﻿Asiatic 
  and 
  Australasian 
  Bats. 
  441 
  

  

  colour 
  dark 
  rufous 
  brown 
  (rather 
  warmer 
  than 
  " 
  sayal-brown 
  ''■' 
  

   of 
  liidgway). 
  Underfur 
  ti[)ped 
  with 
  rufous 
  brown, 
  longer 
  

   hairs 
  glossy 
  golden 
  brown. 
  Under 
  surface 
  rather 
  paler 
  than 
  

   upper 
  on 
  sides, 
  and 
  still 
  paler 
  down 
  the 
  median 
  area, 
  but 
  

   without 
  strong 
  contrasts. 
  Interfemoral 
  rather 
  more 
  hairy 
  

   than 
  in 
  huttoni. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Forfarm 
  375 
  mm. 
  

  

  Skull: 
  greatest 
  length 
  18'2 
  ; 
  basi-sinual 
  length 
  13"7 
  ; 
  

   front 
  of 
  canine 
  to 
  back 
  of 
  m^ 
  6'2. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Kuatun, 
  Fokien, 
  China. 
  

  

  Type: 
  Adult 
  male. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  8. 
  8. 
  11. 
  6. 
  Collected 
  2lst 
  

   Sept., 
  181*6, 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  F. 
  W. 
  Styan. 
  Seven 
  speci- 
  

   mens, 
  all 
  from 
  Kuatun, 
  presented 
  by 
  J. 
  D. 
  la 
  Touche 
  and 
  

   F. 
  W. 
  Styan. 
  

  

  A 
  fresh 
  skin 
  of 
  true 
  M. 
  huttoni, 
  recently 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  

   Bombay 
  Survey 
  from 
  Kumaon, 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  greyer 
  than 
  the 
  

   uniformly 
  rutbus 
  series 
  from 
  Kuatun. 
  And 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  the 
  

   case 
  with 
  a 
  skin 
  from 
  Darjiling 
  presented 
  by 
  B.H.Hodgson. 
  

  

  Dobsou 
  assigned 
  M. 
  huttoni 
  to 
  Milne-Edwards's 
  M. 
  leuco- 
  

   gaster, 
  but 
  that 
  animal 
  is 
  very 
  considerably 
  larger, 
  its 
  forearm 
  

   41 
  mm., 
  and 
  its 
  skull 
  (as 
  figured) 
  20 
  mm. 
  

  

  Kcrivoula 
  flora, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  General 
  characters 
  of 
  K. 
  hardwickei, 
  but 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  

   robust 
  throughout. 
  Colour, 
  distribution 
  of 
  fur^ 
  and 
  structure 
  

   of 
  ears 
  and 
  tragus 
  as 
  in 
  that 
  species, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  

   out 
  on 
  a 
  spirit-specimen. 
  

  

  Skull 
  essentially 
  as 
  in 
  hardwickei, 
  but 
  decidedly 
  larger. 
  

   Brain-case 
  rather 
  more 
  inflated 
  anteriorly 
  than 
  posteriorly. 
  

   Muzzle 
  as 
  in 
  typical 
  Kerivoula, 
  not 
  as 
  in 
  Phoniscus. 
  

  

  Teeth 
  similar 
  in 
  proportions 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  K. 
  hardwickei, 
  the 
  

   canines 
  not 
  enlarged 
  as 
  in 
  K. 
  mi/rella, 
  but, 
  if 
  anything, 
  

   rather 
  smaller 
  in 
  proportion 
  than 
  in 
  K. 
  hardwickei. 
  Pre- 
  

   molars 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  species. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  (measured 
  on 
  the 
  spirit-speci- 
  

   men) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Forearm 
  39'5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  43 
  ; 
  tail 
  49 
  ; 
  ear 
  13 
  ; 
  tragus 
  on 
  inner 
  

   edge 
  8 
  ; 
  third 
  linger, 
  metacarpus 
  40, 
  first 
  phalanx 
  19; 
  lower 
  

   leg 
  and 
  hind 
  foot 
  (c. 
  u.) 
  26. 
  

  

  Skull 
  : 
  greatest 
  length 
  16 
  ; 
  median 
  upper 
  length 
  13 
  4 
  ; 
  

   zygomatic 
  breadth 
  10 
  ; 
  intertemporal 
  breadth 
  3'5 
  ; 
  breadth 
  of 
  

   brain-case 
  8 
  ; 
  palato-sinual 
  length 
  7 
  ; 
  maxillary 
  tooth-row 
  

   6'2 
  ; 
  breadth 
  across 
  canines 
  3"8. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  S. 
  Flores. 
  

  

  