On Two new Asiatic Bats. 2S3 



the end. Blackish ahove, with an oranj^e vertebral streak, 

 one scale in width, broken up into three elongate spots on the 

 anterior part of the body, and a pale greyish brown streak on 

 each side; these streaks becoming loss distinct on tlie poste- 

 rior part of the holy; a yellow spot on each of the sciiles 

 fornuiig tlie two outer series on each side ; ventrals yello^', 

 with a dark brown spot at each end, these spots forming a 

 lateral streak ; lower halt" of upper labials yellow ; a dark 

 brown streak between the two series of subcaudals on the 

 second half of the tail. 



Total length 220 mm. ; tail 20 mm. 



A single specimen. 



Near C. sumatrana, Edeliiig, which differs in the presence 

 of a preocular, in the pointed tail, in the lower number of 

 ventral siiields, and in the coloration. 



Named in memory of the late Mrs. Brooks, who helped 

 her husband in collecting in Sumatra. 



XXXIX. — Tcoo neio Asiatic Bats of the Genera Tadarida 

 and Dyacopterus. By Oldfield Thomas. 



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



The subjects of the two following descriptions have been 

 recently presented to the National Museum by their respective 

 collectors. 



Tadarida latoucheij sp. n. 



Allied to T. teniotis, but conspicuously smaller. 



General characters of T. teniotis. Colour above near 

 "clove-brown," the hairs whitish at base, their extreme ti[)s 

 pale dral), forming a prominent light ticking. Under 

 surface scarcely paler, the hairs of chin and tliroat brown to 

 their tips, those of chest and belly light-tipped like those of 

 the back. Ears in general structiuo like those of teniotis, but 

 smaller; internal basal keel scarcely thickened externally, 

 well fringed with hair; tragus smaller than in teniotis, about 

 of the same shape, its antero-internal corner with a well- 

 marked tuft. [This description of the ears, being based on 

 dried skins, will no doubt need revision when spirit-specimens 

 are available.] 



Skull very similar in shape to that of teniotis, but markedly 



