K5G Messrs. K. Andeiscn and \\. C. Wrougliton on 



of the family i\rega(3ermaticlc'B until he obtained the examples 

 on which he based sc/u\s(ocea ; these specimens, when later on 

 acquiiod by the British Museum, were wrongly labelled 

 " Nepal " (see Scully, J. A. S. B. Ivi. pt. ii. no. 3, p. 2U, 

 1887). Hodgson's specimens, as well as his published figure 

 of the bat, show that schistacea is nothing but E. It/ra li/ra. 



ll'ofjner's Mcgadcrma specfnon. — Type locality : Kashmir. 

 Apparently based on a sinoje specimen (Baron lliigi'l's 

 collections). According to Wagner, JiJ. spectrum has only 

 four teeth behind the upper canine (?'. e. one premolar only) : 

 but bearing in mind that p^ is present in aH Icnow'n Oriental 

 representatives of tiie family MegadermatidoB (this small tooth 

 is wanting only in the Elhiojjian genera Lavia and Cardio- 

 dernia and the Australian Macroderma) ; further, that 

 AVagnei's description of M. spectrum is based throughout on 

 a comparison with M. frons [Lavia frons), not with E. lyra^ 

 with which last he seems to have been unacquainted ; again, 

 that p*, when present in bats of this family, is extremely 

 small, hidden on the internal side of the tooth-row, and 

 theretbre very easily overlooked when not searched for; and, 

 finally, that VVagner^s figure of J/, spectrum differs in no 

 appreciable respect from an ordinary E. lyra — there can be 

 no reasonable doubt that Wagner^s statement as to the 

 number of teeth was wrong ; if so, the whole basis of the 

 supposed new species breaks down. 



1 h. Eucheira lyra caurina, subsp. n. 



Characters. — See above, under E. I. hjra (p. 135). 



Specimens examined. — 8 skins and skulls, all from the 

 "West Coast of India. 



Type. — ? ad. skin. Surat District, W. India. Collected 

 by H. C. Wroughton, lOsq. B.M. no. 98. 4. 2. 2. 



liange. — India, west of 77° E. 



2. Eucheira sinensis^ sp. n. 



Characters. — Size somewhat larger than E. lyra ; see 

 comparative measurements under that species above (p. 135). 

 Prenasal notch proportionally rather longer, narrowed behind, 

 posterior margin rounded. 



Specimens examined. — 2 skins and skulls, viz. Swatow (1), 

 Amoy (1). 



Type, — Adult (unsexed), skin and skull. Amoy, S. China. 

 Tomes Collection. B.M. no. 7. 1. 1. 339. 



liange. — S. China. 



