284 Mr. O. Thomas on 



smaller ; not so flattened as in many of the African species. 

 Small anterior premolar well developed, its cross-section 

 about equalling that of the upper incisor. Lower incisors 

 six in number. 



Dimensions of the type (barely adult) : — 



Forearm 56*5 mm. 



Head and body 76 ; tail 43; ear 23; third finger, meta- 

 carpal 53, first phalanx 20*5, second phalanx 18. 



Skull : greatest length 21-7 ; coudylo-basal length 21'2 ; 

 zygomatic breadth 12*2 ; interorbital breadth 4*2 ; mastoid 

 breadth 12; palato-sinual length 7*1; front of canine to 

 back of w' 8, front of;/ to back of 7n- 4'9. 



Hab. N.E. Chihli, China. Type from Chin-wang-tao, on 

 the sea-coast. 



Type. Young adult male (basilar suture not quite closed). 

 B.M. no. 19. 12. 22. 2. Collected 9th September, 1917, and 

 presented by J. D. La Touche, Esq. Two specimens. 



This is by far the greatest north-eastward occurrence of 

 the genus Tadarida, the nearest locality recorded being that 

 of the T. iem'otis obtained by Swinhoe at Amoy. Another 

 specimen of the latter, captured at sea in the Formosa Channel, 

 has also been presented to us by Mr. La Touche. 



Tills species, which I have much pleasure in naming after 

 its discoverer, is readily distinguished from T. teniotxH by its 

 smaller size, as gauged by its smaller skull and smaller teeth. 



The second species is a fruit-bat belonging to the genus 

 Dyacopterus, hithe.rto only known from the type-specimen of 

 i>. spadiceus of Borneo. The latter was a skin with broken 

 ears, no palate-ridges, and imperfect skull, so that Mr. Brooks's 

 perfect specimen, preserved in spirit, is of .special value. It 

 proves to be of a species veiy closely allied to, but different 

 from, D. spadiceus, and may be called 



Dyacopterxts brooksi, sp. n. 



Near D. spadiceus, but larger and more uniformly coloured. 



Size greater than in spadiceus, the skull being larger and 

 bulkier in all dimensions, though the forearm is but little 

 longer. Ears short, narrow, pointed, the anterior margin 

 evenly convex, the posterior nearly straight. Neck-tufts not 

 more developed in the male brooksi than it is in the female 

 spadiceus, little darker than tlu- yellowish fur .surrounding it. 

 Edge of upper lips with prominent warts; pad at tip of lowi.r 



