228 Miller A Neiv Bat from German East Africa. 



of the secondary lobe of the tragus in the type specimen as compared with 

 that figured by Dobson and represented by a Sierra Leone specimen in the 

 United States National Museum. In the skin from Taveta this lobe has a 

 form intermediate between the others and closely resembling that of Lavia 

 frons as figured by Geoffrey. The variation is probably individual. 



Skull and Teeth. As compared with those of an adult male Lavia frons 

 from Sierra Leone (No. 38,196, United States National Museum) the skull 

 and teeth of Lavia rex are readily distinguishable by their uniformly greater 

 size and massiveness. In actual form of either skull or teeth there are no 

 striking differences between the two species ; but the larger animal has 

 the audital bullse relatively larger and the interpterygoid space narrower, 

 while the teeth, particularly the upper canines and upper molars, are very 

 considerably increased in size. 



Measurements. Type: Head and body, 70 (60);* tibia, 34 (29); foot, 

 16 (15); forearm 60 (56); thumb 14 (11); second finger, 62 (55); third 

 finger, 110 (105); fourth finger, 78 (72); fifth finger, 83 (75); ear from 

 meatus, 43.6 (40) ; ear from crown, 39 (33) ; width of ear, 28 (26) ; tragus, 

 29 (25) ; noseleaf, 22 (22); greatest width of noseleaf (flattened), 16 (16). 

 Skull: Greatest length, (23) ; basal length, (18) ; basilar length, (16) ; 

 median palatal length, 6.6 (4.8) ; greatest palatal width including molars, 

 9.2 (8.2) ; distance between tips of upper canines, 5.4 (4) ; mandible, 17.8 

 (15.2) ; maxillary toothrow, 9.2 (8.2) ; mandibular toothrow, 11 (9). 



* Measurements in parentheses are those of an adult male Lavia frons 

 from Sierra Leone (No. Mrll United States National Museum). 



