200 Mv. 0. Thomas on yiew Bats and 



edge 6'3 ; tliird finger, metacarpus 28, first phalanx 12"8, 

 second phahanx 18*5 ; fiftli finger 44 ; lower leg 13 j hind 

 foot (s. u.) 7; calcarl2"7. 



IJah. Biscrat, Jalor, Malay Peninsula. 



Ti/pe. Female. B.M. no. 3. 2. 6. 91. Collected and pre- 

 sented by Messrs. H. C. Robinson and N. Annandale. 



This beautiinl little bat may be readily distinguished from 

 all its allies by its white belly and particoloured wings. Its 

 nearest relation is probably A". wziVm^a, Miller *, also from 

 the Peninsula^ but besides the differences in colour that species 

 has much longer fur (10 mm. on the back) and very differ- 

 ently shaped premolars. 



The type of Kerivula hicclor was captured during Messrs. 

 Pobinson and Annandale's expedition of 1901 to the Malay 

 Peninsula, but was accidentally overlooked when Mr. Bonhote 

 was preparing his account f of the mammals then obtained. 



Emballonura nigrescens solomonis, subsp. n. 



Similar in all essential characters to the true J^. nigrescens, 

 Gray, but markedly larger. The head 14-14*5 mm. in length 

 as against 13'0, the foramen 35-38 us against 32-34, and the 

 fifth finger 37-38 as against 33. 



The upper incisors vary in shape^ being sometimes flattened 

 and more or less bicuspid, and sometimes conical and uni- 

 cuspid. In all the available specimens of true nigrescens they 

 are unicuspid. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Forearm 37 ram. 



Third finger, metacarpus 32, first phalanx 9, second 

 phalanx 15 ; fiftli finger, metacarpus 24, first phalanx 8, 

 second phalanx 4"5. 



Skull: greatest length 12'8; front of canine to back of 

 7)1^ 4-7. 



In a spirit-specimen the length of the head and body is 

 40 mm.; tail 10; head J4"3; ear from notch 11*8; lower 

 leg and foot (s. u.) 17'5 ; calcar 10. 



Hah. New Britain group and Solomons. Type from 

 Florida Island, Solomons. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 1. 11. 5. 8. Collected 

 7th January, 1901, by Mr. A. Meek. Other specimens 

 obtained by Ptev. G. Brown (1877), H. B. Guppy (1883), 

 and C. M. Woodford (1887-1888). 



This is the bat described in the Catalogue as E. nigrescens 



* Proc. Acad. Philad. 1898, p. 321. 

 t 'Fasciculi Malayensis,' Zool. i. 1903. 



