162 J>TEROrUS IlASYMil.rXS. 



range of tlie sj.ecieB : Nagasaki and Jeddo, '• oil elle devaste les 

 plantations d'arbres fruiticrs " ; in 1842 (Fauna Japonica) he 

 wrote, however, that Pt. dastjmalhis occurs " seulement dans les 

 parties meridionales de Tile Kiushiu, dans le district de Satsuma, et 

 plus rarement a Jalamoshima.'' All records in literature of ditsy- 

 mallns from Jeddo, Nagasaki, and Yakushima (see list of references 

 above) are based exclusively on Temminck's statements ; in recent 

 times the species has only been obtained in the S. Liu-kiu Islands ; 

 one of its Japanese names, " Liukiu-komoli,'' i. c. Liu-kiu bat, 

 would also seem to indicate that it is a native of this group of 

 islands rather than of Japan proper. There can be little doubt, 

 therefore, that Siebold was mistaken as to the habitat of da'symaJhis ; 

 very likely he saw and obtained this species in Kiushiu and Hondo ; 

 it is frequently brought alive to Japan from the Liu-kiu Islands 

 and kept in captivity by the Japanese. 



The type in the Leyden Museum is an immature (not quite full- 

 grown) mounted individual, skull extracted. The surface of the 

 fur, above and beneath, has faded to whitish or creamy whitish ; 

 base of hair less bleached. Skull and teeth as in British Museum 

 specimens from the Liu-kiu Islands. 



Bj' (xraj' (1870) this species was placed in the genus Sjjectruni, 

 between S. rubricoUe and S. anetianum. Though very different 

 in skull and dentition, Pt. dnsi/malhis and anetianus are, in fact, 

 externally so puzxlingly similar to each other as to be sometimes 

 difficult to distinguish by external characters alone. 



(1. 5 imui. al. ; 'Sir E. Belcher Not reg. 



skull. L^'.]. 



b. c? ad. St. ; l^kllll. "Japan." Purchased ) 51.7.10.1-3. 



(Verieaux). ( 51.8.30.14. 

 c-e. 1 J ad., 2 c? vg. Liu-kiu Is. H. Prver, Esq. 87.12.12.1-3. 



ad. al. ■ [<-'•"]• 



/-!. 1 c? ad., 3 5 ad. Isliigaki, S. Liu- Purchased 5.11. .3.6-9. 



sks. ; skulls. kiu lf>. ; June- (A.Owston). 



July, 1904 (na- 

 tive collector). 

 /. 5 pull. sk. Ishigaki (native Purchased -5.11.3.10. 



collector). (A.Owston). 



k, I. c? ad., 2 ad. sks. : Iiiomoto, S. Liu- Purchased 5.11.3.11,12. 



skulls. kiu Is. : June (A.Owston). 



19 & 24, 1904 

 (native collec- 

 tor). 

 »H. $ad, sk. : sjaill. Yonakunii,S.Liu- Purchased 5.11.3 14. 



kiu Is.; June (A.Owston). 

 23,1904 (native 

 collector). 

 n. J ad.sk.; skull. Kobama, S. Liu- Purchased 5.11.3.13. 



kiu Is.; July 20, (A.Owston). 

 1904 (native 

 collector). ' - 



