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Show 346 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. 3, 87. NYCTICEIUS KUHLI (Leach). East Indian Yellow Bat. Scotophilia temminckii, Cantor, p. 15. Nycticejus kuhli, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 320. " Klawah " of the Malays of the Peninsula (Cantor). Cantor records this species from " Singapore, Penang, Malayan Peninsula and Islands," and says:-" This species is exceedingly numerous, forming large congregations in sheltered situations on the Malayan Peninsula, and in the caves on the numerous islands of limestone which stud the shores from Moulmein to Java, and in such localities large deposits of guano occur. The latter (' Ty Klawah" of the Malays, i. e. bats' manure) has been tried by agriculturists at Penang, but has been found much less efficacious than the guano obtained from the swift (Collocalia) producing the edible nests." Horsfield says : " This species is very abundant, collecting by companies of hundreds, in trunks and hollows of trees, and feeding chiefly on white ants." I caught a single specimen in the Officers' Mess House, Sepoy Lines, Penang, 23rd May, 1895. o*. Head and body 2-63 inches; forearm L92; tail 1-65; extent 13-5 Near Alor Star, in Kedah, I found this species very numerous in June, 1898; the Malay boys caught them in nets. Out of eleven individuals examined only two were males. Colour. Fur very dark brown above, the basal portion of the hair yellowish brown, pale yellowish brown below; ears and wing-membranes very dark brown. Of these specimens Mr. Oldfield Thomas writes to me : " The Scotophilia kuhli from Kedah is quite remarkably dark-coloured. Had it not been for the existence of S. castaneus Gray from Pinang, I might have been tempted to give it a subspecific name." Distribution. India, Ceylon, Assam, Burma, Malay Peninsula (Kedah, Penang, Singapore), Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Flores, Philippines. 88. VESPERTILIO HASSELTI Temm. Van Hasselt's Bat. Distribution. " Malay Peninsula, Siam, Sumatra, Java, &c. .. Burma" (Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 330). 89. VESPERTILIO ADVERSUS Horsfield. Vespertilio adversus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 330. Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 293) records specimens from Siam presented by Mr. W . H. Newman. Hanitsch (Rep. Eaffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 11) mentions " Vespertilio adversus" from Singapore. Distribution. Burma ?, Siam, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Australia, Malay Peninsula (Singapore). 90. VESPERTILIO OREIAS Temm. Distribution. Singapore (Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 305). |