Mr. 0. Thomas on Embullouura. 130 



Emhallomtra cor, sp. n. 



Traf^iis and cars as in streftmanui. liasial pit hcart- 

 sliapcil, with three septa. 



Size al)(nit as in E. raff'nnjana. Colour ^Fars-hrown, 

 slifjhtly paler below. Ears narrowed tfriniually, as in 

 slresemanni, not broad as in rafj'rayana. I'ragus broad, its 

 breadth ai)out half its lenj^th on inner margin, its inner 

 edge straight, its outer slightly concave. 



Skull of the same general slia[)e as in 7-affrai/ana, but 

 rather narrower. Frontal region with a similar mesial 

 groove between the moderate faeial inflations. No sagittal 

 erest in the type, wliieh is fully adult. Opening of posterior 

 nares level with the lateral edges of palate, not contracted 

 jiuteriorly, its edge bi-coucave, with distinct median point. 

 Mesopterygoid fossa long, its saddle-backed convexity low, 

 grooved mesially. Basial pit large, deep, sharply defined, 

 extending antero- laterally in front of the back of the meso- 

 pterygoid fossa in two rounded lobes, separated from the 

 main part of the pit by low secondary septa; a well-marked 

 mesial septal ridge present. 



Teeth as in E. rafrayana, except that the inner lobe of p^ 

 has a less strongly developed anterior angle. 



Dimensions of the type (taken on the dry skin) : — 

 F(jr< arm 38 mm. 



Tragus on inner edge 28 ; third finger, metacarpus 32"5, 

 first phalanx 9'3 ; lower leg and hind foot (c. u.) '2'Z ; 

 calcar 10. 



Skull : length from condyle to front of canine (c.) 12* ; 

 breadth across faeial inflations 5*8 ; front of canine to back 

 of in 5 ; m' and m^ combined 2 3. 

 JIub. Choiseul. Solomon Is. 



Tifjte. Adult skin. B.M. no. 5. 1. 28. 2. Collected by 

 A. Meek. 



This species is readily distinguished from E. raffrayana 

 and stresemanni, the only forms with the same broad oblong 

 tragus, by its peculiarly shaped busial j)it; from the former 

 also by its narrow cars and from the latter by the distinct 

 lati ral septal ridges in the basial pit. 



Emballonura monticola, Temra. 

 In E. monticola the basial pit is large, rounded, but rather 

 shallow, \\ithout deep or sharply defined limits. It has 

 normally distinct median and lateral septal ridjics, dividing 

 it into four portions, but the lateral ones tend to be reduced 

 or obsolete in the eastern race (discolor). 



* Brain-case distorted. 



