326 MR. o. THOMAS ON BATS [Mar. \5, 



Ears small, obtusely pointed. Nostrils very prominent. Palate- 

 ridges 7 in number, the 6th and 7th divided in the centre as in 

 M. melanops^. 



Humerus, proximal half of forearm, and upperside of hind legs 

 to ankles thickly clothed with soft woolly fulvous fur. Wing- 

 membranes behind humerus and whole of interfemoral membrane 

 also covered with fur. On the lower side the same parts are hairy 

 as on the upper, but the hair is much thinner and sparser. 



Skull (figs. 2 and 3) long and slender, with a long narrow muzzle ; 

 postorbital processes well developed ; premaxillse widely separated in 

 front. 



Upper incisors 4, forming an even semicircular row ; canines very 

 long and powerful, with deep vertical grooves on their anterior, 

 external, and posterior surfaces ; pm.^ minute, quite close to the 

 canine ; molars very small, smaller even than in Melonycteris, 

 posterior one about two thirds the size of the anterior. 



Lower incisors one on each side, near the canines, widely separate 

 in the middle ; canines slightly grooved posteriorly ; pm.' close to 

 the canines, and succeeded by a broad diastema ; posterior molar in 

 section of about the size of pm.\ 



Dimensions of specimen b, an adult male (skin) : — 



Head and body (c.) 100 mm., head 35, muzzle 15, ear (from notch 

 at base) 11, above crown 8, forearm 5.5 (=2* 18 in.). 



8. Phyllokhina biadema, Geoflfr. 



a. Fauro Island, 5/86. 

 Previously known range : Oriental Region as far east as the Key 

 Islands and Western New Guinea. 



9. Phyllorhina cervina, Gould. 



a-d. 3 c? &. 1 2 . Fauro Island, 5/86. 



Previously known range : N. Australia, New Guinea and neigh- 

 bouring islands, including Duke of York Island. 



One of the male specimens has no transverse frontal sac, while the 

 other two have it well developed. In all other respects, however, 

 the specimens are quite identical. 



10. Vesperugo abramtjs, Temm. 



a. Fauro Island, 5/86. 

 Previously known range : Palsearctic, Oriental, and Austro-Malayan 

 part of Australian Region, as far east as New Guinea. 



11. Emballonura nigrescens. Gray. 



a-f. All $. Fauro, Shortland, and Savo Islands. (Ugi; 

 Guppy.) 

 Previously known range : Austro-Malayan subregion, as far east as 

 New Ireland. 



This species seems to be very common in the group, as both 



^ See figure by Pagenstecher, Naturh. Mas. Hamb. 1884, tab. fig. 2. 



