Vol. XXVI, pp. 157-158 June 30, 1913 



PROCEEDINGS 



of Tin: 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



TWO NEW BATS OF THE GENUS TAPHOZOUS. 



BY N. HOLLISTER. 



[Published by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.] 



Two hitherto un described species of Taphozous, in the collec- 

 tion of the United States National Museum, may be known 

 from the following descriptions: 



Taphozous solifer sp. nov. 



Type from Peking, China. Adult d\ in alcohol, U. S. National 

 Museum No. 11."., 010. Collected March 28, 1901, by M. L. Rohb. 



Diagnosis. — Size, proportions, and general characters of Taphozous 

 philippinensis. Color quite different; upperparts with nnderfur drab 

 instead of white, and with hair tips and general color much paler; lower 

 underparts with hairs uniformly drab-gray, not bicolor. 



Color from alcoholic specimens. — General color of upperparts wood- 

 brown, the nnderfur drab and the hair tips wood-brown. Middle of 

 throat, including beard and stripe under and back of ear, blackish. 

 Cheeks, sides, and belly drab-gray, the hairs unicolor. 



Skull and teeth. — Skull almost precisely as in T. philippinensis. Teeth 

 slightly smaller, the mandibular rows noticeably narrower. 



Measurements of type from alcoholic. — Head and body, 76; tail verte- 

 bra, 21; hind foot, with claws, 12; forearm, H-t. Skull of topotype: 

 Condylobasal length. H). 4; zygomatic breadth, T_ > ..">; breadth of brain- 

 case, 10.4: mastoid breadth, 10.9; interorbital breadth, 5.7; postorbital 

 breadth, 4. S; upper tooth row, entire, 9.1; mandible, hi. 4; mandibular 

 tooth row, entire, 11.1. 



Specimens examined. — Eight from the type locality, seven alcoholics 

 and one skeleton. 



Taphozous cavaticus sp. nov. 



Type from Moeara Dua, near Emma-haven, south of 1'adang, West 

 Sumatra. Adult Q, skin and skull, U. S. National Museum No. 



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