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Celebes. 2 stuffed specimens (L. M.); 4 stuffed speci- 

 mens and 2 specimens in alcohol (Dr. M.). 



ale. skins 



Measures in millimeters: ', V <:{' ', 



Distance between eye and upperlip . 11 11 10 15 



forearm 40 40 39 44 



second finger 28 28 27 32 



third finger 74 77 73 84 



fourth finger 58 60 58 67 



fifth finger 54 57 53 66 



The large female-specimen (Leyden Museum), has been 

 received from Mr. von Faber's collections as having been 

 collected at Menado, North-Celebes. As far as can made 

 out from a dried skin it seems to be a Macroglossus lago- 

 chilus. The Dresden-Museum-specimens like the Leyden 

 dried cf-skin are Macroglossus nanus specimens. It how- 

 ever must be remarked that there are diff'erences in the 

 form of the seventh palate-ridge in the alcoholic females 

 from the Dresden-Museum ; in the one (B. 8797) that 

 palate-ridge is a well pronounced triangle, meanwhile in 

 the other (B. 3798) it presents the form of a straight line 

 with wanting extremities. 



Amboina. 3 stuff'ed specimens and 1 skull (L. M.) 



Measures in naillimeters : i-/ 



Distance between eye and upperlip .... 13 



forearm 45 



second finger 33 



third finger 84 



fourth finger 69 



fifth finger 66 



Rhinarium, as far as can be studied in dried specimens, well 

 developed, nostrils more prominent and much more tubu- 

 lar therefore than in the other species, groove between 

 nostrils deep, passing down to the border of the upper- 

 lip ; well represented and deeply pronounced are the two 

 side grooves, so that the anterior part of the upperlip is 



Notes from the Leyden Mluseum , Vol. X.XIII. 



