338 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON [ Nov. 28, 
Skull—greatest length 15:5; basal length in middle line 11°8 ; 
front of canine to back of m® 5:9. 
Type. Old female. B.M. No.6.1.4.14. Original number 487. 
Collected 30 April, 1905. 
It is a matter of interest to find in the Far East this repre- 
sentative of JZ. natterert, which has hitherto only been known from 
Kurope. It is probable, also, that Mr. Miller’s I. thysanodes is 
the corresponding Bat in the N. American fauna. 
6. MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSI JAPONL®, subsp. n. 
3. 501, 502, 503, 505, 510, 511, 512, 513,514. 9.495, 496, 497, 
904, 507, 508, 518, 519, 520, 521. And twoim alcohol. Tano, 
Miyasaki Ken, Kiushiu. Alt. 500 feet. 
Size rather large, uniformly larger than in the Liu-Kiu form, 
M. fuscus Bonh.* 
Colour of back between ‘“seal-brown” and dark ‘ Prout’s 
brown”; head and nape rather greyer, though the difference 
is perhaps due rather to the ends of the hairs being more glossy 
and so catching the light, than to any essential difference in colour. 
Under surface like the head. 
Dimensions of the type :— 
Forearm 47 mm. (range from 46 to 48). 
Head and body 57; tail 53; ear 12. 
Skull—greatest length 16, median basal length 12; front of 
canine to back of m* 6-4. 
Type. Adult male. B.M. No. 6.1.4.22. Original number 512. 
Collected 3 May, 1905. 
As was to be expected, the Japanese J/iniopterus is clearly 
different from the pale European one, nor does any form quite 
agreeing with it appear to have been described. Bonhote’s 
M. fuscus from the Liu-Kiu Is. is similar in colour (or slightly 
darker), but is uniformly smaller, the forearm rarely reaching 
44mm. Seven additional examples of fwscus recently received 
from Mr. A. Owston confirm the characters derived from the three 
originally examined by Mr. Bonhote. 
The fine series obtained by Mr. Anderson is remarkably uniform 
both in colour and size. 
This Bat is of course the ‘“‘ Vespertilio blepotis” of the ‘ Fauna 
Japonica’; but that species was primarily described on examples 
from Java. 
i) 
7. SoREX sHINTO Thos. 
Sorex shinto Thos. Abstr. P. Z.S. No. 23, p. 19, Dee. 5, 1905. 
3.47. Makado, near Nohechi, Aomori Ken, N. Hondo. Alt. 
400 ft. 
A small species with a long tail. 
Size as in S. macropygmeus Miller, though tail much longer. 
Fur of back slightly over 3mm. in length. General colour above 
* Nov. Zool. ix. p. 626 (1902). 
