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Show 1876.] MR. G. E. DOBSON O N THE MOLOSSI. 721 3. NYCTINOMUS AGYPTIACUS. Nyctinomus agyptiacus, Geoffroy, Descr. de l'Egypte, ii. p. 128, pl. ii. (1812). Dysopes geoffroyi, Temminck, Monogr. Mammal, i. p. 226 (1835-41) ; Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. Saugeth. i. p. 469 (1844). Much smaller than N. africanus. Ears quite separate, but close together by the bases of their inner margins; outer and inner margins of the ear-conch evenly convex, forming almost an arc of a circle above; antitragus half-oval, separated by a deep notch posteriorly; tragus broad and rounded off above as in the preceding species. Lips with vertical wrinkles. Wing-membrane from the lower part of the tibiae, near the ankles. Fur, deep smoke-brown above, paler beneath. Distribution of hair on the membranes as in N. cestoni, except on the antebrachial membrane, which is nearly naked. Length (of the type, an adult o* specimen preserved in alcohol): head and body 2"*6 ; tail 1"*6, tail free from membrane 0"*9 ; head 0"*95; ear 0"*9, tragus0"*23x0"* 15; forearm 1"*95 ; thumb 0"*28 ; second finger-metacarp. 1"*9, 1st ph. 0"*75, 2nd ph. 0"*8; third finger-metacarp. 1"*8, 1st ph. 0"*6 ; 2nd ph. 0"*4; fourth finger -metacarp. 1"*15, Ist ph. 0"*55, 2nd ph. 0"*3 ; tibia 0"*5; foot and claws 0"*35. Hab. Africa (Egypt). Type in the collection of the Paris M u seum. 4. NYCTINOMUS TRAGATUS. Nyctinomus tragatus, Dobson, J. A. S. B. 1874, p. 143, Monograph Asiatic Chiroptera, p. 181 (1876). This species resembles N. agyptiacus very closely, but is larger, and has always six lower incisors. That this is not due to age (as the young have generally six lower incisors, even in species in which four is the normal number in the adult animal) is shown by the relative measurements of this species and N. agyptiacus, and by the presence in every specimen (as yet examined) of this species of six lower incisors. Length: head and bodv 2"*9 ; tail 1"*7, tail free from membrane 0"*85; ear 0"*9, tragus 0''*23 X 0"*15 : forearm 2"*0; second finger 3"*6 ; fourth finger 1"*9 ; tibia 0"*6 ; foot and claws 0"*35. Hab. Peninsula of India (Rajanpur, N . W . frontier ; Jashpur near Chutia Nagpur; Calcutta). Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 5. NYCTINOMUS PLICATUS. Vespertilio plicatus, Buchanan-Hamilton, Trans. Linn. Soc. p. 261, fig. (1800). Nyctinomus bengalensis, Geoffr. Descr. de l'Egypte, ii. p. 130 (1812). Nyctinomus tenuis et N. dilatatus, Horsfield, Zoolog. Researches in Java (1825) ; Cantor, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 179. Dysopes murinus, Gray, Illustr. Ind. Zool. vol. i. pl. i. (1830.) Dysopes plicatus, Temminck, Monogr. M a m m . i. p. 223( 1835-41). |
