Mystacina tuberculata robusta subsp. nov. (Figs. A. B, D.)

Range: Only known from the Stewart Island region, N.Z.

In contrast to the northern subspecies this animal is larger and extremely robust. page 4Total length is up to about 90 mm, wing span to about 310 mm. It has the ears falling short of the muzzle tip, and has the wide nostrils lying relatively closer against the muzzle.

Type. Male from Big South Cape Island, Dominion Museum Specimen 1083.

Mystacina tuberculata

Fig. A, M. t. robusta, dorsal. Fig. B, Head of M. t. robusta, lateral. Fig. C, Head of M. t. tuberculata, lateral. Fig., D, Head of M. t. robusta, ventral. Fig. E, Head of M. t. tuberculata, ventral.