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DR. F. A. JENTINK. MAMMALS. 



(cf. my paper "On the New Guinea Mammals" in the Notes from the Leyden Muséum, XXVIII 

 p. 174), hith'erto only known frônï Andai and Doré. The combination of characters is 

 very typical in this species: a frontal sac behind the transverse nose-leaf; no secundary leaf- 

 lets external to the horseshoe; calcaneum very long und strong, longer than the foot, and a 

 forearm of 50 mm. The measurements given by Dobson seem to be rather very constant, 

 showing very inconspicuous variations. 



7. Leuconoë adversus Horsfield. 



Seven maies and four females collected by the Humboldt Bay expédition in the grotto 

 on the Sentani Lake, April 9. 1903, besides an adult female from the Moaif River, Walckenaer Bay 

 by the same expédition, June 29. 1903. Thèse spécimens do not give rise to further remarks. 



S. Miniopterus Schreibersii Natterer. 

 An adult male-specimen from the grotto on the Sentani Lake, April 9. 1903, by the 

 Humboldt Bay expédition. Measurements of the (alcoholic) spécimen in millimeters : 



ear ni fourth finger 56 



forearm 40 tibia 17 



third finger 77 | foot 9 



„ „ ist. phalanx 9 j tail 47 



This so very typical form has an enormous area of distribution, from Southern Europe 

 and Africa through India to China and Japan and over the islands of the Malayan Archipe- 

 lago to Australia and New Guinea. The lightest colored spécimens are generally found in the 

 western countries, meanwhile it seems that the individuals grow darker when eastwards. In 

 tinge is an endless variation (cf. Dobson's remarks on the color of the fur in this species, 

 Catalogue, p. 349). 



There is also a rather large variation in size as may appear by the following list of 

 measurements, ail taken from our alcoholic spécimens: 



forearm . 

 third finge 



ist. phalanx 



fourth finger 

 tibia . . . 

 foot . . . 



Nîmes. 



Banat. 



Creta. 



cT cT 







C? 



46 46 



45 



43 



92 91 



91 



90 



12 12 



12 



12 



68 67 



68 



69 



21 21 



20 



20 



11 11 



10 



10 



Syria. 

 <? c? c? 



44 44 45 

 88 86 92 



n 11 12 

 65 65 65 

 20 20 20 



10 n n 



Java. 



Aru. 



cf c? 9 



c? 9 



42 43 43 



46 46 



81 81 81 



89 90 



9 n n 



10 n 



63 59-5 61 



66 65 



19 17 18 



20 19.5 



9 9 9 



10 10 



Sydney. 



<? 9 9 9 9 



46 46 46 48 46 



90 90 91 92 89 



n 10 n 12 n 



66 66 67 70 66 



20 20 20 20 20 



10 n 10 10 10 



Dobson 1. c. exhibited a spécimen from the Nicobars (forearm 40 mm., yà. finger 75 

 mm.) agreeing with our N. Guinea-individual (forearm 40, yà. finger jj mm.) as smallest form 

 and a Burma-specimen (forearm 50 mm., yà. finger 95 mm.) of about the size of one of our 

 Sydney-females (forearm 48 mm., yà. finger 92 mm.) ! I cannot detect any trace of relation 

 between size and locality, so that for the présent we must conclude Miniopterus Schreibersii 

 (as so many other Bat) to be a well circumscribed form with a very large geographical distribution. 



As I remarked in the Notes L. M. XXVIII, p. 177, there is in the British Muséum a 

 spécimen belonging to this species, from New Guinea, perhaps from Port ^Moresby. The adult 



