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Skull slightly shorter than that of M. hilgendorfi, biit broader in 

 the interorbital regiou. As compared with that of M. huttoni it is 

 larger and heavier, with decidedly broader forehead. Breadth of 

 muzzle across canines not broader than across premolars, the canines 

 not so broadened transverse^ as in huttoni. 



Incisors short and thick, the outer equalling the inner in vertical 

 extent. Canine short, its tip not surpassing that of p*. Anterior 

 premolar about three-fourths the height of p*, comparatively smaller 

 in transverse section than in the allied species, its area barely 

 equalling a third of that of p*, its antero-posterior diameter about 

 equal to the breadth of i \ Lower premolars also more dispropor- 

 tionate than in M. huttoni, the anterior less than one half the area 

 of the posterior. 



Dimensions of the type : — Forearm 4-1 '5 mm. — Head and body 

 (in flesh) 47 mm. ; tail 35 ; ear 15. 



Skull: — G-reatest length 18-5 ; basi-sinual length 14 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 10*2; interorbital breadth 5-7; palato-sinual length 8-8 ; 

 maxillary tooth row 6- 2. 



Hah. — Darjiling. Type from Pashok, 3500'. 



%^e.— Adult ''female. B. M. No. 16. 2. 25. Ill Original 

 number 949. Collected 11th October 1915 by N. A. Baptista. 

 Presented to the National Museum by the Bombay Natural History 

 Society. 



This handsome bat has the general appearance of a small 

 Harpiocejohalus harpia or large Murina cyclotis, but is readily recog- 

 nizable by the characters above detailed, of which, apart from its 

 size, the most evident is the well marked notch on the outer edge of 

 the ear. 



(B) The Bandicoot of Mount Popa, and its Allies. 

 By Oldfield Thomas. 



When Mr. Shortridge made his collecting trip to Mt. Popa he 

 obtained a considerable series of a Bandicoot, which was at first 

 taken for a Bandicota, but afterwards, owing to its striking external 

 resemblance to a Gunomys, was put down as belonging to the latter 

 genus. When he came home, however, Mr. Shortridge protested 

 that the animal had absolutely the parasitic habits of Bandicota, and 

 not the more countrified life of Gunomys. 



This being the case I have thought it worth Avhile to investigate 

 the question of its true affinities, and as it proves to be a Bandicota, 

 I have also examined the other members of the genus most allied to 

 it. 



The genus Bandicota has hitherto been divided into two groups, 

 the giant forms allied to B. gigantea, and the smaller ones related to 



