350 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [^P r - 3, 



or to T. affinis (also recorded from Labuan), or both. This was the 

 only locality where I observed any white-winged bats. 



Distribution. India, Ceylon. Burma, Malay Peninsula (Malacca), 

 Borneo. 



96. Taphozous saccol.fmus Temm. Pouch-bearing Sheath- 

 tailed Bat. 



Taphozous saccolaimua, Cantor, p. 10. 



Taphozous saceolcemus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 350. 



Cantor mentious " two males captured at Piuang in houses in 

 the valley." 



Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 389) records a specimen from 

 Singapore. 



Distribution. Peninsula of India, Ceylon, Sylhet, Burma, Malay 

 Peninsula (Penang and Singapore), Sumatra, Java. 



97. Taphozous affinis Dobson. 



Taphozous affinis, Dobson, Cat. Cbir. B. M. p. 389. 



A male was caught by Mr. Eobertson Glasgow in the Botanical 

 Gardens, Singapore, on Nov. 19. 1897, and presented by him to 

 the Baffles Museum (Ridley, J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 31, 1898, p. 104). 



Distribution. Singapore, Sumatra, Labuan. 



98. Ehinopoma microphyllum Geoffr. The Long-tailed Bat. 



liliinopoma hardwiclii, Cantor, p. 8. 



lihinopoma microphyllum, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 351, 

 figs. 116 & 117. 



Cantor says : " A single male, in no way differing from Bengal 

 individuals, was obtained by Captain Congalton, H.C. Steamer 

 ' Diana,' in a cave on an island in Girbee river, in latitude 8° 0', 

 on the Malayan Peninsula." 



Distribution. N.E. Africa, Syria, India, Burma, and Malay 

 Peniusula (latitude of Junkceylon). 



99. Chiromeles torquatus Horsf. The Hairless Bat. 

 Cheiromeles torquatus, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 4**5. 

 Eecoi'ded from Penang, Malacca, and Singapore by Dobson (op. 



cit.). Anderson (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mas., part i. 1881, p. 150) 

 mentions a specimen from Siam collected by Finlayson, which is 

 also mentioned by Horsfield (Cat. Mamm. Mus. East India Co. 

 1851, p. 42), who says: "Discovered by Mr. George Finlayson, 

 while attached to the mission of John Crawford, Esq., to Siam and 

 Cochin China. The precise locality is not known." 



Eidley (Nat. Science, 1895, vol. vi. p. 28) says, in Singapore 

 " this is not a rare species. When it comes into the house at 

 night, unlike most insectivorous bats, it is confused by the light, 

 and is easily caught." 



The Eaffles Museum contains specimens from Singapore and 



