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(5, Ilii>po!si<leriis t^afl'ei* cM^nlraliss, K. And. 



lUOfì. Hipposideriis caff'er centralis, Knud Anderecn, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 

 (7) XVII. pp. 277-78, 281-82 (1 March 1906). 



a. Q ad. (in ale). Vivi, Lower Congo; Fobr. 1886. Collected by Cai)t. G. Hove. 

 Genoa Museum. — Skull extracted. 



The ('ongo Valley is the true lioiiu^ of tlie large-skulled and 

 large-toothed race recently separated ])y nie under the name 

 //. c. cenit^alis. The specimen from Vivi is (juite in a(;cordance 

 wilii tiie characters giv(ni in the paper referred to above. 



7. Hipi>o!sRlei'ii>f oaffV'i- ^y^-uinoeii^is, K. And. 



1006. Hipposiderus coffer guineensis, Knud Andersen, Ann. <k -Mag. N. H. 

 (7) XVII. pp. 278-79, 282 (1 March 1906). 



a-c. cf ad., Q ad., 9 young ad. (in ale). Island of San Thome, Gulf of Guinea, 

 0-300 m.; July-August 1900, and June 1901. Collected by Sr. Leonardo 

 Fea. Genoa Museum. One specimen presented to the British Museum 

 by Marquis G. Doria (no. 6.12.1.9). — Two skulls examined. All 

 the specimens have the teeth unworn. 



d-o. 2 cT ad., 2 cf young ad., 1 Q ad., 5 Q young ad., 2 Q juv. (in ale). 

 Prince's Island, Gulf of Guinea, 100-300 m.; January-March, and 

 May, 1901, Collected by Sr. Leonardo Fea. Genoa Museum. Two 

 specimens presented to the British Museum by Marquis G. Doria 

 (nos. 6.12.1.7-8). — Three skulls examined. All the specimens have 

 the teeth unworn. 



p-q. 2 9 ad. (in ale). Liberia. Received from Sr. P. Siepi. Genoa Museum. 

 — One skull examined. Teeth almost unworn. 



The tine series collected In' the late Sr. Leonardo Fea enables 

 me to say tliat individuals of H. caffer from San Thome and 

 Prince's Island are indistinguishable from the race {H. c. gui- 

 neensis) distriljuted over Fernando Po and the adjoining Guinean 

 coast region, from the Como River to Liberia. Also the coloration 

 of the fur is the same as in Fernando Po and contiiiental spe- 

 cimens (see my })aper, 1. s. c.j. 



Ann. del Mus. Civ. di St. A'al. Serie 3.=, Vol JH (10 Aprile 1907). ^ 



