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upper lip, and a naked space between the eye and ear. The chin 

 also is nearly naked. 



On no part of the membrane does the fur of the back extend, and 

 that of the under parts only to a very trifling extent on the base of 

 the interfemoral membrane ; but the upper surfaces of the legs, feet, 

 and heel-cartilages, of the tail, fore-arms, thumbs, and index-fingers, 

 and of the two terminal phalanges of the longest fingers, beyond the 

 extremity of the index fingers, are more or less clothed with short 

 adpressed shining hairs, thickest on the fore-arms and tail, but no- 

 where so thick as in the last species. The edge of the interfemoral 

 membrane, between the heel-cartilage and tail, is sparingly furnished 

 with short bristly hairs, very unlike the thick comb-like fringe of K. 

 lanosa. 



The fur of all the upper parts is long, thick, and curly, and nearly 

 uniform in colour over the whole of the back, varying only in be- 

 coming a little darker towards the rump. It is of four colours, — 

 dark grey-brown at the base for nearly half its length, succeeded by 

 yellowish-brown, then by deep umber-brown, and tipped with shining 

 bronzy yellow ; that which is spread over the upper surface of the 

 limbs,* tail, &c. is wholly of the latter colour. 



Beneath, the fur is of a dark sepia-brown colour, tipped with 

 brownish-bronze colour. 



In no other Bat have I seen fur at all resembling that of the pre- 

 sent species. It is not difficult to attain a tolerably correct idea of 

 its general appearance, by supposing a small species with fur of the 

 quality and texture of that of the common Hare, but of a dark brown 

 colour, and with the light tips observable in the fur of that animal, 

 changed to a shining golden-bronze colour. 



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Length of the head and bodv, about. .19 2 



of the tail 16 18 



ofthehead 8 8 



of the ears 54 5} 



Breadth of the ears 5| 6 



Length of the tragus 4 4 



of the fore-arm 1 5 1 5 



of the longest finger 2 9 210 



of the fourth finger 2 1 2 1 



of the thumb 3J 4 



of the tibia 6^ 6£ 



of the foot and claws 4 4 



of the os calcis 7 7 



Expanse of wings 10 6 10 6 



Hab. South Africa, eastern coast (the same locality as the prece- 

 ding species). 



On comparing the skulls of three of the foregoing species, K. picta, 

 K. lanosa, and K. cerosa, I find their general form to be pretty 

 similar, but yet presenting some slight modifications which require 

 notice. Of these, K. lanosa has the cranium proportionally the 



