HO Dobson — On the Asiatic species of Molossi. [May 



Note. — In a short paper, containing notes on some species of Chiroptera collected 

 by Mr. Theobald in Burma, published by me in the ' Proceedings' for August, 1872, 1 

 mentioned that I had obtained specimens of Cynonycteris amplexicaudatus, Geoff, 

 from North-Western India. 



I have since learned from Mr. W. T. Blanford, who sent me these speoimens, that 

 I have given a wrong locality for them, as they were taken by him in the Nernakduu 

 Salt Caves, Kishnu Island, in the Persian Gulf. 



The mistake in the locality, referred to above, was due to the label sent by Mr. 

 Blanford having been misplaced after the receipt of the specimens. 



In the Pi-oceedings for December last I described a new species of Vespertilio, 

 collected by Captain W. G. Murray in Kashmir, under the name of V. macropus. 1 

 discovered since, quite accidentally (as there is no copy of the " Mammals of Austra- 

 lia" in Calcutta,) that this name had been used for an Australian bat by Mr. Gould 

 and consequently cannot be again employed. I propose, therefore, for this new spe- 

 cies the name Vespertilio longipes. 



2. On the Asiatic species of Molossi. — By G. E. Dobson, B. A.,M. B. 



(Abstract.) 



The paper commences with an account of the distribution of the species 

 of this very remai'kable and well defined group. The Molossi are divided into 

 five genera, of which two only, Nyctinomus and Chiromeles, are found in 

 the continent of Asia and its islands. By far the greater number of species 

 belong to the genus Molosstts, and are confined to the Western Hemisphere. 



Two new species of Nyctinomus are described, one from Bengal and 

 the Panjab, A 7 ", tragatus, and one from China, A 7 ", insignis. The former re- 

 sembles A 7 ", plicatus, Buch. Ham. very closely in size and in general aspect, 

 but differs in possessing a much larger tragus, in the development of the 

 ears and in the place of attachment of the wing membrane ; the latter, a 

 lar^e species, had been named by Mr. Bly th in his Catalogue of the Mammals 

 in the Museum of the Asiatic Society, but not described. 



The number of Asiatic species of Molossi described prior to 1873 were 

 three one Chiromeles and two Nyctinomi, and to these three more are added, 

 making sis the total number now known. 



The paper will appear in the Journal. 



3. On Rhopalorhynclms Kroyeri, a new genus and species of Pycnogo- 

 mdce.—By J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



The paper will appear in Journal Part II, No. 3, 1873. 



4. Note regarding certain type specimens of Batrachia in the Asiatic 

 Society's Museum. — By W. Theobald, Esq. 



The passage I wish to draw attention to in a paper of Dr. J. Anderson 

 in the P. Z. S. of London for February, 1871, is the following : " It will be 



