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  Mr. 
  K. 
  Andersen 
  on 
  

  

  half 
  — 
  viz., 
  Mysol, 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  the 
  Bismarck 
  Archipelago, 
  

   Key, 
  Aru, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  and 
  Solomon 
  Islands 
  — 
  by 
  three 
  

   races 
  (M. 
  I. 
  nanus, 
  pygmams, 
  and 
  microtus 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  latter 
  

   new), 
  which, 
  all 
  taken 
  together, 
  are 
  characterized, 
  as 
  against 
  

   M. 
  I. 
  lagochilus, 
  by 
  still 
  narrower 
  cheek-teeth, 
  and 
  distin- 
  

   guishable 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  average 
  differences 
  in 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum 
  or 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  ears. 
  

  

  The 
  new 
  forms 
  may 
  be 
  briefly 
  diagnosed 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Macroglossus 
  minimus 
  sobrinus, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Averaging 
  conspicuously 
  larger 
  than 
  M. 
  m. 
  minimus, 
  and 
  

   with 
  relatively 
  longer 
  rostrum. 
  Skull, 
  lambda 
  to 
  gnathion 
  

   28'5-29'5 
  mm. 
  (in 
  M. 
  m. 
  minimus 
  24-8-27'5), 
  rostrum, 
  

   orbit 
  to 
  nares 
  9-5-10'5 
  (7-8-8-8), 
  forearm 
  42-48-5 
  (40- 
  

   44-5). 
  

  

  Type. 
  ? 
  ad. 
  skin 
  with 
  skull, 
  Gunong 
  Igari, 
  Perak 
  ; 
  March, 
  

   1898; 
  presented 
  by 
  A. 
  L. 
  Butler, 
  Esq., 
  B.M. 
  98. 
  11.29. 
  1. 
  

  

  Total 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  examined, 
  twenty-six 
  (compared 
  

   with 
  forty 
  of 
  M. 
  m. 
  minimus). 
  

  

  Macroglossus 
  lagochilus 
  pygmams, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  As 
  M. 
  I. 
  nanus, 
  but 
  rostrum 
  relatively 
  a 
  little 
  shorter, 
  from 
  

   orbit 
  to 
  nares 
  6'8 
  mm. 
  (against 
  7'5-8'5 
  in 
  nanus). 
  

  

  Type. 
  £ 
  ad. 
  al. 
  with 
  skull, 
  Mer, 
  Murray 
  Is., 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  

   presented 
  by 
  Professor 
  A. 
  C. 
  Haddon, 
  B.M. 
  99. 
  9. 
  10. 
  1. 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens 
  examined, 
  both 
  from 
  Murray 
  Is. 
  

  

  Macroglossus 
  lagochilus 
  microtus, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  M. 
  I. 
  pygmceus, 
  but 
  ears 
  relatively 
  smaller 
  ; 
  

   length 
  from 
  orifice 
  11— 
  12'5 
  mm. 
  (in 
  nanus 
  and 
  pygmceus 
  

   12-5-13-5), 
  breadth 
  of 
  flattened 
  ear 
  8-8'5 
  (9-9*5). 
  

  

  Type. 
  ? 
  ad. 
  al. 
  with 
  skull, 
  Aola, 
  Guadalcanal', 
  Solomon 
  

   Is., 
  collected 
  by 
  0. 
  M. 
  Woodford, 
  Esq., 
  B.M. 
  88. 
  1. 
  5. 
  14. 
  

  

  Three 
  specimens 
  examined, 
  from 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Florida 
  

   and 
  Guadalcanal-. 
  

  

  II. 
  The 
  Species 
  and 
  Subspecies 
  of 
  Syconycteris. 
  

  

  Seven 
  recognizable 
  forms, 
  referable 
  to 
  three 
  closely 
  related 
  

   species, 
  are 
  now 
  known, 
  viz., 
  S. 
  crassa 
  (with 
  five 
  local 
  races), 
  

   australis, 
  and 
  naias 
  (sp. 
  n.). 
  In 
  S. 
  crassa 
  the 
  cheek-teeth 
  

   are 
  elongate 
  in 
  transverse 
  section 
  (p 
  4 
  , 
  m 
  1 
  , 
  p 
  4 
  , 
  and 
  m 
  1 
  more 
  

   than 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long), 
  and 
  m 
  2 
  and 
  m 
  3 
  are 
  always 
  present 
  

   (cheek-teeth 
  |) 
  ; 
  the 
  species 
  ranges 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  