302 Zoological Society. 



lari,peritremate suhincrussato, subreflexo , postici acuminatiusculo ; 

 umbilico maxima, spiraliter custaneo lineato. 

 In Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Mr. Gulliver then communicated his notes on the blood-corpus- 

 cles of the Stanley Musk Deer. 



" Since my observations* have shown that the blood-discs of the 

 Napu Musk Deer (Moschus Javanlcus, Pallas) are minuter than those 

 hitherto described of any other mammal, the size of the red particles 

 of other allied species has become an interesting question, 



" The following measurements which I have lately made of the 



blood-discs of the Stanley Musk Deer {Moschus Stanleyanus, Gray) 



are expressed in vulgar fractions of an English inch : — 



1-11339 1^ 



1 ir^nnt > Common sizcs. 



l-lUoo4 J 



1-16000 Small size. 

 1- 8000 Large size. 



1-10825 Average. 

 " Hence the corpuscles of this animal are nearly as minute as those 

 of the Napu Musk Deer and smaller than those of the Ibex and of 

 the Goat, as may be seen by a reference to the comparative measure- 

 ments given of the corpuscles of the three last-named animals in my 

 paper on the blood-corpuscles of the Ibex, published in the Proceed- 

 ings of this Society, August 9, 1842." 



Various species of Bats from the Philippine Islands, collected by 

 Hugh Cuming, Esq., Corresponding Member, were placed on the 

 table, and Mr. Waterhouse read his notes relating to them. He ob- 

 served that the specimens exhibited formed part only of the extensive 

 series brought home, and that he should lay the remaining portion 

 before the Society on a future occasion. 



Of the genus Pteropus, as now restricted, Mr. Cuming's collection 

 contained two species: one is undoubtedly the Pteropus jubafus of 

 Eschscholtz ; the other is perhaps new. It is rather less than the 

 Pteropus Edimrdsii, and does not agree precisely with any of the 

 descriptions given by Temminck in his ' Monographles.' The head 

 is rusty yellow, slightly tinted with brownish on the muzzle and 

 around the eye ; the back of the neck, down to the shoulder, is of a 

 beautiful golden rust-colour ; the hair here is loose, but from the 

 shoulder downwards the hair is of a harsher nature, closely applied to 

 the body, and is of a very deep brown hue, but somewhat tinted with 

 rust-colour near the thigh ; the throat is of a deep chocolate-brown 

 colour, and the under parts of the body are of a bright rust tint, ex- 

 cepting at the sides, where a dusky hue prevails ; the hair on the 

 humerus and on the under side of the membrane is nearly black. 

 The interfemoral membrane is very narrow and much hidden by the 

 fur. The j)rincipal dimensions are — 



* Trans. Roy. iMed. Cli. Soc. v. 23; Dublin Med. Prrss, Nov. 27, 1839. 



