734 KoN'Vi TKKIS SPrL.IA. 



\vhi<:h it is missing on one side. As to the insertion of the 

 menjbranes, this is not commonly considered (and was perhaps 

 not by Jentink intended to be taken as) a character of generic 

 importance ; but it may be as well to mention here that it is not 

 even constant in individuals of the same species ; in E. spelcea the 

 membranes are often inserted on the first toe, often between the 

 first and second, and sometimes on the second. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



a. A small m3 uormallv present (cheek-teeth 



6 e'' 

 a'. Smaller: forparm, females ()l'5-70'5, 



males r)7'5-73 mm. (Burma and Siam, 



to Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java) 1. E. spelcea, p. 734. 



b'. Larger: forearm, females about 7y'o 



mm.; colour of fur different. (Borneo) 2. E. major, y>- 73(i. 



b. nij absent (cheek-teeth t--J I ^i^^ ^^ 



E. spelcea. (Celebes) 3. E. i-osenheryi, p. 7;)7. 



1. Eonycteris spelsea, Dohsoa. 

 ' Eonycteris spelaa, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 94. 



Macroglossus spelaeus, Dobson, Proc. A. S. B. 1871, pp. 105, KXi 

 (read 3 -May, 1871: preliminary descr.) ; id., J. A. S. B. xl. 

 p. 261, pi. X. tigs. 3, 4 (lower portion of body; skull) (read 

 2G June, 1871 : full descr. : Farm Caves, Moulmein) ; id., Proc. 

 A. S. B. 1872, p. 154 (Burma) ; id., J. A. S. B. xli. p. 334 

 (1872: osteology). 



Ecuiycteris speliea, Dohson, J. A. S. B. xlii. p. 204, pi. xiv. ficr- 10 

 (ear) (1873); id., Cat. Chir. Ind. Mus. p. 4, nos. 78-82 (1874: 

 Farm Caves) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xliii. Extra number, p. 15 

 (^1875: Tenasserira ; Siam); Dobson, Mun. As. Chir. p. 33, 

 c. tig. (ear), p. 190, nos. 78-82 (1876: Farm Caves) ; id.. Cat. 

 Chir. B. M. p. 04 (1878: Moulmein; Burma); id., P. Z. 8. 

 1878, p. 877 (1879: Java); Trouessart, Rev. iSf May. Zool. (3) 

 vi. p. 209, n. 339 (1879) ; J. Anderson, Cat. Maynm. Ind. Mus. i. 

 p. 106, n. 100 (1881 : Farm Caves) ; Rcjbin, Ann. 8ci. Nat. ((J) 

 Zool. xii. Art. 2, pp. 4 & seq., pi. iii. figs. 5, 8, pi. viii. tig. 59 

 (1881: visceral anatomv) ; Theobald, Maftons Burma, i. p. 420 

 (1882); Sterndale, Mamm. Ind. p. 41, n. 35 (1884) ; Fea, Boll. 

 .Soe. Geogr. Ital. 1888, p. 636 (Fnrm Caves) ; Je7itink, Cut. Syst. 

 3/a?n?w. p. 158 (1888 : Moulmein); id., Wehers Zool. Ere;. Nied. 

 Ost-Ind. i. p. 126 (1890 : Siiigkarah, Sumatra) ; Blanford, 

 Faun. B. Ind., Mamm. pt. ii. p. 266 (1891 : Moulmein) ; Floxcer 

 .1 ,S' Lydekker, yiamm. p. 6o4 (1891) ; Thoma.9, Ann. Mus. Cic. 



Genova, (2) x. p. 922 (1892: Farm Caves, Moulmein; Yado, 

 Karin Hills); Lydekker, R. Nat. Hist. i. p. 261 (1893-94); 

 Trovessart, Cat. 'Mamm. i. p. 89, n. 484 (1897) ; Matschie, 

 Meyachir. p. 89 (pt.) (1899: Moulmein; Perak ; Java); S. S. 

 Flower, P. Z. 8. 1900, p. 341; Bonhote, P. Z. S. 1901, p. 53 

 (Nan) ; Beddard, Mamm. p. 526 (1902) ; Trouessart, Cat. 

 Mamyn., Suppl. p. 66, n. 565 (pt.) (1904) ; Miller, Fam. i^ Gen. 

 Bats, p. 69 (1907) ; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Col. Mus. p. 496, 



