M IN IO P T E R U S D A.SYTERIX
^BManajnalia "P la ^ J ) MINIOPTERUS DASYTHRIX.—T em .
M ammalia.»—P la t e LII.
M. superne rubro brunueus flavo biunneo-tinotus, capute dorsique parte posterioris griseo brunneo-umbratis,
infra pallide brunneo-rnber Havo-bpumqq tinctus; lateribus, abdominisqae parte posteriore sordido-
albis; anribus acuminatis, margine extemd versus apicem emarginata.
Longitudo e nasi apice ad basin caudas 2 unc. 9 lin.; caudse 1 unc, 3 lin.
Vespertilio Natalensis, Smith.—South African Quarterly Journal, New Series, vol. i. 1832.
C o lo u r .—The fur of the upper part of the head, neck, and body,
intermediate between chestnut-brown and yellowish brown, that of the
head and posterior part of the back tinted with broccoli-brown. On the
under parts the general colour is a dull, pale brownish red, tinged with wood-
brown ; the flanks and hinder portion of the abdomen, dingy white. The
wing and interfemoral membranes intermediate between wood-brown and
yellowish brown, in places strongly tinted with pale reddish orange. Ears,
tragus, and nose, nearly the same colour as the wing membranes.
F o rm , &c .t—Head, posteriorly rather broad, anteriorly narrow; nose
rounded, the nostrils at its apex close together, and each with a raised
margin; ears broad at the base, narrow towards the apex, which is
pointed, the external margin of each slightly emarginate a little below
the point; tragus narrow, subfalciform, and pointed. Eyes small, and
situated close to the ears. Body moderately full; wings rather wide;
interfemoral membrane large, somewhat triangular, and envelopes the whole
of the tail. Toes of hinder feet short and nearly of equal length, claws slender
and much curved. Alar membrane much veined, one large vein extending
obliquely from the mesial extremity of the antibrachium to nearly the
apex of the fourth finger; anterior to this, towards the body, the veins extend
in straight lines from the antibrachium ; toward the finger their direc;
tion is obliquely outwards and backwards. Behind the first-mentioned vein
one portion of the more delicate ones, which are numerous, extend across