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adhesive cushions in sustaining its hold on the sniootli hard stems and 

 leaves of palms and of other hard-wooded trees. 



Miniopterus SchreibersH, Nat. 



Lately discovered at Vernet-les-Bains by M. Lataste, and in the Grotto 

 de Sarre (Basses P^-rcnees) by M. de Folin,' the first recorded occurrence 

 of this species in France. Also obtained at Awa, Japan (Hilgendorf and 

 Peters) . 



Emhallonura semicaiidata, Peale. 



The British Museum has lately obtained a specimen of this species 

 (hitherto recorded from the Polynesian sub-region only) li-om Sarawak, 

 collected by Mr. Everett. 



Emhallonnra raff ray ana. 



Emballonura niffnujana, Dobson, 'P.Z.S.' 1878, p. 876 (with woodcuts of head, tar, and 



muzzle). 



Slightly larger thaii E. nirirescem, and agreeing with that species in 

 the comparatively widely separated nostrils, but resembling the species of 

 the other section of the genus in the projecting e.'i;tremity of the muzzle, 

 which extends considerably beyond the lower lip ; tlie ears also are much 

 broader, and the upper third of the outer margin of the conch is convex, 

 not concave ; the ti'agus is comparatively shorter and much broader, 

 attaining its greatest breadth above, where it is so broadly rounded off as 

 to appear abruptly truncated ; the outer and inner margins are straight 

 or faintly concave. 



Wings from the ankles or from the tarsi ; feet much larger than 

 in E. niijrcscens ; calcanea about tvvo-thii'ds the length of the tibiag ; fur 

 above dark brown, paler at the base; beneath, paler throughout, wino-s 

 nearly naked; upper surface of the iuterfemoral membrane thinly clothed 

 as far as the extremity of the tail. 



Teeth as in E. nlijrcscena, except that the first premolar is smaller and 

 scarcely raised above the level of the gum. 



Length (of an adult $ ) : head and body l"-65, tail 0"-5, head 0"-6o, 

 ear 0"-58, tragus 0"-2, forearm l"-55, thumb 0"-2.5, third finger (meta- 

 carp. l"-3, 1st ph. 0"-4, 2nd ph. 0"65), fourth finger (metacarp. i"% 1st 

 ph. 0"-o, 2nd ph. 0"-2), fifth finger (metacarp. 1"-, 1st ph. 0"-38, 2nd ph. 

 0"-15), tibia 0"-G, calcaneum 0"-45, foot 0"-3. 



Hah. Gilolo Island. 



Type in the collection of the Paris Museum. 



Coleura afra, Peters. 



In recording this species from Tschaka, East Africa, Dr. Peters re- 

 marks (' M. B. Akad. Berl.,' 1879, p. 832) that, as noted in his original 

 descripti'.m, there is a groove in the lower lip. To this I can only reply 

 that in the specimen (preserved in alcohol) in the British Mnseimi, from 

 Dr. Peters' collection, there is no trace of a groove in the front of the 

 lower lip. 



' Troucssart, Le Natnralide, 1879, p. \2o. 



1880. 



