650 MEGJJEOrS ECAUDAXUS. 



p. 277 (1905) ; Miller, Fam. Sc Gen. Bats, p. 52 (1907) ; Kims, 



J. Fed. Mai. 1st. Mas. ii. p. 153 (1908). 

 Cyiiopterus ecaudatus, Fitzingcr, SB. Ak. Wien, Ix. Abth. i. p. GJl 



(1870) ; Jentink, Cat. Ost. Mamm. p. 2fiG (1887 : type skull) ; 



id.. Cut. Si/Ht. Mamm. p. 155 (1888 ; type) ; Tfioma.s, P. Z. S. 



1880, p. 229 (Kiiia Balu, 3000') ; Fnrkt, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 494 ; 



Hose, Mamm. Borneo, p. 39 (1893) ; Jentink, Notes Leijd. 3Ius. 



xix. p. 50 (1897 : Sniitau, Kapuas II., AV. Borneo) ; Seabra, J. 



Sc. Math. Lisbon, (2) v. p. 170 (1898); Bonhote, Fuse. Mai., 



Zool. i. p. 15 (1903 : Bidor, S. Perak). 

 Cynoptei'Lis [Megierops] ecaudatus, Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 29 



(1876) ; id., Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 87 (1878) ; Troucssart, Rev. 8f 



Mag. Zool. (3) vi. p. 207, n. 327 (1879) ; id., Cat. Mamm. i. 



p. 86, n. 404 (1897). 

 Ptenoehirus (Megasrops) ecaudatus, Mat-ichie, Megachir. p. 79, 



pi. viii. tig. 5 (skull of type) (1899: Lah Datu, Darvel Bay); 



Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Supj}l. p. 63, n. 549 (1904). 



Cohmr. — $ ad. akin, teeth unworn, Kina Balu, March: Back a 

 tinge of uniform pale brown approaching pale cafe-aii-lait (very 

 similar to that predominant in Epomophorvs) ; base of fur drab- 

 grey slightly washed with ecru-drab. Nape of neck pale drab-grey, 

 contrasting with brown of back ; head similar to nape but some- 

 what darkened with brownish. Breast and belly pale drab-grcy 

 Avith a slight silvery gloss ; flanks darker, more typical drab. No 

 white edgings to ears ; metacarpals and phalanges brown, like 

 membranes. — An alcoholic specimen ( $ ad., Bidor, January) is 

 darker brown and somewhat tinged with raw-umber above, and 

 more uniform ashy-drab below. — The type was described by Tem- 

 rainck as " brun bistre " on back and head, " gris-pale " on nape 

 and sides of neck, " gris-cendre " on undcrparts. 



Measurements. On pp. 675, 677, 670. 



Specimens examined. The type of the species, and the two speci- 

 mens catalogued below. 



Range. Malay Peninsula (Bidor, S. Perak, " shot under tlie eaves 

 of the rest-house"); Sumatra (Padang district); Borneo (Kina 

 Balu, 3000 feet ; Lah Datu, Darvel Bay; Smitau, Kapuas K.). 



Tiipe, in the Leyden Museum, an adult female (by no means 

 "tres vieille " as said by Teraminck, the teeth being only slightly 

 worn), mounted (when described by Temminck the specimen was 

 preserved in alcohol), obtained " sur les rochers qui bordent la 

 ])lage dans le district de Padang," W. Sumatra, by Salomon Miiller; 

 colour of fur much fatled ; skull separate, mandible wanting (but 

 this tigured by Temminck and Peters, U. c. ; Teraminck rightly de- 

 scribes the type as having only one pair of lower incisors and even 

 bases his new genus "J/er/era" on this fact, but his figure shows 

 four lower incisors and i'^ equal in length to i' : Peters's figure of 

 the type skull gives the characters correctly). For measurements 

 of type see pp. 675, 677, 679. 



u. 9 ad. al. ; skull. Birlor, S. Perak, Malav Messrs. Rohiuson 3.2.6.82. 



Pen. ; Jan. 1902. " & Annanrlale [P.]. 

 h. 9 ad. slv.; skull. Kina B.ilii, B.N. Borneo, Olclfield Thomas, 95.10.4.1. 



.3fKX)'; 29 Mar. 1888 Esq. [P.]. 



{.r. Whitehead). 



