. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. —^'cf^ doria' Peters. Geo(/rap/ur (Jisfrilnitto)^—India and the Malay region. Xu/n/xr of fnviiix.—Tliree species of Ilexpciopfcttux ai'c now known: //. doruv (Peters). //. tickcUi (Blylh). an<l //. hhinfoiuJ'i Dobson. Vhar(wteri<.—Dental fornmla and ovneral structure of teeth as in Eptesiciis and VcHpcrfUh); but outer upper incisor nnich larger, the area of its base more than half that of ca- nine, which tooth, in its sini- [)le. strong shaft and well- developed rather closely resembles; space be- tween
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. —^'cf^ doria' Peters. Geo(/rap/ur (Jisfrilnitto)^—India and the Malay region. Xu/n/xr of fnviiix.—Tliree species of Ilexpciopfcttux ai'c now known: //. doruv (Peters). //. tickcUi (Blylh). an<l //. hhinfoiuJ'i Dobson. Vhar(wteri<.—Dental fornmla and ovneral structure of teeth as in Eptesiciis and VcHpcrfUh); but outer upper incisor nnich larger, the area of its base more than half that of ca- nine, which tooth, in its sini- [)le. strong shaft and well- developed rather closely resembles; space be- tween iinier incisoi' and ca- nine s c a r c e 1 y perceptible, barely greater than width of cingulum of canine; outer upper incisor closely crowded between canine and innei- in- cisor, forced backward fro'.u the toothrow. and (piite in- visil)le from the front; its crown scarcely reaching level of cingulum of the two neigld)()ring teeth, but with area in cross section decid- edly more than half that of inner incisor, the surface of the crown basin-shaped, with a large, but low, central cusp; other teetli like those of EptesicuH, the third upper molar with less than half the crown area of first, but AVith the meta- cone and three commissures distinct though small. Skull (fig. 33) l)road, the zygomatic breadth nearly ecpial to upper length in median line, but with no special peculiarities in form; basisphenoid pits well developed, though shallow. Externally as in Kptesicus. Species —Hesj)eropteniif< f'ichidVi (Blyth). Rcviarl's.—It is with some hesitation that I apjily the name Hes- peropteims to the genus represented by //. t'lchcJli. I have not seen ^'Vcspo-iiy. " dori(i\ the type of /I('.s/)efopfr/ii/s, and certain features in the original description, notably what is said of the position of the. — TiC'KELLi. Ceylon. Nil. 123437. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally e
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