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8, CYNOPTERUS MONTANOI, Rob. 

 S 1271. Si Karaiig, S.-E. Johore. 

 ? 1178, 1175. Tanjoug Surat, S.-E, Johore. 

 cJ895, 898, 940, 941, 957; ? 942, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974. Tanjong Turut, 



Batam Island, Ehio Archipelago. 

 (J . Pemeral, Karimon Island, Ehio Archipelago. 



[Very coinmou nearly everywhere in the southern half of the 

 Peninsula and the islands, hanging in bunches under the eaves of the 

 houses and on the fronds of the coconut palms. Replaced by the 

 somewhat dubious species, C. angulati(s. Mill., in the more northern 

 districts, though how far south this form extends is as yet uncertain. — 

 H. C. R. and C. B. K.] 



!t. CYNOPTERUS (NIADIUS) HARPAX. 



Thos. and Wrought., Ann. Mag. N. H. (8), iii., p. 439 (1909). 

 (? 695/08. Seinangko Pass, Selangor-Pahang boundary, 3,000 feet. 

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30th January, 1908. 



B. M. No. 87, 20, 7. Type. 



Size as in the Sumatran C. (N.) minor * but teeth less square. 



Size about as in C. minor, or a little smaller, the present specimen 

 being old and the type of minor slightly immature. Colour quite as in 

 typical Cynopterus, the back olivaceous lirown with light bases to the 

 hairs ; sides of neclc, throat and sides of belly brilliant ochraceous, 

 median area of belly grey. Ears of medium size, margined with white, 

 an angular lobule at the base of the external border. 



Skull of about the size of that of C. minor, except that the interor- 

 bital region, is narrower and the tooth row shorter. Owing, however, to 

 the imperfection of the tyjncal skull, I am not able to make a complete 

 comparison with the measurements given by Dr. Lyon. In general 

 form the skull is quite similar to that of the much larger C. (N.) 

 jprinceps, with the same grooved interorbital region with swollen 

 margins and the same well-marked ridges. 



Teeth of the same essential structure as in the other two forms of 

 Niadius, with the same definite central cusp on p^, and m^, but 

 the teeth throughout are narrower, less squared, and the lower ones are 

 narrower posteriorly than anteriorly, the converse being the case 

 (at least for jj., and p^) in G. princeps, with whose teeth those of 

 C. minor are said to agree in every detail. The second minute central 

 cusp of w 1 of C. princeps is, however, not represented in the new form. 



Dimensions of thr Type (the starred measurejnents taken in 

 the flesh) : 



Forearm, 72 mm.; head and body, 105 ; * tail, 7 ; * hind foot, 15 ; * 

 ear, 21.* Third finger meta<^arpal, 48; first phalanx, 31; second 

 phalanx, 40. 



Skull: tip of nasals to supraorbital foramen, 13.7; zygomatic 

 breadth, 22.5 ; least interorbital breadth, 5.6 ; front of canine to back 



* Lyon, P. U. S. Nat. Miis., xxxiv., p. 665 (1908). 



