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TAPHOZOUS MAURITIANUS Geoffroy. 



1813. Taphozous muuritianiL'; Gkokfuoy, Descr. I'l^gypte, vol. 2, p. 127. (Mau- 

 ritius.) 

 1816. T[aphozous] mnuniiani<s Okkn, Lehrb. Nat., .'Uer Theil, 2te Abth., p. 927. 



Specimens. — Two, as follows: 



Lado: Rhino Camp, 1 in alcohol (Mearns). 



British East Africa: Kisumu, 1 (Heller). 



TAPHOZOUS PERFORATUS Geoffroy. 



1813. Taphozous perforatum Geoffroy, Descr. I'Egypte, vol. 2, p. 126. (Omboe 



and Thebes, Egypt; type in Paris Museum.) 

 1810. T[apliozous\ aegyptiacus Oken, Lehrb. Nat., 3ter Theil, 2te Abth., p. 927. 



(New name for T. perforatus.) 



Specimen. — One in alcohol from— 

 Sudan: Shendi (Rothsckild). 



Family PETALIID^. 



Genus PETALIA Gray. 



1838. Petalia Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot., vol. 2, p. 494. (P. javanica.) 



About 10 species and subspecies of wrinkle-nosed bats are known 

 to occur in equatorial East Africa. Six forms are represented in 

 our collection. No specimens of any member of the widely spread 

 Petalia thehaica group were collected by either the Smithsonian 

 or Rainey expeditions. 



For measurements of specimens see table, pages 75-76. 



PETALU ARGE (Thomas). 



1903. Nycteris arge Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 12, p. 633. 

 December. (Efulen, Cameroons; type in British Museum.) 



Specimen. — One from — 



British East Africa: Yala River (Turner). 



This species, new to the fauna of British East Africa, has not pre- 

 viously been recorded from any locaHty east of the Semliki River. 

 The specimen collected by Mi-. Turner east of Victoria Nyanza, on 

 the Yala (Lukosa) River, is therefore of special interest. 



PETALIA NANA Andersen. 



1912. Petalia nana Andersen, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 10, p. 547. 

 November. (Benito River, French Congo; type in British Museum.) 



Specimens. — Two, as follows: 



British East Africa: Yala River (Turner). 



These specimens record the extension of the known range of a 

 second member of the "javanica group" ^ to British East Africa. 



They agree in all details with the description of the type-specimen 

 from west Africa. 



« Andersen, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, voL 10, p. 549. November. 



