NOTES ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF MAM- 
MALS FROM THE LIU KIU ISLANDS. 
OUTRAM BANGS. 
Tur following notes are on a small collection of mammals 
from the southern or Yayeyama group of the Liu Kiu Islands, 
recently acquired by the Museum of Comparative Zoólogy from 
Alan Owston, Yokohama. The collection was made by Ishida 
Zensaku in 1899, and comprises but four species, one of which 
is here described as new. 
Our knowledge of the mammalian life of the Liu Kiu Islands 
is still very imperfect, and apparently but one other mammal 
— Caprolagus furnessi Stone! — has been recorded from there. 
This hare, and the bat here described, however, are addi- 
tional evidence of the faunal relationship of these islands and 
Himalaya. 
Sus sp. , 
One specimen of a young pig in the spotted and striped pellage, skull 
broken. Taken in the island of Ishigaki, April. 
Crocidura (Pachyura) caerulea (Kerr). 
Three skins with skulls, from Ishigaki, April and June. This shrew is 
Said to be carried about in vessels like the house mouse. It certainly has 
an immense range throughout which it does not appear to vary. 
Pteropus dasymallus Temm. 
One adult skin with skull, from Ishigaki, March. Though originally 
attributed to Japan, this woolly bat is probably confined to the Liu Kiu 
Islands. Late research has failed to discover it in Japan, while it is 
known to be common in the islands. 
Hipposideros turpis? sp. nov. 
Three specimens, skins and skulls, from Ishigaki, May to. 
Type: From Ishigaki Island, southern group of Liu Kiu Islands, adult 
9 No. 10003, Coll. of Mus. of Comp. Zoól. Collected by I. Zensaku, 
May ro, 1899. 
! Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Sept. 27, 1900, pp. 460-462. 
se urpis, ugly, unsightly, — on account of the hideous faces of these bats. 
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