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Show 476 MR. O. THOMAS ON THE MAMMALS [DeC. 4, 7. HARPYIA MAJOR, Dobs. a. 2 • Aola. Forearm 80 millim. 8. CEPHALOTES PERONII, Geoff. a, b. 8 and separate head. Rubiana, New Georgia. Forearm 103 millim. 9. MACROGLOSSUS AUSTRALIS, Peters. Macroglossus minimus, var. australis, Peters, M B . Ak. Berl. 1867, p. 13 (footnote). Macroglossu australis, id. t. c. p. 871. a, b. 8 2- Aola. Forearms 38 and 39 millim respectively. This form appears in be undoubtedly distinct from M. minimus, although Dr. Dobson has only recognized a single species of the genus in his Catalogue. It was distinguished by Dr. Peters merely on account of its smaller size, and neither he nor Dr. Dobson appear to have observed that1 its rhinarium is deeply and distinctly grooved to the upper lip, in marked contrast to the typical species, in which the slight groove between the nostrils does not pass down to the upper lip. The whole face also in M. australis is decidedly shorter than in M. minimus, and the forward projection of the upper lip with the corresponding prominence of the premaxillary bones of the skull, so characteristic of the latter, is much reduced in the former. The difference in size is also considerable, the forearm in the ten specimens of the southern species before m e ranging from 38 to 43 millim., while in five Javan individuals it varies from 45 to 48 millim. As to the respective ranges of the two forms I have no material to enable m e to determine which of them inhabits the Malay Peninsula; but M. australis certainly extends as far westward as the Philippines, whence the Museum possesses several specimens collected by Mr. Hugh Cuming and Mr. Alfred Everett. A skin obtained by M r. Wallace in Mysol and several examples found by the Rev. G. Brown in the Duke of York Group also belong to M. australis. 10. NESONYCTERIS WOODFORDI, Thos. Nesonycteris woodfordi, Thos. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 324, pi. xxvi. a. Ad. <J . Aola. The specimens of this beautiful and interesting species previously obtained having been dried skins, it m ay be useful to give the full dimensions of the present individual, which is properly preserved in spirit. Head and body 95 millim.; head 34; ear, above crown, 10; forearm 53; thumb, without claw, 18'5 ; second finger 3 9 ; third finger-metacarpus 41, first phalanx 29, second phalanx 4 2 ; lower leg 23"7 ; foot 17 ; calcaneum 4-3 ; depth of interfemoral membrane behind knee 5. 1 As was pointed out to me by Mr. Blanford. |