438 On Mammals from Manns Idand, dec. 



9. Miniopterus sp. (large). 

 Manus Island (four). 



10. Miniopterus sp. (small). 

 ]\Ianus Island (one). 



I am not at present in a position to determine theso speci- 

 mens with anj hope of accuracy. 



11. Kerivoida myrella, sp. n. 



One from Admiralty Island and three from Ruk Island. 



General external characters as in K. hardwickei, to which 

 a specimen from Duke of York Island (New Lauenburc^) was 

 referred by Dobson in 1878. Size rather greater. Upper- 

 side of feet, tibiae, and femora distinctly more heavily haired, 

 the interfemoral also rather more hairy and with some hairs 

 along its posterior margin. 



tSkuU with the brain-case more inflated anteriorly, as in 

 Phoniscus, but the muzzle of the specialized bent-up form 

 characteristic of Kerivoula, that of Phoniscus being more 

 normal. Front of muzzle, however, broadened to carry the 

 much enlarged canines, the narrowest breadth of the rosti"um 

 being across the middle premolars instead of the anterior 

 ones. 



Teeth. — Intier upper incisors slender, unicuspid, outer ones 

 about half their height. Canines very large and thick, of 

 about normal section, though a young specimen shows some- 

 thing of the peculiar shape found in Phoniscus ; projecting 

 laterally outwards so as to be conspicuously visible from 

 above and to have a markedly greater lateral expansion than 

 the premolars next behind them, these again exceeding the 

 median pair, the narrowest part across the maxillary tooth- 

 row being outside the latter teeth. In K. hardwickei the 

 tooth-row narrows forwards, and the narrowest part is across 

 the anterior premolars. Premolars of normal shape, broader 

 transversely than antero-i)osterior!y. In A", agnella the 

 canines are somewhat, though not so much, enlarged, but the 

 premolars are much narrower transversely. Lower premolars 

 rather bulkier than in hardwickei. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Forearm 37*5 mm. (other specimens 38, 38'5). 



Third finger, metacarpus 40, first phalanx 17'2j lower leg 

 and hind foot (c. u.) 26. 



Skull : greatest length 14"G ; median u]iper length 12*3 : 



