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Wino-membranes dark, M'ith a few whitish sputs scattered about them. Ears of 

 medium length, rounded at their tips. Fur of the back extending thinly ou to the 

 forearms, and covering the hind limbs densely down to the roots of the claws. Inter- 

 femoral membrane barely a tenth of an inch wide, wholly buried in the fur. 



Dimensions of the type (an adult skin of- doubtful sex) : — 



Forearm 84 millim. ( = 3-3 inches); head and body 140; ear 17; index-finger and 

 claw 60 ; third finger, metacarpal 59, first phalanx 44, second phalanx 54. 



Skull; basal length 37-5; greatest breadth 23-8; interorbital breadth, tip to tip 

 of )iostorbital processes, 6-9. Front of canine to back of m.^ 17. 



Hab. Mindoro, alt. 5000 feet. Dec. 1895. 



" This interesting new Fruit-Bat was shot by me in the highlands of Mindoro at 

 an altitude of 5000 feet. It was flying round some high trees at dusk, at which 

 time I generally sat out near my camp on the look-out for nocturnal birds. The 

 specimen, when shot, fell into some tangled undergrowth, and it was only after a careful 

 search with a lamp that my servant found it. 



" Distribution. Mindoro, 5000 feet." — J. W. 



Carpontctekis austkalis Pet. 



a. ? . Negros. 



" Obtained a short way up the Canloan volcano." — J. W. 



HipposiDEEUS DIADEMA GeofFr. 



a. Manitoc, Albay, S.E. Luzon, Aug. 1894. 



b. Catanduanes, Sept. 24, 1896. 



PiPISTEELLUS IMBEICATUS (Horsf.). 

 a. $ . Manila. 



A young individual, apparently of this rare species. 



" Picked up in a dying state on the side-walk in Manila." — J. W. 



Mtotis macrotaesus (Waterh.). 



a, ad. al. ? . Manila, May 20, 1876. Presented by Mr. "Whiteliead. 



This Bat was originally discovered by Cuming, and no other specimen has been 

 received by the British Museum imtil now. I fail to see, either in the fresh specimen 

 or in the type, that the wing-membrane is attached to the body much nearer to the spine 

 than is usual, a character on which Dobson lays some stress. The black claws of the 

 type, also specially mentioned by him, may have beten caused by some fluid in which 

 the specimen had been put, for Mr. Whitehead's fresh specimen, unquestionably 

 identical specifically, has the claws of the normal pale colour. 



" Brought to me by some boys in Manila." — J. W. 

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