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Show 1900.] MAMMALS OF SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. 347 91. VESPERTILIO MURICOLA Hodgs. The Mustachioed Bat. Vespertilio adversus, Horsfield ?, Cantor, p. 14. Vespertilio muricola, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 337, fig. 109. Cantor records this species from Penang. Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 317) records specimens from Siam, collected by M. Mouhot, and from Singapore. In a house at Kuala Lumpor, Selangor, 26th June 1898, I caught a young bat, probably of this species; and in Bangkok, 5th Au^ 1898, an undoubted specimen, also caught in a house. Distribution. India, Ceylon, Tibet, Burma, Siam, Mergui Archipelago, Malay Peninsula (Penang, Selangor, Singapore), Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Amboyna. 92. VESPERTILIO TRALATITIUS Horsf. " Trilatitus horsfieldi, Gray," Cantor, p. 15. Cantor records this species from Penang. Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Penang), Sumatra, Java. 93. CERIVOULA PICTA (Pall.). The Painted Bat. Kirivoula picta, Cantor, p. 15. Cerivoula picta, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 339. Cantor records this species from Penang. The Siamese Museum contained one spirit specimen, a male, not labelled but evidently obtained locally ; its dimensions were:- Head and body 40 mm. 1-58 in. Tail '. 40 „ 1-58 „ Ear 12 „ -5 „ Forearm 34 „ 1-24 „ Extent 240 „ about 8-5 „ Subsequently I obtained another Siamese specimen through tbe kindness of Phra Ong Chow Sye Sanitwongse, who sent it with this interesting note : " 6th April 1898. Orange-coloured bat from a swamp called Bang Falari at the Eangsit Canal: it sleeps in the flower of the Cala Lilly." Distribution. India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula (Penang), Sumatra, Java ; Borneo ? Family EMBALLONURID.E. 94. TAPHOZOUS MELANOPOGON Temm. Black-bearded Sheath-tailed Bat. Taphozous melanopogon, Cantor, p. 10 ; Blanf. Faun. Ind.,Mamm. p. 347. Cantor records this bat from Pulo Tikus, Pulo Lancavy, and the |