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Show 350 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. 3, or to T. affinis (also recorded from Labuan), or both. This was only locality where I observed any white-winged bats. Distribution. India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula (Malacca), Borneo. 96. TAPHOZOUS SACCOL^EMUS Temm. Pouch-bearing Sheath-tailed Bat. Taphozous saccolaimus, Cantor, p. 10. Taphozous saccolcemus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 350. Cantor mentions " two males captured at Pinang in houses in the vallev." , Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 389) records a specimen from Singapore. Distribution. Peninsula of India, Ceylon, Sylhet, Burma, Malay Peninsula (Penang and Singapore), Sumatra, Java. 97. TAPHOZOUS AFFINIS Dobson. Taphozous affinis, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M . p. 389. A male was caught by Mr. Robertson Glasgow in the Botanical Gardens, Singapore, on Nov. 19, 1897, and presented by him to the Raffles Museum (Ridley, J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 31,1898, p. 104). Distribution. Singapore, Sumatra, Labuan. 98. RHINOPOMA MICROPHYLLUM Geoffr. The Long-tailed Bat. Rhinopoma hardwickii, Cantor, p. 8. Rhinopoma microphyllum, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 351, figs. 116 & 117. Cantor says : " A single male, in no way differing from Bengal individuals, was obtained by Captain Congalton, H.C. Steamer ' Diana,' in a cave on an island in Girbee river, in latitude 8° 0', on the Malayan Peninsula." Distribution. N.E. Africa, Syria, India, Burma, and Malay Peninsula (latitude of Junkceylon). 99. CHIROMELES TORQUATUS Horsf. The Hairless Bat. Cheiromeles torquatus, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 405. Recorded from Penang, Malacca, aud Singapore by Dobson (op. cit.). Anderson (Cat. Mamm. ludian Mus., part i. 1881, p. 150) mentions a specimen from Siam collected by Finlayson, which is also mentioned by Horsfield (Cat. Mamm. Mus. East India Co. 1851, p. 42), who says: " Discovered by Mr. George Finlayson, while attached to the mission of John Crawford, Esq., to Siam and Cotmin China. The precise locality is not known." Ridley (Nat. Science, 1895, vol. vi. p. 28) says, in Singapore " this is not a rare species. When it comes into the bouse at night, unlike most insectivorous bats, it is confused by the light, and is easily caught." The Raffles Museum contains specimens from Singapore and |