Mr. R. F. Tomes on the genus Kerivoula. 483 



nous, and have their veins thickly marked with glandular-looking 

 dots. 



The description of the cranium will be given in connexion with 

 that of the skull of the next species, the better to illustrate by im- 

 mediate comparison the difference between the two. 



In the following Table of dimensions, the first column contains 

 those of a male and the second those of a female, both from the same 

 locality : — 



Length of the head and body, about. . 1 



of the tail 1 



— of the head . . 



of the ears 



Breadth of the ears . . : 



Length of the tragus 



of the fore-arm 1 



of the longest finger 2 



of the fourth finger 1 



of the thumb 



of the tibia 



of the foot and claws 



of the os calcis 



Expanse of wings 10 



flab. South Africa (the eastern coast). 



5. Kerivoula ^rosa, n. s. 



This species, from the same locality as the last, resembles it in the 

 long and curly nature of the fur, but is larger and differently coloured. 

 The ears, too, are larger, with the ends more rounded, and less deeply 

 notched externally. 



The top of the head, although much elevated, is scarcely so much 

 so, relatively, as in K. lanosa, and the muzzle is proportionally 

 longer ; but the nostrils and snout are shaped as in that species. 

 The ears have their ends rounded, quite as much so as in the Notch- 

 eared Bat and Natterers Bat of Europe ; and the hollow in the 

 outer margin near to the end scarcely deserves the name of notch. 

 It is in fact a mere indentation, shallow, but regular, and occupying 

 nearly one-third of the outer margin. In all other respects the ears 

 resemble those of the foregoing species, and indeed those of the 

 other representatives of the genus. The tragus offers no deviation 

 in form from that of the species already described ; it is long, taper- 

 ing, and pointed. 



The membranes are similar to those of K. lanosa, excepting that 

 they are not quite so distinctly marked with dotted lines as in that 

 species. 



The fur of the head is only of medium length, and does not ob- 

 scure the ears, nor extend so far along the face as in K. lanosa. The 

 face is in fact moderatelv hairv, with a woollv moustache on the 



