MACEOGLOSSrS MINI-MU?, iO/ 



Tjil.'itjap and Madura belong to the shorter-nosed, all from Tasik- 

 malaja and Xediri to the longer-nosed type, i. e., in no case, thus 

 I'ar, were the two types found together in the same locality. 



These facts would seem to warrant the following conclusions : — ■ 

 The name mininms, as hitherto understood, covers two distinct 

 races : in the one {minimus) the rostrum is, both absolutely and 

 relatively, shorter, measuring (orbit to nares) about 7*S-8'8 mm., 

 or sliglitl}' less than one-third of the total length of the skull, and 

 all measurements (skull, tooth-rows, external dimensions) average 

 conspicuously smaller ; in the other {sobrinus) the rostrum is 

 longer, about 9-5-10-5 mm., or slightly more than one-third of 

 the skull, and all measurements average larger. The former 

 (mininius) is, so far, known with certainty only from Java (in- 

 cluding Madura) and Kangean Islands, and is probably the truly 

 indigenous Javan race of the species, whereas the latter (sohri^ius) 

 may be presumed oiiginally to have been contined to S.E. Asia, 

 whence (as soon as altered physical conditions favoured an ex- 

 tension of its area southeastward) it has spread to Sumatra and 

 Java ; even now the predominant form in Java seems to be 

 miiiiinus ; and there is so far no evidence that the two forms 

 actuallj' live together in the same district. Since sobrinus (if this 

 theory is correct) has spread southeastward to Java, it is by no 

 means unlike)}' that 7ninimus has extended its range westward to 

 Sumatra and, perhaps, to the Mala)"- Peninsula ; only the proof 

 that such is tlie case is as yet wanting*. 



The table below shows the difference in size as between the two 

 subs{)ecies, 



m. minimus. m. sobrimis. 



18 skulls, 14 skulls, 



31 specimens. 19 specimens. 



Min. Med. Mas. Miu. Med. Max. 



Skull, lambda to giiatliion ... 24-8 26-3 27-5 28-5 29 29-5 mm. 



Kostnini, orbit to nares 7-8 8-4 88 9*5 10 10-5 „ 



Mandible, from condyle 18 19-8 20-8 21-2 22-1 22-7 „ 



cm", crowns '. 82 85 9 9-2 9T) 10 „ 



Forearm 40 424 44-5 42 45-5 48o „ 



Third metacarpal 28-5 30-5 32 30 332 35 



Tibia 15-5 16-5 17o 16 174 ISo „ 



1 «. Macroglossus minimus minimus, E. Geoff. 



Pleropus minimus, E. Geoffroy, Ann. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. xv. p. 97 

 (IrilO : Java) ; Oken, Lehrh. Naturg. iii. Abth. 2, p. 934 (1816) ; 

 Desmarcsf, N. JJict. d'Hist, jYrti., new ed. xxix. p. 514 (1819) ; 



* It is worth noticing that Teraminck was well aware of the existence of 

 longer- and .shurter-miizzled individuals of " M. /iiiiiii/im," and had arrived at 

 the result that the difference was local (racial) rather than individual :— "Les 

 giijets de Sumatra [sohrinus in this Catalogue] ont le rauseau excessivement 

 lung ; CPUS de Java [miiiitnu.''] I'ont un pen plus court et pen ditTercnt de ceux 

 de Timor; n\ai3 ceux d'Amboine [lagocki/us] I'ont remarquablement plus fourt 

 comparativenipnt aux Kiodofes de Sumatra " (Mon. Manini. ii. p. 97, 1837). 



