316 MISS D. M. A. BATE ON THE [Nov. 14, 
shells, of the island shows a decided preponderance of Kuropean 
types; the only suggestion of a North-African relationship bemg 
found in the Wild Cat and perhaps the Spiny Mouse. 
J should like to take this opportunity to express my thanks to 
Mr. Oldfield Thomas, who has again most courteously g given me 
every facility for working out my collection in his depar tment of 
the British Museum (Natural History). 
List of Species. 
1. RuINOLOPHUS FERRUM-EQUINUM Schreb. 
In the latter part of March three large Horseshoe Bats were 
secured in a cave close to the sea, on the north-west coast of the 
island. 
RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS Bechst. 
Only one specimen of this Bat was obtained, from a cave in the 
hills south of Khania. Neither this nor the above mentioned 
species appears to have been previously recorded from Crete. 
3. Myoris Myoris (Bechst.). 
When visiting the extraordinary underground quarry known 
as the Labyrinth, near Haghia Dekka in the south of the island, 
one of the galleries was found to be tenanted by hundreds of 
Bats belonging to this species. They were hanging from the 
roof in large clusters and became very noisy when approached. 
Four specimens were preserved, and these appear to be somewhat 
smaller than examples from the Continent. These underground 
galleries have evidently been inhabited by this species of Bat for 
many hundreds of years; their occurrence in the “ Labyrinth” 
was noticed by Tournefort as early as about 1700*. 
4, MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSI (Natt.). 
Two examples of this species were also procured, and several 
others observed, in the so-called Labyrinth. These, however, 
occurred singly, and in galleries other than those occupied by 
Myotis myotis. 
5, KRINACEUS EUROPUS NESIOTES, subsp. n. 
On comparing the three specimens obtained of the Cretan 
Hedgehog, these were found to differ from all the forms of 
E. europeus represented in the British Museum collection ; 
therefore this island race may be given subspecific rank. 
In external characters it seems to most closely resemble 
E. e. italicus Bary.-Ham.t, from which it may be distinguished 
by its slightly smaller size, dingy appearance, and the lighter 
* See Raulin, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 1033. 
+ Annu. Mag. "Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. v. April 1900, p. 364. 
