DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF BAT, ATALAPHA SEMOTA. 



BY 



Harrison Allen, M. T>. 



I "have lately received from tlie Kational Museum a number of exam- 

 ples of a bat which bears the manuscrijit label: '■' Atalaplia semota, 

 Sandwich Islands." 



Mr. Frederick W. True informs me that these specimens were so named 

 by himself, but that no description of them has as yet appeared. A 

 careful examination of the material (which consists of one perfect adult 

 specimen, one mutilated specimen in alcohol, seven skins and crania) 

 leads me to confirm the opinion of Mr. True. I propose herewith to 

 describe the species as follows: 



Atalapha semota True. 



Auricle. — Internal basal lobe extends back as far as a point near the 

 posterior margin of the tragus. Internal ridge rudimental. External 

 basal lobe semicircular, thin membranous, not revolute. External 

 ridge conspicuous and extends nearly to the tip of the auricle, parallel 

 with the broad membranous hem. The entire auricle lies close to the 

 head,i. e., the fold between the head and the auricle is small. 



Coloration. — Fur, much as in other species of the genus. Dorsum, 

 crown, nape, back of neck, and chest with long, soft fur with brown-ash 

 tips; shafts at apical half, white; basal half, black. A band of warm- 

 sepia lies across the neck and shoulders. Loin with long rusty-brown 

 tips to the shafts, whose apical half is obscurely pallid and basal half 

 black. Over the interfemoral membrane and the wing membrane near 

 it, the fur is of a deep russet-brown or rusty red. The membrane, for 

 the most part, is uniformly clothed. The marginal third in three ex- 

 amples is sparsely furnished with hair. The cheeks and lips are covered 

 with black hair. The ears are likewise hairy on the posterior surface 

 as far as the black border. 



The skin over the masseter muscle and thence under the mandible 

 is of a dull whitish color. The hairs of the neck and chest have gray 

 tips and warm-sepia sub tips; shafts with apical half a dull white; 

 l^asal half, black. The side of the trunk is covered with longer hair, of 

 which the tips are for the most part a dirty wlijtish-buft', and is thu^ 



l^roceedmas Natioaal Museum, Vo. XIII— No, 807. 



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