440 Mr. 0. Thomas on neio 



Colour dark, the tips o£ the Lairs drabby grey ; under 

 surlace not lighter tlian upper. The specimens, however, 

 have been put in fluid and tiieu dried, so that the colour may 

 have been affected. 



Skull very small and delicate, less flattened than in true 

 punu'liis, the brain-case high, rounded, well inflated in the 

 frontal region, narrower than in pumilus. Teeth as in 

 pumilus, but s'ightly smaller throughout. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Forearm 80 mm. 



Skull : greatest length 11*2; basi-sinual length 8*5 ; mas- 

 toid breadth G'5; maxillary tooth-row 4*0. 



Uab. Drysdale, Kimberley, N. Australia. 



Ti/pe. Adult male. B.M. no. 14. 3. 9. 1. Collected by 

 G. ¥. Hill, and presented by the West Australian Museum, 

 Perth. Four specimens examined. 



This little bat has so niuch smaller a skull than ordinary 

 is. purnihis that it would seem at flrst sight to be a different 

 species, but intermediate specimens seem to occur, as notably 

 one from Port Walcott, N.W. Australia, so that T think it 

 better to desciibe it as a subspecies of the common fjrin. 

 I owe the opportunity of examining the typical series to 

 Mr. B. H. Woodward, of the Perth Museum, where two of 

 the paratypes will be preserved. 



Eptesicus pumihis vultnrnus, subsp. n. 



Size and general characters as in true pumilus, but colour 

 much darker. 



Colour above dark auburn-brown, the bases of the hairs 

 blackish brown. Below, the surface-colour is but little 

 lighter, though of a rather more drabby tone. 



Skull low, flattened, its size about as in trne pumilus, 



iJimensions of the type (measured on the skin) : — 



Forearm 33 mm. 



Skull : greatest length 12*5 ; basi-sinual length 0-G ; 

 mastoid In'cadth 7'3 ; maxillary tooth-row 4'5. 



JIab. Tasmania. 



Ti/pe. Adult female. B.M. no. 7. 1. 1. 375. 29 D of Tomes 

 Collection. Obtained by Mr. Tonu^s from J. P. Verreaux. 

 Other specimens collected and presented by Mr. llunald 

 Gunn. 



A daik " saturate " race of E. pumilus. 



Murina hulloni ruhel/a, subsp. n. 

 Essential characters of the N.-Indian hultont, but the 



