EPOMOPS BUETTTIiOFEKI. 499 



J. $ ad. sk. ; skull. Como R., Gaboon ; G. L. Bates [C.]. 97.7.1.3. 



Mai-ch, 1,S97. 



j. c? ad. sk. ; skull. Tingasi, Monbuttu ; Dr. Emiii Pasha S7.12.1.26. 



M:iv, 1882. [0. & P.]. 



k. J ad. sk. ; skull. 30 mi". N.W. of Ft. Ruweuzui-i Explo- G.12.4.59. 



Eeui, Seujliki R., ration Coin- 



yono'; 12 Aug. luittee [P.]. 



IWQ{R. K.Dent). 



2. Epomops buettikoferi, MatscMe. 

 Epomophorns franqueti (pt.), Dobson, Cafc. Chir. E. M. p. 12. 



Eponiophonis franqueti (nee Tvnies), Dohwn, Vat. Chir. B. I\I. p.] 2 

 (pt.), pi. ii. tig. 4 ( palate-ridL^es) (i878: Sierra Leone); id., 

 P. Z. S. 1881, p. 686, figs. 1-5 (pharynx ; larynx ; hyoid bones) ; 

 id., Proc. JR.. Soc. 188], p. :>2 (digastric) : id.. Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 (ti) Zool. ii. pt. 5, pp. 260, 261, pi. xxv. fiir. 7 (1882: digastric) ; 

 Jeniiyilc, Notes Leyd. Mus. x. p. 50 (1887 : liobertsport ; St. Paul's 

 K. ; Junk R. ; Du Queali Ii. ; palate-ridges ; number of vertebrte) ; 

 id., Cat. Ost.Mamm. p. 262 (1887: St. Paul's 11.); id.. Cat. 

 Si/.-it. Mamm. p. 137, specimens /, // (1888 : St. Paul's II. ; 

 Schiefl'elinsville) ; Bidtihofcr, ReiscUhl. Liberia, ii. p. 471 

 (1890) ; Flower Sf- Lydekher, Mamm. p. 648, fig. 299 (pharyngeal 

 sac.o, copy from Dobson) (1891) ; Troue-sscnt, Cat. Mamm. i. ]). 89, 

 n. 478 (pt.) (1897) ; Miller, Froc. ira^h. Ac. Sci. ii. p. 646 (1900 : 

 Mt. Coliee) ; id., Fam. S) Gen. Bats, p. 66, fig. 9 (skull of female) 

 (1907 : Cape Palmas, Liberia). 



Epomops franqueti, Bochebrune, Favn. Scncg., Mamm. p. 44 (1883 : 

 " Gambia "). 



Epomophorus (Epomops) franqueti (pt.), Matschie, Meqackir. p. 56 

 (1899); Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., 8uppl. p. 58, n. 523 (1904). 



Epomopborus ganibianus (nee Ot/i/ln/), Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. x. 

 p. 50 (1887 : Schieffelin.sville) ; 'id., Cat. Syst. Mamm. p. 137, 

 specimen c (1888 : same specimen). 



Epomophorus biittikoferi, Matschie, Meyach'r. p. 45 (1899 : Schief- 

 felinsville) ; Trouessart, Cat. .Mamm.,S7ippl. p. 55, n. 507 (1904). 



Epomops buettikoferi, A". Andersen, Ann. i^- May. N. H. (8) v. 

 pp. 102-104 (1910: palate-ridges; i^). 



Charaeti'rs. — Palate-ridges as described and figured p. 489, 

 fig. ol B. Tlie ridges have been examined in three individuals, in 

 all of "which the third interdental ridge is broadlj' divided in the 

 middle. Bony palate considerably more domed from side to side 

 and antero-posteriorly than in E. franqueti ; rostrum and palate 

 relatively longer, zygomatic arches less flaring, zygomatic breadth 

 of skull only about half its total length. Size larger than E. fran- 

 queti, a difference much more pronounced in the skulls of the two 

 species than in the external dimensions, as shown in the table 

 p. 495 ; in the size of the skull there seems to be an absolute 

 difference between the two species, female skulls of E. buettikoferi 

 being about equal in general size to male skulls of E. franqueti, but 

 externally the difference is decidedly only one of average. Colour 

 of fur scarcely differing from that of E. franqueli. 



Meusurementn. On pp. 509-513. 



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