On a new (Jiniis if Free-tail Hat. 499 



Skull : jircatcst IcMijjtli IG ; hasiiar Icn^^tli 35 ; zyj^omatic 

 breadth 2") ; Iciif^^tli of upiicr molar series Go ; bullae TiG. 



Hub. Mala Mir, S.W. Persia. 



Type. IJ.M. no. ">. 10. 4. 3.'5. An old female. CoUeeted 

 by Mr, Woosnain on the 12th April, 1903, and presented to 

 the Museum by Col. Bailward. 



(35) Tatera ceylonica, sp. n. 



52. 5. 9. 31 . S ■ Ceylon {Kelaart). 



In coloration ceylonica differs but little or not at all from 

 Ctivieri — i. e., from the specimens which I have identified as 

 that species. It is dark einnamon-l)rown along the centre of 

 the back (probably due to the black tips of the hairs in that 

 area), pallid along the sides. Above the eyes, and behind 

 them to the ears and the cheeks, dull white. The following 

 are dimensions : — 



Head and body 1(30 ram. ; tail 150 ; hind foot 41 ; ear 20. 



Skull: greatest length 41; basilar length 33; zygomatic 

 breadth 22 ; length of upper molar series G ; Ijulhe 11. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



Tyjje. B.M. no. 52. 5. 9. 31. An adult male. Presented 

 to the Museum by Dr. Kelaart. 



Notwithstanding its colour-resemblance it is easily distin- 

 guishable from Cuvieri by its extremely short tail and much 

 shorter hind feet. The skull is al) :)ut as in Cuvieri, but the 

 upper molars are finer and narrower than in that or any other 

 Asiatic form. 



LXV. — A neuo Genus of Free-tail Bat from N.E. Africi. 

 By Oldfield Thomas. 



PlatymopS, gen. nov. {Molosaidoi) . 



Ears widely separated, as in Mormopterus. Lips without 

 wrinkles, covered with short stout bristles. Forearms 

 shagveened. Wings short. Metacarpal of third finger only 

 one third longer than that of fifth ; first phalanx of fifth 

 fin*i-er much shortened, one third the length of the meta- 

 carpal and not longer than the second phalanx. A small 

 untufted gular sac present in both sexes. 



Skull of the general outline in upper view of that of 

 Mormopterus, but extraordiiuirily tiatteued vertically. Crests 

 much reduced, the .«agittal absent and the lambdoid not 



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