328 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XX FIT 



A bat about twice the size of P. huUii, fur on the back, mouse coloured, 

 underparts paler, ears brown. It has been named by Mr. Oldfield Thomas 

 after Capt. R. W. G. Hingston. 



7. Eptesicus walli, Thos. 



1919. Eptesicus walli., Thomas, J. B. N. H. S., Vol. XXVI, No. 3, p. 746. 



Wall's Serotine Bat. 



1$. Type. Busra. Wall, 27-5-16. 



The type of this species has a smaller forearm than that of E. hingstoni. 

 This bat has been named by Mr. Oldfield Thomas after Lt.-Col. 

 F. Wall. 



8. Taphozous kachhensis magnus, Wettst. 



1914. Taphozous magnus, Wettstein, Ann. Vienna, Nat. History Museum, 

 Vol. 27, page 465. 



Babylonian Sheath-tailed Bat. 

 1 c? Amara. Ingoldby, 29-7-16. 



2^ Amara. Buxton, 27-10-17. 



1 $ Shaiba Cox-Oheesman, 1-10-16. 



1 c? IV Ctesiphon Arch „ „ 4-10-18. 



1 Busra Connor, 29-6-18, M. 13. 



A sub-species of the Kutch Sheath-tailed Bat. 



This is a large bat with tail protruding through the centre of the inter- 

 femoral membrane. The fur is confined to the head and central portion 

 - of the body, giving a very naked appearance to the limbs and inter-feuioral 

 membrane. The ears are large. 



They are plentiful in Shaiba and Amara, and after sunset large numbers 

 can be seen emerging from the houses, winging their way with steady 

 flight to the desert. They are also very quarrelsome and noisy in the 

 houses. 



The same bat was described under the name of Taphozous kuchhensis 

 hahylonicus in 1916 by Thomas, who, owing to the war, had no means of 

 knowing that it had been previously described by Wettstein. 



9. Pachyura, Species. 



Musk rat. 



1$ Busra Cox-Cheesman, 6-8-18. 



1 2 Busra Whitehead, 1-6-18. 



16 Kurna Buxton, 26-3-18. 



1 No locality Connor, Nov. 1918 M. 6 in al. 



1 „ „ Wall „ „ M. 5 in al. 



1 „ „ Wall, no date M. 4 in al. } 



1 Busra Wall, no date M. 3 in al. \ ^^^'^ 



1 „ Christy, June 1918 in al. 



There are seven specimens in all of the larger Pachyura or musk rats, 

 which seem to represent two forms. 



I feel inclined to place together the three made skins and one from 

 Connor in alcohol. This is a gray form and might be indigenous. The 

 other three in alcohol— one from Busra and two without locality ace in bad 

 condition— and evidently belong to a larger form. One of these marked 

 M. 3 has the small premolar characteristic of Pachyura missing, but whe- 

 ther It has never developed or has fallen out, cannot be positively ijostu- 

 lated. ^ ■' ^ 



