Robert Newstead

“ The anomalous position of the tail is noteworthy; it is reflexed over the back with its accompanying membrane closely overlapping the wrinkled membrane of the legs, thus forming a deep narrow trough: an excellent apparatus to carry off any drops of water that might fall upon it from the roof of its habitat. Viewed in profile, the animal bears a remarkable resemblance to the pupa of a butterfly, and is altogether a most interesting little creature to study.
An examination of their rejectamenta showed that they had been feeding, almost exclusively, upon the smaller species of Lepidoptera ”

“ Sometimes the head is also covered, but the space between the fore arms is always exposed. The fingers bend suddenly inwards at the joints, and all meet on the ventral parts of the body, where they, together with the membrane, form an irregular pentagon. ”

“ In the celebrated Cefn and Tremeirchion caves this bat is fairly common—more so in the former than the latter. But the little cave-dweller may very probably occur in any suitable habitat throughout the district. My first acquaintance with the species was through Mr. ”