220 Mr. O. Thomas on a sijiJinionts, niul it was, of course, tlioui^lit at first that some mistake had been made about the numbering ot" the skidls ; but tliis theory falls to the ground now that three specimens have been received all presenting the same characteristics. The species, by its cranial characters, is a most distinct one, and is most interesting by the remarkable resemblance above described. I have had great ])leasure in connecting Avith it the name of jMrs. llinde, who has given much assist-ance and interest in the preparation of her husband's coll^iction of small mammals. XXXVII. — On a new Genus of Vesperti'lionine Bat from New Guinea. By Oldfield Thomas. Among a small collection of mammals collected by Mr. H. S. l\ohu in the Albert Edward ranges dividing German and British New Guinea there occur a number of specimens of a bat allied to Vespertilio, Ttjlonycten's, and Ilesperoptenus^ but evidently distinct enough to require generic separation. Philetor, gen. nov. General facies rather as in Pterygistes. Incisors ^^. Premolars ^, as in Vesperdlio. Incisors shaped as in Tyhnycteris. Lower premolars subequal, crushed together. hjkull short, stumpy, rounded, with a large rounded brain-case. Muzzle broad, with marked supraorbital projections. Muzzle much swollen. Wings proportionally small. Fii'th fingers short, as in Pterygistes. Wings to the lower end of the tibia. Penis with a bone, the glans peculiarly modified, as are also the external female organs. Philetor Rohui, sp. n. General appearance that of a small Pterygistes, the head large, broad and flat, the fur short, and the wings propor-tionally very small. Muzzle smoothly swollen ; the nostrils far apart, their edges not projecting. Ears short, laid forward they hardly reach halfway between eye and nostril ; a small hem ending in a lobule at their inner bases ; inner margin straight or slightly convex ; tip broadly rounded off; outer margin slightly convex, then slightly concave, and again slightly convex for its lower third, its base running forwards to behind and below the angle of the mouth. Tragus short, thickened, fleshy, its inner margin straight, its outer slightly convex, with an inconspicuous basal lobule.
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