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Art. LIV. Contributions to the Natural History of South 

 Africa^ 5fc. J7y Andrew Smith, M,D,, M.W.S., Corre- 

 sponding Member of the Zoological Society ; Honorary 

 Member of the ^ Miner alogica I Society of Jena; Superin- 

 tendant of the South African Museum ; and Assistant 

 Surgeon to the Forces, 



MAMMALIA. 



Pteropus Leachii, mihi. 



P. supra fuscO'cinereuSf infrd sordido-cinereus, caudd liberd. 



Colour above a sort of brownish gray, beneath a dirty pale smoke 

 gray; incisors short, strong, regular, and rounded at tips; headlong; 

 ears of moderate length and rounded at the apices; membranes blackish, 

 interfemoral one only edging the inner side of each hinder extremity; 

 tail free. Length from forehead to root of tail, four inches ; length of 

 tail, three-quarters of an inch ; expanse of wings, thirteen inches. Found 

 abundantly in the gardens about Cape Town during the fruit season, and 

 often proves very destructive to vineyards in the night. A larger species 

 of the same genus inhabits the interior, but I have not yet been able to 

 obtain a perfect specimen. Named after the celebrated naturalist Dr. 

 Leach, F. R. S. 



Rhinolophus GeofFroyii, mihi. 



R. suprd ligneo-fuscus ; suhttis sublignicolor, membranis nigris, interfe- 

 morali transverse venosd; caudd vix prcBter apicem porrectd; supe- 

 riore membrance nasalis loho suprd acuminato. 



Colour above wood brown, beneath lighter ; membranes black, inter- 

 femoral one veined longitudinally, and the tip of the tail just extending 

 beyond its posterior margin ; upper lobe of nasal membrane pointed 

 above; eyes small and nearly in front of the inner edges of auricles; 

 ears large and patulous, nearly as long as the head, pointed, and each 

 with an inferior lobe towards the base of the outer margin, which is sepa- 

 rated from the principal by a deep intervening notch: interfemoral 

 membrane semicircular behind. Length from the tip of nose to com- 



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