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  Mr. 
  0. 
  Thomas 
  on 
  neio 
  

  

  Colour 
  dark, 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  liairs 
  diabby 
  grey 
  ; 
  under 
  

   surface 
  not 
  lighter 
  tlian 
  upper. 
  The 
  specimens, 
  however, 
  

   have 
  beeu 
  put 
  in 
  fluid 
  and 
  then 
  dried, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  colour 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  aifected. 
  

  

  Skull 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  delicate, 
  less 
  flattened 
  than 
  in 
  true 
  

   pumilus, 
  the 
  brain-case 
  high, 
  rounded, 
  well 
  inflated 
  in 
  tiie 
  

   frontal 
  region, 
  narrower 
  than 
  in 
  jiuniilus. 
  Teeth 
  as 
  in 
  

   pumilus^ 
  but 
  slightly 
  smaller 
  throughout. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Forearm 
  iJO 
  mm. 
  

  

  Skull: 
  greatest 
  length 
  11-2; 
  basi-sinual 
  length 
  8'5 
  ; 
  mas- 
  

   toid 
  breadth 
  6'5 
  ; 
  maxillary 
  tooth-row 
  4*0. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Drysdale, 
  Kimberle}^, 
  N. 
  Australia. 
  

  

  Tijpe. 
  Adult 
  male. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  14. 
  3. 
  9. 
  1. 
  Collected 
  by 
  

   G. 
  .F. 
  Hill, 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  West 
  Australian 
  Museum, 
  

   Perth. 
  Four 
  specimens 
  examined. 
  

  

  This 
  little 
  bat 
  has 
  so 
  much 
  smaller 
  a 
  skull 
  than 
  ordinary 
  

   E. 
  purnilus 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  at 
  first 
  sight 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  different 
  

   species, 
  but 
  intermediate 
  specimens 
  seem 
  to 
  occur, 
  as 
  notably 
  

   one 
  from 
  Port 
  Walcott, 
  N.W. 
  Australia, 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  

   better 
  to 
  desciibe 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  subspecies 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  forn). 
  

   I 
  owe 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  examining 
  the 
  typical 
  series 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  B. 
  H. 
  Woodward, 
  of 
  the 
  Perth 
  Museum, 
  where 
  two 
  of 
  

   the 
  paratypes 
  will 
  be 
  preserved. 
  

  

  Eptesicus 
  pumiJus 
  vultiirnus, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Size 
  and 
  general 
  characters 
  as 
  in 
  true 
  purnilus, 
  but 
  colour 
  

   much 
  darker. 
  

  

  Colour 
  above 
  dark 
  auburn-brown, 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  hairs 
  

   blackish 
  brown. 
  Below, 
  the 
  surface-colour 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  

   lighter, 
  though 
  of 
  a 
  rather 
  more 
  drabby 
  tone. 
  

  

  Skull 
  low, 
  flattened, 
  its 
  size 
  about 
  as 
  in 
  Xrwt 
  purnilus 
  . 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  tiie 
  type 
  (measured 
  on 
  the 
  skin) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Forearm 
  33 
  mm. 
  

  

  Skull 
  : 
  greatest 
  length 
  12'5 
  ; 
  basi-sinual 
  length 
  9'G 
  ; 
  

   mastoid 
  breadth 
  7*3 
  ; 
  maxillary 
  tooth-row 
  4"5. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Tasmania. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  female. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  7. 
  1. 
  1. 
  375. 
  29 
  D 
  of 
  Tomes 
  

   Collection. 
  Obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Tomes 
  from 
  J. 
  P. 
  Verreaux. 
  

   Other 
  specimens 
  collected 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ronald 
  

   Gunn. 
  

  

  A 
  dark 
  " 
  saturate 
  " 
  race 
  of 
  E. 
  purnilus. 
  

  

  Murina 
  huttoni 
  rubella, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

   Essential 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  N.-Indian 
  huttoni, 
  but 
  the 
  

  

  