CYiN'OPTERl'S BRACllVOTIS FUNCTUS. G25 



above ami lielow, and tlie mandible avcrat^o a little beavier, l)tit in 

 all otlier I'l'spects there appears to be no appreciable difference 

 between these two geographically so widely separated races. From 

 C s. sphinx (forearm (iH-7'J"5 ram.) the present form differs by its 

 distinctly shorter rostrum and conspicuously smaller size (forearm 

 59-61 mm.). 



Measiirements. On pp. (535, G38, G41. • 



Specimens examined. Seven, viz. those catalogued below and two 

 in the Berlin Museum (Cuming collection). 



Jiani/,'. C'ej'lon. 



Coti/pes ( (S ad. and 2 ^^•) i" collection. Measurements (those 

 of the female in parentheses) : Skull, lambda to gn ithion 28(28'7), 

 rostrum, orbit to nares 7 (7'1), mandible 21 (21-ti), c-m' (crowns) 

 5)"7 (9'7), forearm 59 (64), ear from orifice 16 (17) ram. 



u,h. $ ad., J ad. al. ; Ceylon (Thwai/cs). Purcliased (H. / 52.2.19.1. 



skulk ' Cmning). [58.10.19.12. 



{Cuti/pcs of subspecies.) 



c. cf !id. al. ; skull. Ceylon. rui-cliased (H. 59.5.31.61. 



Cuming). 



d. Ad. skeleton Ceyluu. Pui-cliafed 66.2 1,'!. 5. 



(inountod^. (Gerrard). 



e. Jjuv. al. Puudiilova, Ceylon; E. E. Green, 99.0.8.1. 



15 No7. 1897. Esq. fP.]. 



2 /'. Cynopterus bracliyotis minutus, Mllkr. 



Cvnopterus minutus, Miller, I'mc. liioL Soc. ifa"!). .xi.v. j). (i.'J 

 "(1 May, 1906: Nias) ; id., Fam. &,■ Gen. Bati^, p. 21, iig. 1 

 (milk dentition) (1907); I.ijoii i^- Osr/ood, Cat. Types Mamin. 

 U.S. Nnt. Mus. p. 255 (1909). 



Differential dtaractcr.<. — Smallest form of the species and genus ; 

 ears relatively a little shorter than in C. b. brachyotis. 



This form differs from typical brachyotis only in the characters 

 just referred to, and, as seen from the table below, there is even in 

 these respects no absolutely sharp line between the two forms. 

 Colour of fur, ears, and wings (only alcoholic specimens examined) 

 as in bracliyotis. 



h)-acli!/olif. minufiis, hrachy^oinrr. fchcr^crL 



fi5 skulls, 5 skulls, 3i-kulls, 2 skulls, 



75 specun. 5 specini. 3 speeini. 3 specini. 

 Skull, lambda to gnalliion ... 27 -30'7 25-8-28-7 28-5-31 312 m 



„ condylo-basnl length ... 25-8-::9-5 24-7-27-2 27 -29-8 30-5 



„ rostrum 6 - 74 57- 6 7 72- 7'.S 77- 7 8 , 



„ across mi-ni', erowns. . 7-7- 92 78-8 9 8 -83 9-2- 9-5 



Maudible 20-2-22 8 19-4-21 21 -232 23-3-23-5 



c ml, crowns 88-104 8-8-95 10-10-8 104-10-7 



Forearm .57 -66 .545-59 59 -66 69 5-70 5 



Third metacarpal 35 5-42-5 34-5-.37-5 40 -42 455-46-5 



Ear from orifice 15 -17 13 -15 13 -15 15 -15 



„ breadth 105-12-5 10 -II ]()-5-12 9-.V11 



Tibiii 21 -25-5 19 -21-5 21 -24 25-5-26-5 



