764 M.VCROGLOSSl'S LAGOCUI LUS LAGOCHILUS. 



Macroglossiis laf>ocliiliis, Maischie, Meyachir. p. 90 (1899: Menado; 



l^iirii ; Amboina) ; Jentitik, Notes Leyd. Mus. xxiii. p. 135(1902: 



Meuado). 

 C'arponvcteris lapocliilus, Trottessart, Cat. Mamm., Siqjpl. p. 6G, 



n. 559 (pt.) (1904). 

 Macroglossus (Caiponycteris) lagochilus, Willink, Nat. Tijd. Ned. 



Ind. Ixv. p. 278 (190.1). 

 Kiodotus lagochilus, Miller, Fain. S)- Gen. Bats, p. 71, fig. 10 (skull : 



Philippines) (1907). 

 Macroglossus nanus (pt., nee Matschie), Jentink, Nvtes Leyd. Mus. 



xxiii. p. 13.J (1002 : Celebes). 

 Carponvcteris nana l^pt.), Trouessart, Cat. Mumm., Stinpl, p. 05, 



11. 6(50 (1904). 

 Odontonycteris nieyeri, Jejithik, Notes Leyd. Mus. xxiii. p. 140 



(July, 1902 : Tabukau, Great Sanghir) ; 'Trouessai't, Cat. Mumm., 



tSuppl. p. 64, n. 550 (1904); Miller, Proc. Biol. Sue. Wash, xviii. 



p. 253 (1905 : Capayan Sulu) ; Willink, Nut. Tijd. Ned. Ind. Ixv. 



p. 278 (1905) ; Miller, Fam. Sf Gen. Bats, p. 72 (1907). 



Diagnosis. — See Synopsis, p. 763. 



The less outwardly-directed nares and stroiigly-dcfiiied vertical 

 groove ou the upper lip appear to be the only characters by which 

 this form can be safely distinguished from the smaller race of 

 M. minimus. The relative length of the rostrum, tlie breadth of 

 the teeth, and the general size of the animal seem to be exactly 

 alike in the two forms. Any difference in the palate-ridges 

 between the present form and M. minivnts does not exist (Matschie's 

 statement to the contrary, Megachir. p. 97, must have been based 

 on insufficient material). 



Specimens from Borneo, the Philippines, Celebes, and the 

 Amboina group have been compared with each other and found 

 indistinguishable. Subjoined some comparative measurements : — ■ 



Skull, total length 



Eostrum, orbit to nares 

 Mandible, from condyle 



c-ni", crowna 



m^, breadth 



Forearm 40 



Third metacarpal 29-5-3: 



Ear, from orifice ... 

 Tibia 



Measurements. On pp. 768-770. 



Specimens e.vamined. Twenty-one, viz., in addition to those 

 catalogued below, three in the Leyden Museum (one, Borneo, 

 Biittikofer; one, Celebes, van Delden ; one, Menado, i\ von Faber ; 

 all with skulls in situ), one in the Berlin Museum (type of M. layo- 

 cMlus, with skull), and one from the U.S. National Museum (skull 

 without mandible, Cagayan Sulu, Dr. E. A. Mearns, 12531(!, 

 " Odoiitoinjcteris meyeri," cf. Miller, U. s. c). 



* Including one skull from Cagavaii Sulu. 



