^Ir. K. Anderson on new Fniit-bala. G23 



G05-G9 mm.), this form is at once distiiiguislied l>y its 

 smaller size, fused cusps of p', mottled colour of back, and 

 feebly developed spinal stripe. 



Ifyctiniene cyclotU^ sp. ii. 



Size small (forearms of typo broken, estimated length 

 53 mm.) ; |)remolars and molars peculiarly short and broad, 

 subfirciilar in outline (eluiracter particularly pronounced in 

 \)* and ni", p^ and nii) ; m' reilueed to about )f or '^ tho size 

 of p*, nil slightly suialler than p^ ; ears uiimually broad, 

 nearly as broad as long, and semicircularly rounded off 

 above; back mottled with brownish tips to the hairs; a 

 narrow spinal stripe along posterior half of back. Ilab. New 

 Guinea. 



Type. S ad. (al. and skull), Arfak M's., N.W. New 

 Guinea, collected by A. 1-]. Pratt, li.M. 10. 7. 111. *J. 



Nyclimene yeiniuus, sp. n. 



Similar to i\\ major (Bismarck Archipelago), but smaller 

 (forearm 70*0-77, against 78-85'5 mm. in major) ; males 

 ditlering by the more brownish-drab colour of the fur (in 

 major ash-grey or greyish haii-br(jwn). JIab. 13. New 

 Guinea; Kiriwina Is. ; D^Entrecasteaux Is. 



2ype. c? ad. (skin and skull), souib of Iluon Gulf, B. New- 

 Guinea, collected by Dr. P. Comrie, B.M. 7G. 7. 5. 10. 

 Four specimens examined (compared with ten of xV. major). 



Nyctimene scitulus, sp. n. 



Similar to N. yennnvs, but free edge of bony palate tri- 

 angular (in yeminus semicircularly concave), and ears con- 

 .«jj)icuously smaller (l-i mm. from orifice, against 16 in 

 yeminus) ; gem ral size as yeminus, forearm 71"r)-80 mm. 

 IJab. Solomon Islands ; so tar kntAvn from Siiortland, New 

 Georgia, Florida, and Guaihilcanar. 



Type. ? ad. (al. and skull), Aola, Guadalcanar, collected 

 by C. M. Woodford, B.M. 88. 1. 5. 11. Five specimens 



examined. 



Cynoptcrus sphinx ganyeticus, subsp. n. 



Like C. 8. sphinx, but averaging cons})icuously larger: 

 Skull, lambda to gnathioii 33-30 (in C. s. sphinx 3ij-3i*5), 



