340 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Ap r - 3, 



disappearing utterly. One year the [Botanical] Garden jungle 

 was a favoured spot, and it was roughly calculated that seventy 

 thousand roosted there every day. The reason for this nocking of 

 the fruit-hats I cannot guess, as it appears to take place at no 

 particular time of year, nor does it bear any relation to the fruit 

 season." 



In April 1895 I noticed this bat on Penang Hill, at 2500 feet 

 above the sea. Tn the Museum at Taiping are specimens from 

 Tapak, Perah ; the Museum at Kuala Lumpor contains a specimen 

 from Klang, and the Raffles Museum contains Singapore specimens. 



Distribution. Mergui Archipelago, Tenasserirn (?), Andainans (?), 

 Xicobars ('?), Siatn(?), Malay Peninsula (Penang, Perak, Selangor, 

 Pahang, Johore, Singapore), Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, 

 Banda, Ternate, Timor. 



62. Xantharpyia amplexicaudata (Geoffr.). The Fulvous 

 Fruit-Bat. 



Xantharpyia amplexicaudata, Blanf. Paun. Ind., Mamm. p. 261. 



Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 73) records a specimen collected 

 by M. Mouhot in the Laos Mountains. 



Distribution. Persian Gulf, India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam, Sumatra, 

 Philippines, Celebes, Amboyna, Timor, Flores, Aru Islands. 



63. Cynopterus marginatus (Geoffr.). The Short -nosed 

 Fruit-Bat. 



Cynopterus marginatus. Cantor, p. 17 : Blanf. Faun. Ind., 

 Mamm. p. 263. 



Cantor records this species from " Singapore, Pinang, Malayan 

 Peninsula and Islands." Horstield (Cat. Mamm. Mus. East-India 

 Co. 1851, p. 30) mentions specimens from Malacca under the name 

 of Cynopterus titthcecheilus. 



Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. pp. 83, 84) records specimens from 

 Penang and Malacca. Anderson (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. i 

 1881, p. 106) records specimens from Penang. 



Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 73; records specimens from "Jerome," 

 Selangor, and from Singapore Island. 



Bidley (Nat. Science, vi. 1895, p. 28) mentions this species as 

 being the bat that most commonly flies into houses in Singapore 

 at night, and says : " The fruit-bats, being clumsy and stupid, have 

 much difficulty in finding their way out again, and are easily 

 caught ; but the insectivorous bats are much more clever, and fly 

 in and out with ease." 



In the Siamese Museum there was a specimen in spirit, 

 labelled " Bangkok." I have met this species in Georgetown, 

 Penang, and at various places in Singapore, where it seems 

 numerous ; it may be found by day in trees hanging up asleep. 



Distribution. India, Ceylon, Burma, Andamans, Siam, Malay 

 Peninsula (Penang, Selangor, Malacca, Singapore), Sumatra, Java, 

 Billiton, Borneo, Philippines, 



