108 



Length of head and body 2" ; tail f ; expanse of wings 5-^ ; 

 length of upper arm bone 1^ ; length of shin bone f inch. 



The ears sooty-black ; the front margin of the ears is broad, with 

 a rounded lobe on the basal part near the forehead ; wings broad, 

 thin, sooty-black, bald ; thumb slender, of two subequal joints ; the 

 interfemoral membrane broad, truncate at the end ; the hind legs 

 slender, rather elongate ; feet slender, enveloped in the membrane 

 to the base of the slender equal compressed toes ; the heel-bones 

 elongate, longer than the foot ; tail elongate, slender, attached and 

 extending a little beyond the end of the truncated interfemoral mem- 

 brane. 



Cutting teeth -^- ; upper large, chisel-shaped, separated by a 

 small space from each other and from the canines ; the lower small, 

 crowded, three-lobed ; canines conical ; grinders ? 



The specimen is unfortunately rather injured about the face ; but 

 it appears quite distinct in form from any of the Horse-shoe Bats I 

 have hitherto observed. 



This species appears to be quite distinct from Hipposideros 

 speoris of Timor, which is described as being a little larger than the 

 larger English Horse-shoe Bat, Phyllorhina bifer ; it has the follow- 

 ing synonyma : — 



Vespertilio speoris, Schneid. in Schreb. Saugth. t. 59 ; B. Shaw, 

 Zool. i. 147. 



Rhinolophus marsupialis, Geoff. Cour. 1805. 



Rhinolophus speoris, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xx. 261. t. 5. 266 ; Desm. 

 N. D. H. N. xl. 368; Mam. 126; Fischer, Mam. 139. 



Rhinolophe crumenifere, Peron & Lesueur, Voy. aux Terres Aust. 

 Atlas, i. t. 35. 



Hab. Timor {Peron and Lesueur). 



It is certainly distinct from Hipposideros insignis, Gray, Mag. 

 Zool. & Bot. ii. 492, the Rhinolophus insignis, Horsf. Java, Vesp. 

 cy elope, Deschamps, MSS., from Java, which Fischer confounded 

 with the former, and which has acute ears on the sides of the face, 

 numerous lamellae under the front part of the nose-leaf, and is 

 \2>\ inches in expanse of wings. 



Fam. Kangeroid^e. 



3. CUSCUS MACULATUS. 



Phalanger, male, Buffon, H. N. xiii. t. 11. 



Phalangista maculata, Desm. N. D. H. N. xxv. 473 ; Quoy & 

 Gaim. Voy. Astrol. t. 7. 



Cuscus maculatus, Lesson & Garnot, Voy. Coq. Zool. 



Cuscus macrourus, Lesson & Garnot, Voy. Coq. Zool. 150. t. 4. 



Grey or black and white, variegated, without any dorsal streak. 



Hab. Aru Island. 



Two skulls, male. 



The specimen sent is white, with scattered black spots, more 

 abundant on the middle of the back and sides. 



