KERIVOULA PELLUCIUA. 2U5 



V. pelluciduü and the type of Horsfield's K. hardwickii 

 has proved beyond question their identity and he gives 

 the dimensions taken from the type-specimen of V. pellu- 

 cidus, adding that the dimensions may be considerably 

 altered by the state of preservation of that specimen. And 

 indeed if we compare the measurements given by Water- 

 house , Tomes and Dobson , it seems somewhat difficult to 

 believe that they have all been taken from one and the 

 same specimen. 



Waterhouse , Tomes, Dobson. 

 1845 1858 1876,1878. 



Longitudo ab apice rostri ad 



caudae basin 1,8 .... 1,9 .. . 1,65 



Longitudo caudae 1>9^|2 ... 1,11 . . 2. 



» antibrachii . . . 1,3 .... 1,3 . . . 1,25 



» auris 0,7 .... 0,7 ... 0,7 



Alarum amplitudo 9,6 .... 10,6 



Length of head 0,8 ... 0,6 



» » tragus 0,4 . . .0,35 



» » longest finger 2,10^12 . 2,9 



» » fourth finger 2,1 ... 2. 



» » foot and claws 0,4 . . . 0,3 



Dobson (Catalogue , 1876) again separated pellucida from 

 hardwickii', he said that Tomes confounded the two species 

 and that the size and shape of the ears at once distinguish 

 the species. 



I am not aware that after the year 1878 Kerivoula 

 pellucida has been mentioned in scientific papers or other 

 publications , and I think that , except the type and a 

 young specimen in the British Museum, both from the 

 Philippines, no specimen has reached Europe. 



In the above mentioned collection there are four speci- 

 mens , from Krapoh , Deli-Bedagei , East Sumatra , a male 

 and three females, which I, without any hesitation, enre- 

 gister as Kerivoula pellucida Waterhouse. It is at once dis- 

 tinguished from K. hardiüickii by its color, size and shape 

 of the ears and diöerent length of body and wings. 



r^otes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XIII. 



