OP NEW SOUTH WALES. 81 



Description of a supposed new species of Bat, from Stairwell, near 

 Bulli, N.S.W., by E. Pierson Ramsay, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., etc. 



Tathozous Hargravei. sp. nov. 

 Incisors ... ... 1 — 1 Canines ... ... 1 — 1 



2—2 1—1 



Premolars ... 2—2 Molars 3—3 



2—2 3—3 



Total length 4 # G inches ; head 2-3 x G - 5 ; ears - 8 x 0-5 ; 

 tail 0*9, free portion 0'15 ; arm 1*7 ', forearm 3 inches ; 

 thumb, - 3. 



First finger, 2-9. 



Second ditto ; first phal., 3*2 ; second phal., 1*4 ; third, 1*35. 



Third ditto ; first phal., 2*4 ; second, 0*8 ; third, 0*3. 



Fourth ditto ; fii*st phal., 2 inch ; second, 0*7 ; third, 0-45. 



Tibia, 1-05 inch. 



Tarsus, 1-05." 



Carpals and phalanges (foot), 0'6 inch ; distance, from tip of 

 tail to outer margin of the membrane, - 5 inch (dried skin) ; ears 

 large, somewhat triangular, pointed at tips, rounded behind, 

 length, 0-6 ; breadth, 0*5 inches, tragus, 0-25 x 0*15, rather long; 

 three sided, the anterior margin almost straight, curved forwards, 

 upper margin irregular, almost at right angles with it, slightly 

 rounded ; posterior margin curved, having a deep indentation near 

 the base. 



The upper incisors very minute simple, the lower small, trilobate. 

 Canines very strong rather blunt, curved, conical with a small 

 sharp lobe at the base of the inner (not posterior) side, a narrow 

 groove on either side of it and a small round compressed tubercle 

 at its base. Lower canines : strong, stout, curved, not quite so long 

 as the upper, with a fold or collar at the base forming a small 

 lobe posteriorly, lower canines and incisors closing in front of the 

 upper. Premolars : lower jaw, the first small, curved, sharp ; 

 second, longer, acute, broad at the base with small inner basal lobe ; 

 Premolars, lamer jaw, first acute, second longest, both having a 



