'2:\0 Mr. (). Tliom:\s on Jlats of the 



becomiiif]; lighten' on the part external to tlic elbow, the 

 reticulations prominent. 



Skull esscniially as in iiiihn'catus, but considerably larger, 

 and in the usual correlation with increased size, the ridges 

 are rather better developed and the muzzle is less conspicu- 

 ously shortened as compared with the brain-case. 



Teeth quite as in imhricatus. 



Dimensions of type (the italicized measurements taken in 

 flesh) :— 



Forearm 37 ram. 



Head and body 56 mm. ; tail If.1 ; ear 11/.. 



Skull : greatest length 14 ; median upper length 11*7 ; 

 condyle to front of canine 13*6 ; basi-sinnal length 11; con- 

 striction 3" 7; breadth of brain-case 7; palato-sinual length 5'6; 

 front of canine to back of m^ 4'8 ; front of ^^' to buck of 

 vv" 3-3. 



Hub. South Central Borneo. Type from Boentok, Barito 

 Kiver. Alt. 20'. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 10. 4. 5. 55. Original 

 number 2101. Collected 1st October, 1909, by G. C. Sliort- 

 ridge. Presented by Oldfield Thomas. Fifteen specimens, 

 all females with one exception. 



Readdy distinguishable from P. iinbricatus by its superior 

 size. 



Named in honour of Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener of 

 Khartoum. 



Ptpistrellus sturdeei, sp. n. 



A small species, with narrow delicate skull. 



Size small ; general build slender. Ears rather shorter 

 and rounder than those of the Japanese P. abramus, inner 

 margin rounded at base, but not piomiuently convex; tip 

 broadly rounded off: outer margin flattened above, slightly 

 convex below, with a well-marked anti-tragal lobule. Tragus 

 of the general ty))e of that of abramus, but shorter, its 

 broadest point opposite the lower third of its inner margin ; 

 breadth going about If in the length of the inner margin, 

 the latter straight ; tip rounded, outer margin evenly convex, 

 basal lobe sharply triangular. Wings to the base of the 

 toes. A narrow postcalcarial lobule. Tail of the usual 

 seven vertebra.', its extreme tij) only projecting. 



Colour of fur blackish throughout; the wings dark brown, 

 without marked marginal lines. 



Skull not much siiorter than that of P. abramus, but 

 markedly narrower throughout. Muzzle and brain-case 

 sniootli, rounded, the ridges little developed. Anterior 



