350 MB. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. 3, 



or to T. affinis (also recorded from Labuan), or both. This was the 

 only locality where I observed any white-winged bats. 



Distribution. India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula (Malacca), 

 Borneo. 



96. Taphozods saccoljehus Temm. Pouch-bearing Sheath- 

 tailed Bat. 



Taphozous saccolaimus, Cantor, p. 10. 



Taphozous saccolcemus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 350. 



Cantor mentions " two males captured at Pinang in houses in 

 the valley." 



Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 389) records a specimen from 

 Singapore. 



Distribution. Peninsula of India, Ceylon, Sylhet, Burma, Malay 

 Peninsula (Penang and Singapore), Sumatra, Java. 



97. Taphozous apfinis Dobson. 



Taphozous affinis, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 389. 



A male was caught by Mr. Robertson Glasgow in the Botanical 

 Gardens, Singapore, on Nov. 19, 1897, and presented by him to 

 the Baffles Museum (Ridley, J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 31, 1898, p. 104). 



Distribution. Singapore, Sumatra, Labuan. 



98. Rhinopoma miceophyllum Geoffr. The Long-tailed Bat. 



Wiinopoma hardwiclii, Cantor, p. 8. 



Mhinopoma microphyllum, Blanf. Paun. Ind., Mamm. p. 351, 

 figs. 116 & 117. 



Cantor says : " A single male, in no way differing from Bengal 

 individuals, was obtained by Captain Congalton, H.C. Steamer 

 ' Diana,' in a cave on an island in Girbee river, in latitude 8° 0', 

 on the Malayan Peninsula." 



Distribution. N.E. Africa, Syria, India, Burma, and Malay 

 Peninsula (latitude of Junkceylon). 



99. Chieomeles toequatus Horsf . The Hairless Bat. 

 Oheiromeles torquatus, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 405. 

 Recorded from Penang, Malacca, and Singapore by Dobson (op. 



cit.). Anderson (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus., part i. 1881, p. 150) 

 mentions a specimen from Siam collected by Finlayson, which is 

 also mentioned by Horsfield (Cat. Mamm. Mus. East India Co. 

 1851, p. 42), who says : " Discovered by Mr. George Finlayson, 

 while attached to the mission of John Crawford, Esq., to Siam and 

 Cochin China. The precise locality is not known." 



Ridley (Nat. Science, 1895, vol. vi. p. 28) says, in Singapore 

 " this is not a rare species. When it comes into the house at 

 night, unlike most insectivorous bats, it is confused by the light, 

 and is easily caught." 



The Raffles Museum contains specimens from Singapore and 



