . PETERS O N M A M M A L S FROM BURMAH. 427 crotis and subbadius, Hodgs., from Nepal, but is very easily to be distinguished from all other species by the peculiar form of the saddle and the lancet. It agrees in every other respect with the true Rhinolophi; but if any one wishes to make a genus of it, he may call it Coelophyllus, with the same name for the species. Ears large, pointed, a little shorter than the head, with seven or eight transverse folds, and the notch above the antitragus acutely triangular; horseshoe large, in front triangularly notched, sides covering a single rudimentary secondary leaf; front part of saddle bent forwards rectangularly, dilated at the base into a disk covering the nostrils, rounded but not dilated at the point; the upper margin of the saddle is lengthened, without a pointed process, and not united with the lancet, but entering with its hinder part into the cavity of the lancet. The latter is very peculiarly formed,-convex from behind, and containing a long hairy cavity open in front, where on each side are to be seen the usual two lower cells, as in R. ferrum-equinum ; but the septum between these two cells is cleft to make room for the hinder part of the saddle; and instead of the upper third pair of cells there is a transverse slit, joined by a longitudinal fissure descending from the apex of the lancet. The front part of the lower lip has the usual naked swollen prominence, divided by three longitudinal furrows into four divisions. The wings are large, the fifth finger being a little longer than the fourth, and do not reach the ankle, but leave the lowest part of the tibia free, as in R. ferrum-equinum. Teeth ^ - -^- - ^ ; the first small upper premolar is short, pointed, and placed in the row of the other teeth ; the second rudimentary lower premolar lies on the outside, in the angle formed by the first and second premolars. ~ The upper parts are brown, the underside paler, the hair being whitish with brown tips; and the wings are black brown. r ° metre. Total length 0064 Length of the head 0-020 of the ear 0 0175 Breadth of the ear 00125 Length of the whole nose-leaf 0-013 Breadth of the horseshoe 00087 Length of tail 0019 of humerus 0-0235 of forearm 0042 1st linger. Metacarp. 0-004 .. 1st ph. 0-0028.. 2nd ph. 0-0017 00085 2nd finger. „ 00335.. „ 0001 .. 0-0345 3rd finger. „ 0*031 .. „ 0-013 .. „ 0-0205.. Last 0-0027 0-065 4th finger. „ 0-0322.. „ 0-0085.. „ 0-012.. „ 0-0010 0053 5th finger. „ 00315.. „ 0-010 .. „ 0-0116.. „ 00013 0-054 Length of femur 0-01651 of tibia 0-019 of foot 0-0105 of spur 0010* * Jn the same bottle with the Bats were two specimens of a fish (labelled "Anabas scandens, common on trees in water and mud-banks of Sal ween tidal waters ") referable to Periophthalmus koelreuteri, Tschudi. |