534 Mr. O. Thomas on 



LXXIV. — Three new Asiatic Mammals. 

 By Oldfield Thomas. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Murina lanosa, sp. n. 



M. suilla group ; larger and more hairy than the other 

 species. 



Size comparatively large, the forearm longer than in any 

 of the other three species. Fur long, soft, and woolly ; hairs 

 of back over 8 mm. in length. Whole of interfemoral mem- 

 brane above fairly well covered with fur, but without a definite 

 posterior fringe. Limbs more hairy than usual, a number of 

 hairs on the carpal joint, base of the metacarpal bones, and a 

 line of thin fur along the outer side of the forearm ; hind legs 

 and feet well covered. Below, both limbs and membranes 

 are practically naked. General colour above between clay- 

 colour and cinnamon, the hairs of the back dark slaty for their 

 basal halves. Under surface pale greyish drab, all the hairs 

 dark slaty basally, the ends dull whitish, becoming more drab 

 laterally. The fine hairs on the limbs glossy ochraceous or 

 tawny. 



Skull as in M. suilla, but larger ; the proportions of the 

 premolars as in that species. 



Dimensions of the type (the starred measurements taken in 

 the flesh) : — 



Forearm 37*5 mm. 



Head and body *49 ; tail *42; ear *15 j third finger, 

 metacarpal 34, first phalanx 15 ; lower leg and foot (c. u.) 27*5. 



Skull : greatest length 17*1 ; basi-sinual length 13 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 9'5; breadth of brain-case 8'1; front of canine 

 to back of m z 5*6. 



Hab. Ceram. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 10. 3. 4. 24. Original 

 number 932. Collected September, 1909, by Mr. W. Stalker. 



Of the four species of the suilla group this is the largest, 

 slightly exceeding Jlorium in length of forearm ; it is richer 

 in colour than in the greyish balstoni and florium, about 

 agreeing in this respect with suilla ; its limbs and inter- 

 femoral are more liberally clothed; its under surface is 

 darker coloured, the other three all having some wholly 

 light hairs on the abdomen ; and the fur itself is longer and 

 woollier. 



Besides Mr. Stalker's specimen now described, the Museum 



