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] 1916. Thomas:<br />
Some <strong>Malay</strong>an Microchiroptera. 5<br />
Emballonura amimbensis. Kloss, Journ. F. M. S. Mus. IV,<br />
p. 186 (1911).<br />
25 in al. from various localities, including Aor and<br />
Tiornan Is. Skins from Kao Nawng, Bandon (2); Bliah, Pulau<br />
Kundur (2); Pulau Tiornan (1); and Kuala Lumpur (1).<br />
Taphozous melanopogon fretensis, snbsp. nov.<br />
Taphozous melanopogon, Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc.<br />
Bengal, 1846 p. 180; Flower P. Z. S., 1900 p. 347.<br />
5 skins and 9 in al. Terutau Id. Straits <strong>of</strong> Malacca.<br />
11 ,, 14 ., Pulau Angsa, Coast <strong>of</strong> Selangor.<br />
12 ,, Batu Caves, Selangor.<br />
Essential characters as in true melanopogon, but colour<br />
both <strong>of</strong> fur and membranes far paler.<br />
Cieneral colour above pale brown, near " avellaneous " <strong>of</strong><br />
Ridgway, varying a good deal in intensity, <strong>the</strong> hairs<br />
white for <strong>the</strong> greater part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir length, avellaneous terminally,<br />
or with <strong>the</strong>ir extreme tips again light. Undersurface<br />
"drab grey," <strong>the</strong> black beard when present contrasting<br />
markedly with <strong>the</strong> general light colour <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> underside. In<br />
some specimens <strong>the</strong> brown parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> upper hairs may be<br />
considerably darker, but never or very rarely as dark as in<br />
ordinary melanopogon, <strong>the</strong> average colour <strong>of</strong> all Peninsular and<br />
Straits specimens being conspicuouslv lighter. Membranes<br />
pale brown throughout.<br />
Dimensions <strong>of</strong> type :— Forearm 60 mm.<br />
Head and body (measured in flesh) 80; tail 25, ear 17.<br />
Skull, greatest length 21 ; condvle to front <strong>of</strong> canines 20, front<br />
<strong>of</strong> canine to back <strong>of</strong> m 3 9.<br />
Habitat. Islands and coast <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Straits <strong>of</strong> Malacca.<br />
Type from Pulau Terutau.<br />
Type. Adult male. F. M. S. Mus. No. 391/12. Original<br />
number 5,163. Collected 1st December. 1912 by native<br />
collector.<br />
The light colour <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fine series <strong>of</strong> this bat is in<br />
striking contrast to its dark hues elsewhere. A large number<br />
<strong>of</strong> specimens are in <strong>the</strong> British Museum from o<strong>the</strong>r parts <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> range <strong>of</strong> T. melanopogon; but none show <strong>the</strong> peculiar<br />
pallor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> present set. The Terutau specimens average on<br />
<strong>the</strong> whole <strong>the</strong> lightest, <strong>the</strong>n those from Pulau Angsa, and <strong>the</strong><br />
Batu Caves, Selangor. O<strong>the</strong>r peninsular examples, <strong>of</strong> which<br />
<strong>the</strong>re are few available, appear to average ra<strong>the</strong>r darker than<br />
in <strong>the</strong> extreme <strong>of</strong> fretensis. lighter than in true melanopogon.<br />
Taphozous leucopleurus albipinnis, Phos.<br />
Taphozous longimanus albipinnis, Thomas, Ann. and Mag.<br />
Nat. Hist. Ser. 7, II, p. 246 (1898). Thomas & Wroughton.<br />
Journ. F.M.S. Mus. IV, p. no (1909).