.398 JOUIiXAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXI. 



PiPISTKELLUS DOKMEBI, Dobs. 



Dormer''s Bat. 



1875. Scotozons dormeri, Dobson. P. Z. S., p. 373. 



1891. Nycticejm dormeri, Blanford. Mammalia No. 193. 



$ 55, 78, Ajanta in al. S 57, 58. Haidarabad Dekhan. 



The type came from Bellary. Mr. Thomas dealt with this species in his 

 paper in our Journal (Vol. XI), 1897, and I gave some notes on it two 

 years later in my paper "Some Konkan Bats " (Vol. XII, p. 718). Later 

 still I found it quite common everywhere. Its resemblance to other 

 pipistrelles no doubt caused it to be overlooked in earlier days. 



PiPiSTKELLTJs MIM0S, Wroughton. 



The Southern dtvarf Pipistrelle. 



1891. Vesperugo abramus, Blanford. Mammalia No. 187 (partim). 

 1899. Pipistrellus viimus, Wroughton. Journ. B. N. H. S. Vol. XII, 

 p. 722. 



cj 87 (in al.) . . . Bhodwad, E. Khandesh. 

 Hitherto only recorded from the Surat District. I have however taken it 

 .above Ghats in Khandesh, and at Poona and as far South as Kanara, It 

 is probably widely distributed, but owing to its close resemblance to the 

 .common ' V. abramus' (Blanford No. 187) has been overlooked. 



ScoTOPHiLus KXJHLi, Leach. 

 The Common Yelloio Bat. 



1822. Scotophilus kuhli. Leach. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII, p. 72. 

 1891. Nycticejus kuhli, Blanford. Mammalia No. 194 (partim). 

 cJ 74. Ajanta, Haidarabad Dekhan. 

 S 94. Bhodwad, E. Khandesh. 

 The type of kuhli is a quite young specimen of which the type locality*is 

 unknown. The synonymy in Blanford' s " Mammalia " entirely disappears, 

 thus : — 



V. temmincki of Horsfield is a Javan animal of which the British 



Museum has a fine series, and castaneus, Hors. is Malayan. The 



remaining names represent bats which may be placed in 4 groups by 



the length of the forearm as follows (F. A. in kuhli is 62) : — 



1831. S. heathi. Horsfield, is the S. Indian form, P. A. 65 and over. 



1834. -S". belangeri, Is. Geoff. = 1851, luteus, Bl. = 1851. flaveolus, Horsf. 



F. A. 58. 

 1897. S. ivroughtoni, Thos. F. A. 50. 



The two specimens sent differ very considerably in coloration, but until 

 series are available, it is impossible to say how much of this variation is 

 individual, sexual, seasonal or racial. 



