﻿Manus 
  Island^ 
  Admiralty 
  Group, 
  &c. 
  437 
  

  

  taking 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  character 
  as 
  the 
  corresponding 
  upper 
  

   tooth. 
  

  

  5. 
  Macroglossiis 
  lagochilus 
  nanus, 
  Matsch. 
  

  

  One 
  from 
  Manus 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  Ruk. 
  

  

  The 
  Admiralty 
  specimen 
  has 
  seven 
  cheek-teeth 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  below 
  and 
  six 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  above. 
  It 
  therefore 
  attains, 
  

   thougli 
  with 
  a 
  different 
  formula, 
  the 
  iiighest 
  number 
  of 
  teeth 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Andersen's 
  list 
  of 
  abnormalities 
  (Cat. 
  

   pp. 
  754-5). 
  

  

  6. 
  Hipposideros 
  demissus 
  mirandus, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens. 
  Manus 
  Isshind. 
  

  

  Like 
  H. 
  demissus 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Solomons, 
  but 
  without 
  

   the 
  definite 
  lighter 
  mai 
  kings 
  on 
  the 
  shoulders 
  and 
  underside 
  

   characteristic 
  of 
  that 
  form. 
  

  

  Nose-h 
  af 
  apparently 
  as 
  in 
  demissus, 
  the 
  median 
  projection 
  

   of 
  the 
  sella, 
  however, 
  unusually 
  well 
  developed. 
  Lateral 
  

   supplementary 
  leaves 
  short, 
  the 
  third 
  one 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  

   millimetres 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  Colour 
  uniformly 
  pale 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  hairs 
  

   dark 
  brown, 
  their 
  basal 
  three-fourths 
  pale 
  buffy 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   shoulder- 
  and 
  lateral 
  stripes 
  little 
  marked. 
  Under 
  surface 
  

   little 
  lighter 
  than 
  upper, 
  uniformly 
  pale 
  brown, 
  quite 
  without 
  

   the 
  marked 
  whitening 
  in 
  the 
  pectoral 
  region 
  characteiistic 
  of 
  

   demissus. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Forearm 
  68'5 
  mm. 
  (other 
  specimen 
  72), 
  

  

  Third 
  finger, 
  metacarpus 
  50, 
  first 
  phalanx 
  23 
  ; 
  lower 
  leg 
  

   and 
  hind 
  foot 
  (c. 
  u.) 
  42"8. 
  

  

  Skull 
  : 
  greatest 
  length 
  to 
  front 
  of 
  canines 
  28 
  ; 
  median 
  

   upper 
  length 
  23*5 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  breadth 
  15"6; 
  facial 
  breadth 
  

   8'3 
  ; 
  intertemporal 
  breadth 
  3'1; 
  maxillary 
  tooth-row 
  11. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  female. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  14. 
  4. 
  1. 
  8. 
  Original 
  

   number 
  20. 
  Collected 
  20th 
  September, 
  iyi3. 
  

  

  7. 
  P 
  ipistrellus 
  angulatus. 
  Pet. 
  

   One. 
  Manus 
  Island, 
  Admiralty 
  Island. 
  

  

  8. 
  Murina 
  sp. 
  

  

  One. 
  Ruk 
  Island. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  M. 
  lanosa 
  of 
  Ceram, 
  

  

  