G16 On a new Bat from N. Australia. 



brown rinjieJ ones?, but size larcrin* ; molar teeth, especially 

 M^ and M-, smaller. Muzzle darker and longer. 



Erinaceus amurensis Jcoreensisj subsp. n. 



Type. — Adult male (skin and skull). Orioinal number I. 

 Ci)l lected at Kaijo, north of Seoul, Korea. B.M. no. '22. 10. 6. 1. 



Diagnosis. — A dark brown species allied to Erinaceus 

 anutre7isis, Schrenck, but size smaller and liead much darker. 



Colour. — Wholly white spines intermixed with dark brown 

 ringed ones; the spiny dorsal area is brownish, as in Erini- 

 ecus europoius, L. Head blackish brown ; shoulder, sides, 

 limbs, and tail brown. Underpart pale brown, £eot dark 

 brown. Ears small, dusky brown. 



Dimensions. — Head and body 21 mm.; hind foot 38; 

 ear 20. 



Skull: greatest lenoth 50; basal length 47; zygomatic 

 breadth 31 ; palatal length 28 ; nasal length 15 ; interorbital 

 breadth 13; length of upper molar row 17; front o£ i} to 

 back of M' 25-5. 



LXVI. — A new Bat of the Genus Miniopterus/ro/» 



N. Australia. 13y Oldfield Thomas. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



The British Museum has received from Mrs. Edward Wilson 

 some small mammals collected by her near Port Darwin, 

 Northern Territory of Australia. Among these there are 

 throe examples of a Miniopterus so much paler in colour than 

 any other member of the genus that they would appear to 

 represent a new form, which, in honour of its collector, may 

 be called 



Miniopterus oriance, sp. n. 



General characters as in the larger species referred to 

 M. schreibersi. Colour nearly uniform pale brown (near, but 

 not quite as dark as, " sayal-brown "). Under surface cinna- 

 mon, the inguinal region a little paler. Head faintly greyer 

 than back. 



Skull large, well inflated, agreeing closely with Queensland 

 specimens referred to M. schreibersi. Much larger than in 

 M. austrahs. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Forearm 44 mm. 



Head and body 57 ; tail 47 ; third finger, metacarpus 40, 

 first phalanx 10, second phalanx 34. 



