216 On a neio Fruit- Bat from Neio Guinea. 



some of the smaller forms, such as P. phcBomelas^ Giiiith., and 

 others, but is readily distinguished from any of them by its 

 splendid rufous colour. 



This species is one of the handsomest of the mammals that 

 I have been fortunate enough to discover in Sarawak, and I 

 have ventured to apply to it the name of my friend Mr. Old- 

 field Thomas, of the British Museum, to whose help and 

 encouragement I owe much of the success that has attended 

 my work on the mammals of Borneo. 



XXVI. — Description of a new Fruit- Bat from Netv Guinea. 

 By Oldfield Thomas. 



Cephalotes aello^ sp. n. 



Most nearly allied to C. major^ Dobs., but larger and much 

 more prominently striped dorsal ly. 



Form, judging from skin and shape of skull, stout and 

 heavy. Fur straighter, crisper, and less woolly than in 

 C. major. General colour above brownish buff, more buffy 

 on the head, browner on the shoulders, becoming yellow on 

 the loins ; dorsal stripe very broad and prominent, blackish 

 brown, commencing on the occiput and running right through 

 on to the interfemoral membrane, more than half an inch 

 broad in the centre of the back, where it prominently contrasts 

 with the yellow on each side of it. Fur along flanks above 

 also brown, edging the yellow externally. Cheeks and chin 

 grey. Under surface deep reddish, the middle line of the 

 chest yellower. 



Ears apparently rather larger and more pointed than in 

 C major. Distribution of fur much as in that species. 

 Interfemoral membrane comparatively broad, about 15 millim. 

 deep in the centre ; only surpassed by the tail by about 

 2 millim., but the latter is perhaps imperfect, although its end 

 looks much as in the other species, where it surpasses the 

 membrane by 10 millim. or more. 



Skull broader, heavier, and with mure widely expanded 

 zygomata than in C. major. Orbits very large, their greatest 

 transverse diameter nearly 12 millim., as against 9 millim. in 

 C. major. Teeth broad and heavy, worn down in the type, 

 but their cusps apparently as in C major. 



Dimensions of the type (in skin) : — 



Forearm 86 millim. 



Head and body (stretched) 120; tail 22; ear (dry) 17; 

 thumb, without claw, 30; fifth finger 110. 



