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Mindoro, December 2, 1906, by Dr. Edgar A. Mearns. Original 

 uumber, 6337. 



Diagnosis. A small, delicately formed bat with very large, funnel-- 

 shaped ears and unusually long soft fur: noseleaf inconspicuous 

 excepl for the two lappets projecting over upper lip, its median 

 portiOE essentially hare, its margins densely haired, especially at 

 sides; general color lighl brown. 



External characters. The more important external characters 

 ha\ e been described in the account of t he genus. Fur long and loose, 

 the hairs at middle of back about 11 mm. in length, those on belly 

 about 7 mm. in length. On wing membranes the fur extends to a 

 line joining middle of humerus with basal third of femur. Ear 

 thickly sprinkled on both surfaces with loosely spreading hairs, 

 those along inner border about -4 mm. in length. Hairs on edge of 

 noseleaf and on neighboring portion of muzzle radiating stiffly out- 

 ward, the longest, near middle of noseleaf, about 5 mm. in length. 



Color. Entire animal a uniform lighl brown, between the wood 

 brown and fawn color of Etidgway, the middle of belly faintly tinged 

 with light buff at tips of hairs; under color very dark brown with a 

 slaty tinge; ears translucent light brown; membranes an indefinite 

 dark brown. 



Measurements. Head and body, 33 mm.: tail, 7; femur, 14. J; 

 tibia, 13.6; foot. 6.4; forearm. 33.8; thumb, 8.2, its metacarpal. 6.2; 

 second finger, 32; third linger: metacarpal, 24.2, first phalanx, 6.2, 

 second phalanx, 22: fourth finger: metacarpal. 25.4, first phalanx, 

 7.8, second phalanx, 8.6; fifth finger: metacarpal, 27.4, first phalanx, 

 8.4, second phalanx, L0.2; ear from meatus, 12; ear from crown, 10; 

 ear from extreme lower margin, 10; greatest width of ear, 11.6; 

 greatest length of noseleaf. 8.2; greatest width of horseshoe, 5.2; 



heighl of lancet above muzzle, 2.2; length of free portion of lappet, 2. 

 Specimen examined. -The type. 



TAPHOZOUS PLUTO, new species. 



Type-specimen. Adult female (skin and skull), Cat. No. 144812, 

 Q.S.N.M. Collected at Mercedes. '.) mill's east of Xamboanga, 

 Mindanao. March 28, 1906, by Dr. Edgar A. Mearns. Original 

 number, 605 I . 



Diagnosis. Similar to Taphozous saccolaimus Temminck of Java, 

 but smaller; adult female: forearm 69 to 72 nun. instead of 74 to 

 7ii mm., condylobasal length of skull about 2\ nun. instead of 

 about '_':; mm. 



Measurements. Type: Forearm, 71.4 nun.; third finger, 116; 

 tilth finger, 67; tibia, 25.5; foot 17.:'.; skull, condylobasal length (to 

 front of alveolus of canine) 21.2 (23.0);" zygomatic breadth, 15.8 



a Measurements in parentheses are those of an adult female Taphozous saccolaimus 

 from Buitzenzorg, Java (Cat. No. L54609, U.S.N.M.). 



