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limbs same colour as body and white on the inner side ; feet covered 

 with hairs of a lighter shade than the body ; tail sparsely covered 

 with short hairs. 



Dimensions of the Ufpe (measured in the flesh). — Head and body 

 85 mm, tail 117, hindfoot 19, ear 16; weight | oz. 



Shdl: — Greatest length 23*7, condylo-incisive length 21-9 mm, 

 basilar length 19, length of upper molar series 3-9; diastema 6; 

 nasals 8*5; zygomatic breadth 12-3. 



Flahitat : — Lunwa, Palanpur, Gujerat. Altitude 150 feet. 



Tyi^e. -—Old male. B.M. No. 13. 8. 28. 4. Original No. 2940. 

 Collected 9th April 1913 by C. A. Crump and presented to the 

 National Collection by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



This subspecies is readily distinguished by its light sandy-red 

 colour.— F. oleracea is darker and browner in appearance. 



B. — A NEW SUBSPECIES OF MiLLARDlA. 



The large series of M. nieltada collected at Lunwa, Palanpur, are 

 so much lighter in colour than all the specimens from Dharwar, 

 Kanara, Coorg, etc., that I propose to make them a subspecies of 

 M. meltada, which was originally described from the Southern 

 Mahratta Country. A specimen from the Punjab, collected by 

 Major Dunn, had already been noticed by Mr. Wroughton as being 

 different from the ordinary M. meltada. 



MiLLARDIA MELTADA PALLIDIOR. 



The Northern soft-furred Fields-Bat. 



A MillardAa similar to tneltada in general appearance, but differ- 

 ing markedly from that species in colour, being a light sandy grey, 

 while meltadxL is a darkbr own-grey. 



Fur soft and silky. Tail about the same length as head and 

 body. General colour above pale sandy-grey with a slight yellow- 

 ish tinge, and some brown speckles. Hairs dark-grey at the base 

 and yellowish white at the end, some with brown tips ; paler on 

 the flanks shading into a grey white underside ; belly with a much 

 whiter appearance than in meltada, as the grey hairs, instead of 

 only being tipped with white, are white for more than half their 

 length, the base only being gTey. Chin and inner side of legs 

 also much whiter. Feet covered with white hair, tail sparsely 

 covered with hair, darker above and paler below. 



* Dimensions of the tyi^e (measure(i in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 125 mm., tail 125, hindfoot 24, ear 19; 

 weight 2^ ozs. 



* There is a considerable variation in size amono- the individuals of the series. 

 One laro-e male has a head and body measurement of 1-1:6 mm. and is proportionatelj' 

 large throughout, but the one selected as type is of a more average size. 



