1 S94.] mr. a. Thomson's report on the insect-house. 133 



It proves to be new, and I propose to call it 



Stenoderma montserratense, sp. n. 



Most nearly allied to S. nichollsi, Thos. \ with which it agrees 

 in the characters which separate that from S. rufum, Geoffr., but 

 distinguished by its decidedly larger size, stouter build, and by the 

 proportions of the canines and premolars, both above and below, 

 which are broader horizontally and less elongate vertically. The 

 inner upper incisors are as distinctly bicuspidate as in S. achrado- 

 philum, Gosse. Molars f, their proportions much as in S. nichollsi ; 

 the last upper transversely oval, proportionally rather larger than 

 in the allied species ; their area in cross section nearly equal to that 

 of the inner upper incisors. 



Palatal emargination long and narrow. 



External characters as usual, except that the fur on the upper 

 surface of the arms, wing-membranes, and legs is thicker and more 

 extended, and also that, as compared with S. nichollsi, the colour is 

 more of a slaty than a brownish grey. No facial streaks or white 

 shoulder-marks. 



Dimensions of the type, an adult male in spirit : — Head and 

 body 69 mm. ; ear from notch 16*5; forearm 51*5 (= 2 , 03 in.) ; 

 lower leg 23 ; knee to most distant point of hind claws 35*5. 



Skull : basal length 18*2 ; greatest length 23*6 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 16 ; interorbital breadth 7*1 ; palate, breadth outside m^ 

 10*5, inside m^ 4«4 ; basion to frout of palatal notch 13'2 ; front of 

 canine to back of m^ 7*4, ditto below 7'4. 



Hah. Montserrat, West Indies. 



This Bat is said to hang all day under the branches of trees, and 

 not to take refuge in holes aud crannies as most species do. 



February 20, 1894. 



Prof. G. B. Howes, E.Z.S., in the Chair. 



Mr. Arthur Thomson, the Society's Head Keeper, exhibited a 

 series of Insects reared in the Insect-house in the Society's Gardens 

 during the past year, and read the following Eeport on the subject : — 



Report on the Insect-house for 1893. 



Examples of the following species of Insects have been exhibited 

 in the Insect-house duriug the past season : — 



Silk-producing Bombyces and their Allies. 



Indian. 



Attacus atlas. Anthercea mylitta. 



cynthia. Actias selene. 



jpernyi. 



1 Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) vii. p. 529 (1891). 



