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Show 122 ON BATS FROM DUKE-OF-YORK ISLAND. [Feb. 20, PHYLLORHINA CALCARATA, sp. nov. (Fig. 8.) Ears as long as the head, triangular, with obtuse extremities; inner margin of the ear-conch very convex in lower half, almost straight above; outer margin slightly concave immediately beneath the tip, then straight. Nose-leaf simple in front, no secondary leaflets on the sides of the muzzle ; horizontal leaf narrow, like that of P. bicolor ; the transverse terminal leaf as in P. larvata, broader than the sella, with three short ill-defined vertical ridges dividing its concave front surface; a small frontal pore behind the transverse nose-leaf. Fig. 8. Head of Phyllorhina calcarata. First phalanx of the thumb as long as the metacarpal bone. Wings from the tarsus. Calcaneum remarkably long and strong, longer than in any other known species of the genus, exceeding half the tibia in length ; tail long, projecting one tenth of an inch beyond the interfemoral membrane. Fur long and dense, above dark brown, the base of the hairs much paler, especially on the anterior half of the body; beneath, orange-brown. Length: head and body 2"* 5 ; tail 1"*4; headO"*85; ear0"*85; nose-leaf 0"*3x0"*22; forearm 2"*0; thumb 0"*35; second finger -metacarp. 1"*3, 1st ph. 0"*8, 2nd ph. 1"*0; fourth finger-metacarp.. 1"*45, 1st ph. 0"*65, 2nd ph. 0"*55; tibia 0"*9 ; calcaneum 0"*6 ; foot and claws 0"*4. Family VESPERTILIONIDHE. KERIVOULA HARDWICKII. Vespertilio hardwickii, Horsfield, Zoolog. Researches in Java (1825). Kerivoula hardwickii, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842 p. 258 ; Dobson, Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 148, figs, a, b, c (1876)! Although the single specimen representing this genus is larger and has comparatively larger outer incisors and brighter-coloured fur than individuals of K. hardwickii from India and Java, I have nevertheless no hesitation in referring it to that species, with which it agrees very closely in all other respects. |