534 ErOMOPHORUS A>CUKr3. 



covering centre of breast and bellj-. Epaulettes nnd tufts at base of 

 ears whitish, strongly contrasting with surrounding brownisli fur. 



The above is verj' nearly the darkest extreme in the series. 

 ISimilarly coloured specimens appear to occur anywhere within the 

 area of the species, ilore olten, however, the general colour of the 

 Tipperside is conspicuoush' paler, between Front's brown and russet, 

 frequently cafe-au-lait, sometin)es even approaching fawn Isabella 

 or wood-brown. Foreneck, flanks, and sides of breast and belly 

 biniilarly varying, from deep fawn tinged with drab, to a more 

 lusset tinge of fawn, or to pale fawn. Abdominal patch in adults 

 often ill-defined, in immature individuals generally obsolescent or 

 entirely absent. 



Measurements. On pp. olo, 547, 549, 551, 553. 



Specimens examined. Thirty, in the collections of the Leyden 

 (two), Berlin (five), Frankfort-on-Main (one), Stuttgart (three), and 

 British Museums, from : — 



Ervthrea: — " Bogos " : tvpe, with tkull, of A', dor'ue. 



Abyssinia: — Siuien, Riippell coll.: one. with skull; Bellegas Valley, Hengliii 

 eoli. : one, with skull; "Abyssinia," Heugiin coll.: one, wjtii 

 skull ; Gofa, O. ZS^euuiann coll. : one, with skull. 



Bahr-el-GLazal : — Bongo: two, skull of one, cotypes of species; Dad ^Majok : 

 two, with skulls. 



I'ganda and British East Africa: — Turquel: three; Masiiidi, TTnyoro : one, 

 with skull ; N.W. bank of Victoria Kyanza (Lubwa, Mengo, 

 Pt, Alice, Entebbe) : six, skulls of five ; Kirianio, SeiiiHki R. : 

 one, with skull : Euwenzori : five, skulls of four; Kirimba, 

 K.W. bank of Albert Edward Nyanza: one, with skull; Kirui, 

 Mt. Elgon : two, with skulls. 



German East Africa :—Mas.'iailand : one; Ujiji : one, with skull. 



Cotyjjea two, in the E. Xatural History Museum, Stuttgart, viz. 

 ( 1) a mounted adult male, Reg. no. 1090, much bleached but other- 

 wise well jireserved, white abdominal patch sharply defined, large 

 epaulettes, skull nearly complete, teeth practically unworn, a few 

 of the teeth missing ; and (2) a mounted adult female, Ecg. no. 109 1 , 

 same condition as foregoing, wliite abdominal patch distinct, skull 

 apparently missing: both collected by Heugliu at Bongo, Bahr-el- 

 Ghaxal, the male in Nov. 18(33, the female undated. A third speci- 

 men in the same collection. Beg. no. 609, mounted, skull extracted, 

 Bellegas Valley (between Simen and AVogara, see Heugiin, Reise 

 nach Abessinien, p. 196, 1868), Heugiin coll., is evidently the 

 individu;tl recorded by Heugiin in his Reise N.O.-Afr. ii. pp. 15-16 

 (measured p. 17) under the name Ptero2n(s{E2'omophorns)lahiatns; 

 it is a female of E. anurus. All three specimens forwarded for 

 examination bj' Dr. K. Lam pert. Measurements of cotypes : male, 

 total length of skull 48"8, mandible 38-7, c-m^ (crowns, estimate) 

 17"2, forearm 78 ; female, forearm 74. Female from Bellegas, total 

 length of skull 43-2, mandible 33-8, c-m' 16, forearm 69 mm. 



Epomophorus doiice, Matschie ; 1899. — Type locality, " Bogos " ; 

 type, a mounted adult female, dealer's specimen without collector's 

 name, skull separate, teeth well worn, Berlin Museum nos. 5384 

 (skin) and 10079 (.skull). Indistinguishable fiom a Kirimba 



