SOME KONKAN BATS. 721 



The dimensious are : Head" uud body 5G ; tail 42 ; forearm 38. 

 Thus showing it to ho markedly larger tliau P. ceylonicus. 



A single specimen of this bat was shot by Mr. Fry, Indian Forest 

 Service, at Mheskatri, in the extreme north-west cornej* of the Dangs, 

 and is now in the British Museum, as the type of this species. 



On almost the same day and at the same place I shot a female ba^ 

 which I thought was P. ceylonicus. Its dimensions are — head and body 

 54, tail 39, forearm 39. It was a curious place in which to find 

 P. ceijloniciis, for there was not a tiled roof within many miles, except that 

 of the Forest Best House, from which this specimen had certainly not 

 come. Unfortunately it is a very aged specimen, so much so that the 

 incisors are worn right down to the jaw, and thus afford no indication 

 for its identification which consequently must wait until more speci- 

 mens of P. cht'i/sot/u'iv are available for comparison. 



On the whole the species is nearest to P. cei/loulciis, from which, 

 however, it is easy to distinguish it by the length and colour of the fur, 

 and by the peculiar shape of the outer incisor of the upper juw. 



Plpistrellus abramusi Tem. (No. 187). 



The specimens which I identify as P. abramus (Plate, figs. 2, 2a) 

 correspond very fairly with Blanford's description except i\\ the 

 measurements, whicli compare as follows : — 



Heai and Bod)', 



Blanford 45 



Average of '.' males... ... ... 44 



Average of 5 females 46 



The discrepancy in the length of the forearm will be noted, and it 

 is all the more curious because, in my series of 15 specimens, in only 

 one very large one is 31 recorded for the forearm ; all the reist are 

 between 28 and 30. There are two other specimens (a pair), however, 

 whicli show 33, but, though somewhat resembling" P. ahramusin general 

 facies, their dimensions, other than that of the forearm, are so abnormally 

 small (head and body 39, tail 34"5), that I have excluded them from my 

 identification, and left them for further study, when more specimens 

 shall be available for comparison ; the list of synonyms recorded for 

 P. abmmus is too long to lightly risk providing another. Either P. 

 abramusis a species varying considerably in difl'erent localities, or several 

 species, having a certain amount of resemblance to one another, have 



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