Mr. K. Andersen on new Petalia. 547 



of type (an immature, tliouo-li probably nearly full-oTOwn, 

 specimen), condylo-canine len^tli 19'2 mm., against 17'8— 19 

 in twenty-three fully adult skulls o( javam'ca, c-ui^ (crowns) 

 8'2, against 7"2-7"8 in twenty-six adah Java nica ; external 

 dimensions probably very nearly as in P.javanica. 



Type, $ imni. (ale), Bidi Caves, Sarawak, presented by 

 Ceci'l J. Brooks, Esq., B.M. 3. 3. 31. 1. The range of this 

 form extends to the Malay Peninsula ( ? juv., Biserat, B.M. 

 3. 2. 6. 85). 



Petalia nana, sp. n. 



Allied to P. arge (p^ large), but considerably smaller, and 

 with pro[)ortioiuitely much smaller ears (tragus not differing 

 in shape, being lingulate as in arge). Forearm of type 

 34 mm. (39'5-45 in ten adult arge), third metacarpal 25-7 

 (30-5-34-2), tibia 1-1-5 (20-23-7), ear from base of inner 

 margin 15-5 (23-26-5), maxillary tooth-row (c-m^, crowns) 

 5-7 ('6-8-7-3). 



Type, (J ad. (ale), Benito R., French Congo, collected by 

 Mr. G. L. Bates, B.M. 0. 2. 5. 46. 



Tiiis is the smallest known form of the genus, 



Petalia major ^ sp. n. 



Similar to P. arge (p4 large, tragus lingulate), but easily 

 distinguished by its conspicuously larger size, being about 

 equal in dimensions to P. cethiopico. luteola. Forearm of type 

 49 mm. (39*5-45 in ten adult arge) ; skull, total length 22-2 

 (19-5-20-2), condyle to front of canine 19-7 (16-8-17-7), 

 maxillary tooth-row 7-8 (6-8-7-3). 



Type, ? ad. (ale), Ja E,., Cameroons, 23 Jan., 1906, 

 collected by Mr. G. L. Bates, B.M. 9. 10. 2. 49. 



Petalia aurita, sp. n. 



Dentition (incisors and P4), tragus, aiid external dimensions 

 as in P. hispida, but ears much longer, skull larger, tooth- 

 row^s longer. Forearm of type 43 mm. (in forty-seven adult 

 P. hispida 37*2-43), ear from base ot inner margin 21-5 

 (16-5-18-7); skull, total length 18-7 (in thirty-two adult 

 liinpida 16-5-178), condyle to front of canine 16-1 (14-15-3), 

 c-m^ (crowns) 6-5 (5'5-6'l). 



Type, ? ad. (ale.), Kilili, British East Africa, collected 

 and presented by G. D. Trevor-Koper, Esq., B.M. 89. 1. 11. 1. 

 Other specimens from Maungu, B.E.A., and Burao, Somali- 

 land. 



