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87. Ntcticeius kithli (Leach). East Indian Yellow Bat. 



Scotophilus temminckii, Cantor, p. 15. 



Nycticejus huhli, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Matuin. p. 320. 



" Klawah " of the Malays of the Peninsula (Cantor). 



Cantor records this species from " Singapore, Penang, Malayan 

 Peninsula and Islands," and says : — " This species is exceedingly 

 numerous, forming large congregations in sheltered situations on 

 the Malayan Peninsula, and in the caves on the numerous islands 

 of limestone which stud the shores from Moulmein to Java, and 

 in such localities large deposits of guano occur. The latter (' Ty 

 Klawah " of the Malays, i. e. bats' manure) has been tried by agri- 

 culturists at Penang, but has been found much less efficacious than 

 the guano obtained from the swift (Collocalia) producing the 

 edible nests." Horsfield says : " This species is very abundant, 

 collecting by companies of hundreds, in trunks and hollows of 

 trees, and feeding chiefly on white ants." 



I caught a single specimen in the Officers' Mess House, Sepoy 

 Lines, Penang, 23rd May, 1895. 



cT. Head and body 2-63 inches; forearm 1*92; tail 1*65; 

 extent 13'5 



Near Alor Star, in Kedah, I found this species very numerous 

 in June, 1898 ; the Malay boys caught them in nets. Out of 

 eleven individuals examined only two were males. 



Colour. Pur very dark brown above, the basal portion of the 

 hair yellowish brown, pale yellowish brown below ; ears and wing- 

 membranes very dark brown. 



Of these specimens Mr. Oldneld Thomas writes to me : " The 

 Scotophilus kuhli from Kedah is quite remarkably dark-coloured. 

 Had it not been for the existence of S. castaneus Gray from 

 Pinang, I might have been tempted to give it a subspecific name." 



Distribution. India, Ceylon, Assam, Burma, Malay Peninsula 

 (Kedah, Penang, Singapore), Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Plores, 

 Philippines. 



88. Vespeetilio hasselti Teinni. Van Hasselt's Bat. 



Distribution. " Malay Peninsula, Siam, Sumatra, Java, &c. . . 

 Burma" (Blanf. Paun. Ind., Mamm. p. 330). 



89. Vespeetilio advebses Horsfield. 



Vespertilio adversus, Blanf. Paun. Ind., Mamm. p. 330. 



Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 293) records specimens from Siam 

 presented by Mr. W. H. Newman. Hanitsch (Rep. Baffles Libr. 

 & Mus. 1897, p. 11) mentions "Vespertilio adversus" from 

 Singapore. 



Distribution. Burma ?, Siam, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Australia, 

 Malay Peninsula (Singapore). 



90. Vespeetilio oeeias Temm. 



Distribution. Singapore (Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 305). 



