430 DR. W. PETERS ON BATS FROM TRINIDAD. [Nov. 22, 



2. On Taphozous flaviventris, Gould, a new Species of Bat 

 from Australia. By Dr. W. Peters, F.M.Z.S. 



T. nigro-fuscus, sublus pallide ochraceus ; calcari tibia longiore. 



Above black brown ; beneath pale ochraceous yellow ; bair uni- 

 color, the hairs on the belly whitish at the base ; wings blackish, at 

 the posterior margin whitish. Male with a large fossa between the 

 hinder parts of the branches of the lower jaw ; ears rounded, exter- 

 nally slightly emarginate ; tragus as long as high, securiform ; wings 

 on the dorsal side naked, on the under side, above and below the 

 arm-bones, woolly ; femora on the dorsal side naked, on the ventral 

 side covered with a thin woolly fur, which descends on the base of 

 the interfemoral membrane. Also the point of the tail shows some 



hair - metre. 



Total length, about 0-130 



Length of head 0-035 



of ear 0-018 



Breadth of ear 0011 



Tail.. 0-025 



Forearm 0075 



First finger 0-014 



Second finger 0-074 



Third finger 0-144 



Fourth finger 0-087 



Fifth finger 0-072 



Tibia 0028 



Foot (with claws) 0016 



Spur 0033 



This species, represented by a single male submitted to my exa- 

 mination by Mr. Gould, is, although nearly related to T. australis, 

 Gould, different in colour and in its superior size. 



3. Note on a Collection of Bats from Trinidad. 

 By Dr. W. Peters, F.M.Z.S. 



The collection of Bats formed by Dr. W. Hugging, C.M.Z.S., at 



San Fernando, Trinidad, which Mr. Sclater has kindly put into my 

 hands for determination, contains the following species (they are 

 all also known from the Brazils and Surinam) : — 



1. Phyllostoma hastatum, Geoffroy. 



2. Hemiderma brevicatjdum, Wied, sp. 



3. Dermanura quadrivittata, Peters. 



4. Chiroderma villqsxtm, Peters. 



5. Sturnira lilium, Geoffr., sp. 



