624 Mr. K. Andersen on new Fruit-hats. 



forearm 73-78 (66-73-5), third metacarpal 46-5 1*5 (42-47-5), 

 tibia 28-5-31 (25-27'5) mm. 



Type. ? subad. (skin and skull), Lucknow, September 

 1908, collected by Major A. Begbie, presented by the 

 Bombay Natural History Society, B.M. 10. 11. 14. 1. Three 

 specimens examined. 



Remarks. — G. sphinx (marginatus, auct. plur.) falls into 

 two well-marked geographical races. The smaller G. s. sphinx 

 ranges from Ceylon northward along the western side of the 

 Peninsula at least as far as Bombay, and along the whole of 

 the eastern side to Bengal, Assam, and N. Siam (in Assam 

 and N. Siam it meets the extreme northern outposts of 

 G. hrachyotis angulatus). The larger C. s. gangeticus is 

 probably generally distributed over the north-western and 

 central provinces of India, but so far identified only from 

 Lucknow and Nasik. 



Cynopterus hrachyotis javanicus, subsp. n. 



Similar to G. h. hrachyotis, but skull averaging slightly 

 heavier, external dimensions somewhat larger : Breadth across 

 external surfaces of crowns of n^-m 1 8'5-9'7 (in C. h. hrachy- 

 otis 7*7-9'2), forearm 61'5— 68 (57-66) mm. Hah. Java, 

 generally distributed. 



Type. $ ad. (skin and skull), Buitenzorg, 7th Aug., 1907, 

 collected by Guy C. Shortridge, presented by W. E. Balston, 

 Esq., B.M. 9. 1. 5. 71. Twenty-three specimens examined 

 (compared with a hundred of G. h. hrachyotis) . 



Remark. — The difference between this, the Javan, race 

 and the typical G. hrachyotis is very small indeed; single 

 individuals are often difficult or impossible to allocate to sub- 

 species, and it is only on close examination of a sufficiently 

 large series of both races that the average difference becomes 

 appreciable. 



Cynopterus hrachyotis insularum, subsp. n. 



Like G. h. javanicus, but averaging larger: forearm 66*5- 

 69*5, third metacarpal 42-46 mm. (38-42 in javanicus). 

 Hah. Kangean and Mata Siri Islands, Java Sea. 



Type. <$ ad. (skin and skull), Kangean Is., 21st Nov., 

 1909, collected by Guy C. Shortridge, presented by Oldfield 

 Thomas, Esq., B.M. 10. 4. 6. 11. Six specimens examined 

 (including two from Pulo Mata Siri in the U.S. National 

 Museum). 



