﻿Asiatic 
  and 
  Australasian 
  Bats. 
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  Emballonura 
  nigrescens 
  and 
  its 
  Allies. 
  

  

  A 
  study 
  of 
  these 
  and 
  tlie 
  material 
  in 
  tlie 
  Museum 
  sliows 
  

   that 
  three 
  species 
  o£ 
  the 
  nigrescens 
  group 
  may 
  be 
  distin- 
  

   guished, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  A. 
  Size 
  larger 
  : 
  forearm 
  about 
  35-38 
  mm. 
  Skull 
  

  

  longer 
  (upper 
  length 
  about 
  12 
  mm.), 
  low, 
  the 
  

  

  brain-case 
  not 
  specially 
  inflated 
  and 
  the 
  muzzle 
  

  

  fairly 
  long 
  ; 
  no 
  mesial 
  septum 
  in 
  the 
  basi- 
  

  

  sphenoid 
  pit. 
  (Solomon 
  Island, 
  Bismarck 
  ^ 
  - 
  

  

  Archipelago, 
  Admiralty 
  Islands.) 
  E. 
  solomo^iis, 
  Thos. 
  

  

  B. 
  Size 
  rather 
  smaller 
  : 
  forearm 
  about 
  34 
  mm. 
  

  

  Skull 
  rather 
  smaller 
  (upper 
  length 
  11 
  mm.\ 
  

   shaped 
  about 
  as 
  in 
  solomonis. 
  A 
  well-detined 
  

   mesial 
  ridge 
  in 
  the 
  basisphenoid 
  pit. 
  (Am- 
  

   boina 
  and 
  Buru.) 
  E. 
  niyrescens, 
  Gray. 
  

  

  C. 
  Size 
  as 
  in 
  }u'</nsce7is 
  (forearm 
  about 
  33-34 
  mm.). 
  

  

  Skull 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  length 
  (upper 
  length 
  

   11 
  mm.), 
  but 
  differently 
  proportioned, 
  the 
  

   brain-case 
  large, 
  high, 
  and 
  much 
  inflated, 
  the 
  

   muzzle 
  short 
  and 
  stumpy. 
  No 
  basisphenoid 
  

   septum. 
  (xSew 
  Guinea.) 
  E. 
  jxqmana, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Details 
  of 
  J^. 
  jmpuana 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  type 
  (italicized 
  measurements 
  taken 
  in 
  

   flesh) 
  '.— 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  hodi/ 
  ZS 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tail 
  11; 
  ear 
  10. 
  Third 
  finger, 
  

   metacarpus 
  30^ 
  first 
  phalanx 
  8*8 
  ; 
  lower 
  leg 
  and 
  foot 
  16. 
  

  

  Skull 
  : 
  upper 
  length 
  10*9 
  ; 
  basi-sinual 
  length 
  8*2 
  ; 
  zygo- 
  

   matic 
  breadth 
  8; 
  interorbitul 
  breadth 
  3'2 
  ; 
  brain-case, 
  

   height 
  6, 
  breadtii 
  6*2 
  ; 
  front 
  of 
  canine 
  to 
  back 
  of 
  m^ 
  4*3. 
  

  

  Bah. 
  (of 
  type). 
  Wakatimi, 
  Mimika 
  River, 
  S.W. 
  Dutch 
  

   New 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  male. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  11.11.11.13. 
  Original 
  

   number 
  2571. 
  Collected 
  7th 
  March, 
  1911. 
  Presented 
  by 
  

   the 
  B.O.U. 
  Expedition 
  to 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  More 
  than 
  a 
  dozen 
  s{)ecimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  collection, 
  its 
  range 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  type-locality 
  

   to 
  the 
  eastern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Echymipera 
  gargantua, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  E. 
  doreyana 
  in 
  general 
  characters, 
  but 
  size 
  much 
  

   larger 
  — 
  the 
  skull 
  82-88 
  mm. 
  in 
  condylo-basal 
  length, 
  instead 
  

   of 
  about 
  70-73 
  nmi. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  (measured 
  in 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  

   Head 
  and 
  body 
  410 
  mm. 
  ; 
  hind 
  foot 
  74 
  ; 
  ear 
  31. 
  

  

  