DY S O PE S JM .T ^L EN S I,S .
( ifa im a lia_ Plate 49.)
DYSOPES NATALENSIS&Smith.
Mammalia.—P late 49.
D. corpore supeine infemeque sordido-brunneo-rubro ; alis membranaque interfemorali pallide brunneo-
ru b ris; facie parce pilis rigidis brevibus tecta.
L ongitudo e nasi apice ad basin caudee 2 u n c .; caudee 1 unc. 6 lin.
Colour.—F ur above and below dull brownish red, that on the under parts
lightest; the tint at the base and surface nearly, if not quite, the same.
Wing and interfemoral membrane slight chocolate-brown; phalanges the
same colour ; toes and claws light brownish-red.
F orm, &c.—Figure rather slender; head narrow; ears rather large, and
triangular, apex pointed, base very broad; external and internal divested
of hair. Nose bare, thin, rounded anteriorly, and projecting over the upper lip,
the nostrils opening downwards and forwards on its anterio-inferior edge.
Wing membrane very thin ; wings, from anterior to hinder edge, rather
narrow; antebrachial membrane triangular, arising from apex of shoulder, and
inserted into the anti-brachium nearly midway between its two extremities.
The hinder edge of the wing nearly straight, shewing only a slight projection
at the extremity of each of the phalanges ; the edge internally attached to
the hinder leg a little behind the tarsus. Interfemoral membrane large, and
somewhat seven-sided ; the tail projecting considerably beyond it, where the
two hinder sides meet; it is attached to the hinder extremity of the hody, and
to the inner side of each hinder leg throughout its whole length. Thumb
short, slender, and armed with a small crooked nail. Toes of hinder extremities
laterally compressed, slender, and each with a large, highly-curved
nail, at the base of each of which there is a scanty tuft or pencil of long,
rather coarse hair. The tail is long, and tapers to a point, rather more than
half, from its base, inclosed in the femoral membrane, the remainder is quite
free. Fur of the back, throat, and belly, short, silky, and closely set; face thinly
sprinkled with short rigid hairs, or rather bristles; anterior edge of ear at