92 BULLETIN m, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Genus EPTESICUS Rafinesque. 



1820. Eptesicus Rapikesque, Ann. Nat., vol. 1, p. 2. {E.fuscus.) 



All the smaller bats of this genus that have definitely been deter- 

 mined from the region are included in the collection. 



EPTESICUS PHASMA Allen. 



1893. Vesjyerugo (Vesperus) rendalli Trvb, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu8., vol. 16, p. 602. 



(Not of Thomas.) 

 1911. Eptesicus phasma G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 54, p. 327. 



December. (Meru River, British East Africa; type in Mus. Comp. Zool., 



Harvard.) 



Specimens. — Fourteen, as follows: 



Uganda: Gondokoro, 1 (Loring). 



British East Africa: Archer's Post, Northern Guaso Nj^iro, 

 1 (Heller); Laldundu River, 11, including 7 in alcohol (Heller); 

 Tana River, 1 in alcohol (Chanlcr). 



The specimen from Uganda is slightly darker in color than the 

 specimens from the type region in British East Africa. 



EPTESICUS TENUIPINNIS (Peters). 



1872. Vesperus tenuipinnis Peters, Mon.-ber. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 263. 

 (Guinea.) 



Specimen. — One in alcohol, as follows: 

 Lado: Rhino Camp (Mearns). 



EPTESICUS CAPENSIS SOMALICUS (Thomas). 



1901. Vespertilio minutus somalicus Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser, 7, 

 vol. 8, p. 32. July. (Hargaisa, British Somali; type in British Mu- 

 seum.) 



Specimens. — Six, as follows : 



British East Africa: Archer's Post, Northern Guaso Nyiro, 2 

 (Heller) ; Quoy Water, Marsabit Road, 1 (Heller) ; Southern Guaso 

 Nyiro, 3, including 2 in alcohol (Loring, Mearns). 



Specimens from the Southern Guaso Nyiro average somewhat 

 larger than those from north of Kenia. They may be tending 

 toward Eptesicus capensis gracilior of Zululand. 



EPTESICUS UGANDiE Holiister. 



Plate 10, figs. 17, 18. 



1916. Eptesicus ugandse Hollister, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 66, No. 1, 

 p. 3. February 10. (Ledgus, Uganda; type in U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



Specimens. — Six, in alcohol, as follows : 



Uganda: Kiriba Village, 10 miles south of Gondokoro, 3 (Hel- 

 ler) ; Ledgus, 3 (Loring) . 



