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breadth, 11-7; braiucase breadth, 9*7; least interorbital breadth, 

 4*5 ; breadth across muzzle at lachrymal processes, 6*9 ; palatal 

 breadth across posterior molars, 8 ; toothrow behind anterior 

 premolar, 5-4. 



Hob: — Cutch and Kathiawar. Tp5^e from Bhuj, Cutch. 



%je:— Adult. 0. B. M. No. 12, 10, 4, 32. Original number 

 537. Collected 25th September 1911, by Mr. C. Crump, and 

 presented to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural His- 

 tory Society. 



Mr. Cramp obtained 4 specimens at Yankaneer, 2 at Mt. Abu, 

 and 8 in Cutch. 



I have much pleasure in naming this very distinct species in 

 honour of Mr. Oldfield Thomas to whom the Mammal Survey, 

 especially on its scientific side, owes so great a debt. 



Tadarida gossei, sp. n. 



A tadarida closely resembling thomasi except in colouration, 

 which is much darker. 



Size, on the average, slightly smaller than thomasi. 



General colour above darker than in thomasi, near " clove 

 brown," below only slightly paler in the centre of the abdomen. 



Skull scarcely differing from that of thomasi. 



Dimensions of type : — Head and body, 65 ; tail, 3G ; forearm, 

 46; ear, 20. Skull: — Condylo-incisive length, 18-5; Zygomatic 

 breadtii, 11-8; braincase breadth, 10; least interorbital breadth, 

 4-5 ; breadth across muzzle at lachrymal processes, 6*9 ; palatal 

 breadth across posterior molars, 8*1 ; toothrow behind anterior 

 premolar, 5-2. 



Hab : — Poona. Type from Sassoon Hospital. 



Ty2X :— Adult. 0. B. M. No. 19, 6, 3, 21. Original number 

 87. Collected 19th March, 1918, and presented to the National 

 Collection by Capt. P. Gosse, r.a.m.c. 



Capt. Gosse obtained altogether 6 specimens. 



