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wholly slaty greyish on accomit as I believe, of the weaiing off of 

 the buffy . tips to the hairs. Under surface greyish white, not 

 sharply defined laterally, the hairs slaty basally, greyish white 

 terminally. Ears of medinm size, grey. Hands and feet dull 

 white, the metapodials in some specimens brownish. Tail abont 

 the length of the head and body, finely scaled (17 rings to the 

 cm.), very thinly haired, dark greyish above, inconspicuouslj' 

 lighter below^ Mammae 3 — 2=10. 



Skull, as compared with that of Burmese M. nitidulus, decidedly 

 larger, with large, smooth brain-case. Interorbital region very 

 broad, its edges cjiiite without ridges, hardly squared even in old 

 specimens. Palatal foramina rather short, not or barely reaching 

 back to the level of m.^ Back of palate about level with hinder 

 edge of m.'^ 



Dimensions of the type, measured in the flesh : — Head and body, 

 94 mm.; tail, 91; hindfoot, 20; ear, 15. Skull: — Greatest length, 

 25-1; condylo-incisive length, 23*2; zygomatic breadth, 12-7; nasals, 

 10*1; interorbital breadth, 5; breadth of brain-case, 11-5; palatilar 

 length, 10-5; palatal foramina, 5; upper molar series, 3-9. 



Habitat — Sikkim. Type from Batasia, Tonglu. Alt. 6,000'. 

 Other specimens from Chuntang, 5,350.' 



T(/]je. — Adult male. B. M. No. 15. 9. 1. 199. Original number, 

 6419. Collected 1st March, 1915 by C. A. Crump. Presented 

 to the National Museum by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



The material examined consists of four specimens obtained by 

 Mr. Crump ; one from " Sikkim," 4,500', purchased of the dealer 

 Argent in 1 848; and one in spirit from Darjiling, presented by 

 Mr. W. T. Blanford in 1880. 



This species is readily distinguished by its comparatively large 

 size, crisp fur, large unridged braincase with broad interorbital 

 space, and shortened palatal foramina. 



I may perhaps here express my pleasure that these Survey speci- 

 mens have at last thrown light on the characters of a species 

 which has been a puzzle to me ever since I first began working on 

 Indian Muridce. 



B. — Two New Indian Bats. 



By Oldfield Thomas. 



(Published hy ijermission of the Trustees of the British Museum.') 



Pijjistrellus cadornce, sp. n. 



Allied to P. Icitcheneri, Thos., but darker coloured. 

 General external appearance somewhat as in F. ceylonicus, but 

 essential characters more as in P. Icitcheneri. Size rather less than 



