320 PKO^. R. coLLBXT ON MAMMALS [Mar. 16, 



ISkin. The single specimen is a male ; ieugth of forearm 35 mm. 

 Skull. The minute first upper premolar is absent on the left 

 side. 



Bab. Eare at Eoebuck Bay, not seen in Arnhem Land. 



6. Vespeeugo tenuis (Temm.), 1835-41. 



Vesperugo tenuis, Dobs. Cat. Chir. Brit. Mus. p. 226 (1878) 

 (Sumatra, Java, Borneo). 



iV. W. Australia : Eoebuc-k Bay, Xov. 1895 (one specimen). 



Shin. The specimen agrees in all details with Dobson's de- 

 scription. Length of cubitus 30 mm. Colour greyish brown, 

 scarcely darker at the base of the bairs ; beneath more ashy. 



The muzzle (with the glandular prominences) covered A\ath 

 short hah's, interspersed with a few longer hairs ; only the nostrils 

 are perfectly naked. 



S%ull. Outer cusp of first upper incisor shorter than inner cusp ; 

 iipper r a little shorter than outer cusp of i\ 



Hah. V. tenuis has been recorded from Sumatra, Java, and Borneo, 

 but had not previously, so far as is known, been found in Australia. 



At Eoebuck Bay (X.W. Australia) it was rare, like the other 

 species. 



Fam. Ehinolophid^. 



7. HiPPOsiDEBUS Musclars (Thos. et Doria), 1886. 



Phyllorliina muscina, Thos. et Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. ]S'at. 

 GenoVa, ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 201 (1886). 



N. Australia : Mary Eiver, May 7th, 1895 (two specimens). 



Shin. Both specimens are females (like those obtained by 

 d'Albertis in Xew Guinea). Length of forearm 43 mm. and 44 mm. 

 The nose-leaf is alike in both, and perfectly agrees with the 

 figure in Thomas and Doria's description of the typical specimens. 



Hal. This species is new to the Austrahan fauna. It had 

 hitherto only been found on the Fly Eiver, in Xew Guinea, by 

 d'Albei'tis. 



In Arnhem Land it was not uncommon on the Mary Eiver, 

 and several specimens were found resting in the caves, some few 

 hanging close together. 



Fam. E M B A L L o >' u E I D ^. 



8. Taphozous australis, Gould, 1854. 



Taphozous austraUs, Dobs. Cat. Chir. Brit. Mus. p. 382 (1878) 

 Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 96 (1892). 



A\ Australia : Mary Eiver, May 10th, 1 895 (four specimens). 



Skin. One specioaen is a male, the rest females ; no air-sac is 

 developed on the throat of the male. 



Length of forearm 67-69 mm. 



Hah. Numerous on the Mary Eiver, found in the caves in 

 company with IJipposiderus muscinus. 



