476 MR. O. THOMAS ON THE MAMMALS [DeC. 4, 



7. Harpyia major, Dobs. 



a. 5* • Aola. 

 Forearm 80 millim, 



8. Cephalotes peronii, Geoff. 



a, b, S and separate head. Rubiana, New Georgia. 

 Forearm 103 millim. 



9. Macroglossus australis, Peters. 



Macroglossus minimus, var. australis, Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1867, 

 p. 13 (footnote). 



Macroglossu australis, id. t. c. p. 871. 



a,b. d" $ . Aola. 



Forearms 38 and 39 millim respectively. 



This form appears in be undoubtedly distinct from M. minimus, 

 although Dr. Dobson has only recognized a single species of the 

 genus in his Catalogue. It was distinguished by Dr. Peters merely 

 on account of its smaller size, and neither he nor Dr. Dobson appear 

 to have observed that^ its rhinarium is deeply and distinctly grooved 

 to the upper lip, in marked contrast to the typical species, in which 

 the slight groove between the nostrils does not pass down to the 

 upper lip. The whole face also in M. australis is decidedly shorter 

 than in M. minimus, and the forward projection of the upper lip 

 with the corresponding prominence of the premaxillary bones of the 

 skull, so characteristic of the latter, is much reduced in the former. 

 The difference in size is also considerable, the forearm in the ten 

 specimens of the southern species before me ranging from 38 to 43 

 millim., while in five Javan individuals it varies from 45 to 48 millim. 



As to the respective ranges of the two forms I have no material 

 to enable me to determine which of them inhabits the Malay Peninsula ; 

 but M. australis certainly extends as far westward as the Philippines, 

 whence the Museum possesses several specimens collected by Mr. 

 Hugh Cuming and Mr. Alfred Everett. A skin obtained by Mr. 

 Wallace in Mysol and several examples found by the Rev. G. Brown 

 in the Duke of York Group also belong to M. australis. 



10. Nesonycteris woodfordi, Thos. 



Nesonycteris woodfordi, Thos. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 324, pi. xxvi. 



a. Ad. c? • Aola. 



The specimens of this beautiful and interesting species previously 

 obtained having been dried skins, it may be useful to give the full 

 dimensions of the present individual, which is properly preserved in 

 spirit. 



Head and body 95 millim.; head 34; ear, above crown, 10; 

 forearm 53; thumb, without claw, 18"5 ; second finger 39; third 

 finger — metacarpus 41, fir.st phalanx 29, second phalanx 42; lower 

 leg 23" 7 ; foot 17 ; calcaneum 4-3 ; depth of interfemoral membrane 

 behind knee 5. 



' As was pointed out to me by Mr. Blanford. 



