MISCELL A NEOOS NOTES. 757 



watching, I observed a winged ant larger than any of the workers creeping 

 out from underneath the fallen tree. Close to her were three or four tf the 

 workers following with every demonstration of vigilance. On my seizing the 

 9 with my forceps, two of the workers gave battle, holding on to and stinging 

 the forceps with all their might. I had to bottle them along with the 9- I 

 then had the log turned over. There were swarms of workers, but not another 

 winged specimen, nor any pupae, nor eggs. I searched and searched but could 

 find no more, and was just going on when I caught sight of another 9 

 walking all by herself fully ten feet from the nest. I bottled her promptly 

 and then a few more of the workers. 



9 Diacamma closely resembles the ^ , but apart from the fact of being 

 winged, it is larger and heavier with a broader mesothorax, and a larger 

 abdomen. The striations are similar, but as in Odontoponcra 9 compared with 

 Odontoponera ^ the scutellum is larger and more developed and longitudi- 

 nally striated. 



Diacamma 9 "L. 14 mm. 



Do. ^ L. 11 mm. 



C, T, BINGHAM, Colonel. 



Mandalay, hth June^ 1899. 



No. II.— A " RAEE " BAT— AN APPEAL. 



Mr, T. B. Fry recently sent me a pair of bats shot by him on the Belgaum- 

 Kanara boundary (Lat. 15. 30' N., Long. 74. 40' E). I can distinguish them in 

 no way from Vespertilio pachyotis, Dobson — Vesperugo pachjotis, No. 177 of 

 Blanford's " Mammals," 



This species was founded on a pair obtained in the Khasi Hills of Assam 

 (Lat. 25 to 26-N., Long. 91 to 92-E.) nearly 30 years ago, since which its 

 existence has not again been recorded. 



Two years ago I shot a bat in the Surat District which was identified by 

 Mr. Thomas of the British Museum as Pipistrellus dormeri, Dobson {Nycticejus 

 dormeri, No. 193 of Blanford). Mr. Thomas wrote of it in this Journal as 

 "this rare bat," while Blanford records only three known specimens,- yet, 

 later on, I was able to obtain any number of specimens, and found it to be 

 quite one of the commonest local bats. 



I think these examples show how little is known of the distribution of our 

 bats, and emboldens me to ask members all over the country to shoot 

 and send in bats, which I shall be happy to do my best to identify for the 

 Society. 



The British Museum is badly in want of skins and skulls of bats, and I 

 shall be delighted to explain to any one willing to take up this work how 

 the skins should be " made up." 



