5G4 Mr. 0. Thomas on 



Mr. Kiickbeil at Przewalsk, on the Issyk-kul, about 150 miles 

 to the south-west o£ Djarkent. 



The collection is o£ so much value to the Museum and so 

 much scientific interest that I have thought it advisable to 

 give a full list of it. 



Thirty-one species are included, of which six prove to be 

 new. 



1. Nyctalus noctula, Schr. 

 Thirteen specimens. 



2. Pipistrellus pipistrellus lacteus, Temm. 



Fourteen. 



For reasons as to the use of the name lacteus see Ann. &, 

 Mi.g. Nat. Hist. (8) iii. p. 258 (1909). 



o. Erinaceus alhulus, Stol. 

 Seven. 



4. Neomrjs fodiens orientis^ subsp. n. 



Male. " From the swamj)s of the E-iver Kamennaja 

 retschka.^'— TF. i?. 



ISize rather large ; fur lotig. Tail short, with well-deve- 

 loped white fringe and white pencil at tip. Colour as in true 

 fodiens, the under surface washed with yellovvisli white. 

 Sole-pads apparently larger than in the European form. 



Skull with rather higher and more rounded brain-case, 

 the lateral flatiges not so abruptly projected outwards. 

 Interparietal not so far projected forwards between the 

 parictals as in most specimens o^ fodiens. 



Teeth. — Anterior upper incisor slenderer, less abruptly 

 curved downwards, more projected forwards than in fodiens^ 

 the anterior curved edge forming a smaller segment of a 

 larger circle. Front unicuspid longer than in fodiens, its 

 outer cingulum more nearly horizontal. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in tlie flesh) : — 



Head and body 88 mm. ; tail 55 ; hind foot 18. 



Skull: condylo-basal length 21T; condylo-incisive length 

 22 ; breadth across brain-case lO'S ; bottom of nasal notch 

 to front angle of interparietal 15'5 ; height of brain-case 

 from basion 5"9 ; upper tooth-series 10"5 ; basal diameter of 

 shaft of i^ 0*8; horizontal length of anterior unicuspid 1"5. 



Type. Adult male. Ji.M. no. 14. 5. 10. 33. Original 

 number 378. Collected 30th December, 1913. 



