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happily been very successfully accomplished, and Celebes is 

 now no longer the worst-represented part of the world in the 

 Museum collections, as was formerly the case — an improve- 

 ment wholly due to those who have already made Northern 

 Borneo the best-represented part of the world in the same 

 collections. 



In spite of the many Celebean species previously described, 

 most of which have now been obtained, no less than five new 

 ones have also been discovered — a result the more surprising 

 as the Hoses were working in what was supposed to be the 

 best-known part of Celebes. 



Besides the Hose and Everett specimens, a bat obtained by 

 Governor Creagh at Sandakan, N. Borneo, is also described, 

 as also is a very remarkable new fruit-bat which occurs in 

 Mr. John Whitehead's last collection from the Philippines. 



Boneia menadensis, sp. n. 



Size of Boneia bidens, Jent. Ears of medium length, 

 sharply pointed above, their outer edge with a small lobule 

 basally. Wings from the sides of the back as in typical 

 Xantharpyia. Colour above of head dark smoky brown, of 

 nape dull yellow, of back dark reddish brown, gradually 

 becoming paler and brighter on the rump. Sides of neck 

 with dark golden gland-tufts. Chin, throat, and belly pale 

 greyish brown. Wings and limbs naked, except just on the 

 proximal part of the forearm and on the femora and neigh- 

 bouring parts of the interferaoral membrane. 



Skull with a broad heavy muzzle and strong widely ex- 

 panded zygomata. Premaxillfe separated in front. 



Upper incisors two in number, short, cylindrical, equi- 

 distant from each other and the canines. Canines long, 

 grooved in front. First upper premolar small, but not 

 specially crushed in between the canine and second pre- 

 molar. Lower incisors in an even curved row between the 

 canines, the outer four or five times as stout as the inner ones. 

 Canines short, stout, and strongly slanted outwards. 



Dimensions of the type (an adult male skin) : — 



Forearm 97 millim. ( = 3-8 inches) ; head and body (ap- 

 proximate) 153 ; ear (dried) 20 ; lower leg 53. 



Skull : extreme length from nasion to occiput 43'7 ; greatest 

 breadth 25 ; tip of nasals to supraorbital foramina 20 ; inter- 

 orbital breadth 7-5 ; tip to tip of postorbital processes 16 ; 

 front of upper canine to back of ?^ 15' 1. 



Hob. Menado, Celebes. 



Coll. C. and E. Hose, Oct. 1895. 



