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Show 470 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON [May 1, 1. N y c to p h ilu s timoriensis Geoff. $ (Bat b). King River, King George's Sound. Near sea-level. 190, 191. Southern Cross. 1160'. Forearms 44-45 mm. 2. N y c to p h ilu s g e o f f r o y i Leach. c? . 166. Jaurdi Hills, near Kalgurli. 1250'. cJ. 175. $ .1 7 6 ,1 8 9 . Laverton. 1650'. These specimens are of much interest, for they conclusively prove the correctness of Mr. Tomes's assertion that the small JV. geoffroyi of Leach, with a forearm of about 35-36 mm., is a different species from N. timoriensis. Tomes's specimen No. 1, from Albany, King George's Sound, recently acquired with his collection by the British Museum, may be treated as typical of Leach's species, whose type was without locality. Mr. Sliortridge's specimens agree very well with this Albany individual in proportions, but are rather browner in colour. 3. V e sp er t il io p u m il u s Gray. c? (Bat a). 2 &■ 3. King River, King George's Sound. Near sea-level. February. c?. 139, 141, 142, 143. Parker's Range, Southern Cross. 1163'. 9-17 August. tf. 161, 164. $ . 140, 148, 162, 163, 167. Jaurdi Hills, Kalgurli. 1250'. 21 Sept.-5 Oct. " The most plentiful bat around Albany."-G. C. S. 4. P ip i s t r e l lu s tasmaniensis Gould. Noctulina tasmanensis Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 194 (1843) (sine desa\). Vespertilio tasmaniensis Gould, Mamm. Austr. iii. pi. xlviii (1858). Vesperugo krefftii Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1869, p. 404; Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 232 (1878). 2 (Bat c l). King River, King George's Sound, 26 February, 1905. Near sea-level. This is a very rare bat, no previous specimen having reached the Museum since the original type referred to by Gray and Gould. Another example, from Tasmania, is in the Tomes collection. 5. P ipistrellus regulus, sp. n. Bats 4, 5. King River, King George's Sound. Sea-level. A medium-sized species of the group with minute outer incisors. Size rather larger than in P. kuhli. Fur rather long and shaggy (hairs of back slightly over 5 mm. in length), extending thickly as a well-defined band on the interfemoral above for its basal half-inch to the level of the knees. Below, the same area is more thinly covered, and there are a few hairs on the membrane near the sides of the body. General colour above dark Prout's |
