766 MACKOGLOSSUS LAOOCDILTJS XANUS. 



Carponvctei'is minima (pt.), Heller, Ahh, Mus. Dresden, vi. n. 8 



p. 4 (1897). 

 Macroglossiis auatralis (pt., nee Pcf.), Tho)nas, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 476 



(1889: Mysol ; Bismarck Avch.) ; Trouessart, Cat, Matnin. i. 



p. 90, n. 487 (1897). 

 Macroglossus nanus, Mafschie, Meqnchir. p. 97 (1899 : Aru Is. ; 



Andai ; Bismarck Arch.) ; Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. xxiii. 



pp. 1.37, 138, 140 (1902: Aru Is. ; New Guinea; New Britain). 

 Carponycterls nana, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 6o, n. .560 



(pt.) (1904); Jentink, Notes Leijd. Mus. xxviii. p. 171 (1906); 



id., in '■Nova Guinea,^ v, p. 363 (1907: Merauke) ; id., op. c. 



ix. p. 5, pi. i. fig. 3 (palate-ridges) (1908 : Noord li.). 

 Macroglossus (Carponycteris) nanus (pt.), Willink, Nat. Tijd. Ned. 



Ind. Ixv. p. 278 (1905). 

 Macroglossus lagochilus nanus, K. Andersen, Ann. Sf Man. N. H. 



(8) vii. p. 642 (1911). 

 Macroglossus novse-guinefe, Matschie, Krieger's ' Neu-Guinea,' 



p, 78 (1899 : New Guinea ; nomen nudum, presumably a slip for 



M. nanus). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to M. 1. lagochilus, but premolars and 

 molars averaging slightly narrower (see measurements, p. 770). 



General size of animal averaging a tritle smaller ; skull usually 

 a little more delicately built, but rostrum scarcely shorter, relativelj% 

 than in M. L lagochilus ; symphysis keel of lower jaw obsolescent 

 or absent ; palate-ridges unmodified ; length, distribution, and 

 colour of fur as in I. lagochilus. 



Comparative measurements of adult specimens from different 

 localities : — 



Mysol. Andai. Biamarcb Arch. Aru Is. 



1 skull, 1 skull, 4 skulls, 4 skulls, 



1 specim. 1 specim. 11 speeim. 6 speciin. 



Skull, total length 2.5 ... 25-5-26 24 -25-8 mm. 



Rostrum, orbit to nares . 7'9 ... 8-4- 8'5 75- 8 ,, 



Mandible, from condyle . 182 H'S 18-7-19 18 -18-8 „ 



c-m-, crowns 8 S'iJ 8-3-8-9 7-8-8 6 „ 



ml, breadth 05 05 0-5-05 0-5-05 „ 



Forearm 38 37 -39 37-6-39 



Third metacarpal 28-5 275 27-5-30-5 28-28-5 „ 



Ear, from orifice 12-5 12-5-13-5* 12 5 



Tibia 16-5 15 15 -16* 15 



Measurements, On pp. 768-770. 



Specimens examined. Nineteen, from : — Mysol, one ; Andai, 

 N.W. Guinea, one (Berlin Museum, 4699, D'Albertis coll.) ; Bis- 

 marck Archipelago, twelve (one, Leyden ; nine, Berlin, including 

 type of subspecies ; Finsch and Dahl coll.) ; Aru Islands, five 

 (one, Leyden ; one Berlin ; von Rosenberg coll.). 



Range. Mysol; \V. New Guinea (Andai; recorded by Jentink, 

 I. c, from Noord and Merauke Rivers) ; Bismarck Archipelago ; 

 ? Key Islands (no specimens examined) ; Aru Islands. 



Type^ in the Berlin Museum, J ad. ah, skull in situ, Lamellana, 

 New Britain, Dahl coll., Reg. no. 9308. Forearm 39, third meta- 

 carpal 29, ear, length from orifice 12'5, greatest breadth (flattened) 

 9*5, tibia 16 mm. 



'' Measured in four specimens. 



