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T^pe.— Adult female. B. M. No. 12.8.25.1. Original number 

 1042. Collected b}'- Mr. G. C. Shortridge, and presented to the 

 National Collection by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



Mr. Shortridge obtained thirty specimens, a ver}'- even series in 

 colouring and measurements allowing for age. 



We have named the species in memory of General Peyton, who 

 for a generation was Conservator of Forests in, and vii-tual Rajah 

 of Kanara. 



B. — A New Species of Kerivoula from N. W. Mysore. 



Horsfield (Researches in Java, 1824) described Kerivoula hard- 

 tvicldi on a specimen from Java. The national collection received 

 a nice series of this Bat from the Balston Expedition to Java. 

 These were collected by Mr. Shortridge in Java, and may be 

 confidently accepted as representing true hardiuickii. 



In 1871 (P. A. S. B. p. 215) Dobson described Kerivoula fusca. 

 Besides a few measurements and the colour. Dobson only records : — 

 " On the outer side of the ear there is a Mdde emargination 

 which forms the tip, and without which the ear would be regu- 

 lail}^, broadl}'' oval." He adds, however, " this species differs from 

 K. hardwicJdi, Horsf, which it resembles, in some respects, in the 

 form of the ears, and colour and distribution of the fur." In his 

 Catalogue of the Chiroptera of the Indian Museu.m, Calcutta, 

 (1876), Dobson sinks fusca as a synonym of liardwicldi. His 

 No. 682 in the Catalogue is probably the type of ftisca but it 

 is not so marked. This specimen is not available for examination, 

 but in the Catalogue it is labelled " no locality '" and " no history," 

 so that it may well have been a Java specimen and even one of 

 Horsfield's. In view of the evidence available, I have no hesitation 

 in describing a specimen obtained by Mr. Shortridge in the Kar- 

 dibetta Forest, Shimoga, as a distinct species, under the name 

 of— 



Kerivoula crypta, sp. n. 



A Kerivoula rather similar to hardwichii in general appearance, 

 but distinguished by its smaller and less emarginate ear, shorter 

 wing, and darker colour. 



Fur long and silky. General colour above pale " seal brown, " 

 the individual hairs self-coloured to their bases (hairs in hardwichii 

 are bicoloured) ; below somewhat paler. Fur not extending on to 

 the wing or interfemoral membranes. Wings reaching to base of 

 outer toe. Ears broadly oval, a well marked notch, but no " wide 

 emargination " on the outer edge ; tragus long, narrowing gradu- 

 ally to a sharp point. 



Skull not differing materially from that of hao-divickii. 



Dimensions of the Type.— UesLd and bodj^ 44 (41-45); tail, 42 



