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Show 1888.J OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 477 ANTHOPS, Thos. Anthops, Thos. t. c. p. 156 (1888). Like Hipposiderus, but with the tail rudimentary, consisting merely of three or four vertebrae hidden in the base of the interfemoral membrane and not reaching halfway towards its posterior margin. Nose-leaf (Plate XXII. fig. 1) very complicated, its upright transverse portion emarginate above, the projections, however, not thickened and pointed as in Asellia, but rounded and hollowed out behind and their substance quite thin. Premolars |. 11. ANTHOPS ORNATUS, Thos. 1. c. (Plate XXII. fig. 1.) a-f. 8 2 • Aola. Posterior nose-leaf tridentate, the projections each forming a little spherical cup, opening backwards ; front surface of the leaf divided into four compartments by three very distinct vertical ridges, each running up to the lower side of one of the cups above. Sella with a blunt projecting central point. Horizontal horseshoe-leaf narrow, not emarginate anteriorly ; sides of the muzzle with two secondary leaves, the upper very short, the lower long, extending backwards to join the outer corners of the posterior erect leaf. Centre of upper lip notched below. Supraorbital projection distinct. Frontal gland transverse, very small and almost rudimentary ; a peculiar fleshy point, about 2 millim. long, projecting upwards from its centre. Ears large, laid forward they reach quite to the end of the muzzle, their inner edge evenly convex, their tip sharply pointed, their outer edge slightly concave above, strongly convex below. Limbs and membranes naked. Wings from the ankles. Fur long, soft, and silky. Colour, so far as can be judged from specimens in spirit, greyish buff, the bases of the hairs slaty grey, their terminal halves buff, their extreme tips brown. Dimensions of a pair, male and female, of which the female was the one originally selected as the type:- cf. ?• Head and body _ 53 51 Head 22 21 Muzzle to eye 7 6*8 Ear, above crown 165 17 Forearm 50 51 Index-finger 41 40 Third finger, metacarpus 37 37 ,, ,, 1st. phalanx 18 18 „ „ 2nd phalanx 19 18 Lower leg 23 22-5 Foot 9-3 9-5 Calcaneum 9'0 80 Interfemoral membrane, depth in centre .... 20 20 The forearms of the other four specimens are 48*0, 48*5, 49*0, and 49*4 millim. respectively. Skull (cf):-Basal length 15*1, greatest length 197; greatest PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1888, No. XXXIII. 33 |