Ki'D.MoriioitL's riA.vuiAXua. 54L 



anil exhibited hefore the Zonlugiral Society on the 14t!i of Juiv, IS;]"). 

 specimens of this series were described by three authors under five 

 names. Pterojiits gamhkuius (Ogilby, 9 Oct. 183-5) is the name of 

 the female, Pt. indcrocephalus (Ogilby, same date) that of the male, 

 Pt. mrf/acfj)hahis a name suggested by an author (Swaiuson, 1S35) 

 ■who had access to the same series, Pt. epomophorus (Bennett, 18:36) 

 that of the male with large erected epaulettes, Pt. trhltei (Bennett, 

 1830) the latter specimen renamed in honour of Gilbert White of 

 Selborne. Pt.iiumbianuA haspage priority of /(tacrofc^^Art^Ms; whethei- 

 i)tei/ac('phalus was published earlier or later in 183") than either of 

 these is unknown. The type (tixed by Tomes) and four paratypes of 

 (/nnihianus and the tyjie skin (skull lost) of epiomophorus and whitei 

 are in the collection ; the type of macrocephalvs (tixed by Tomes) 

 was, like the foregoing, once in the collection of the Zoological 

 yociety, then passed into Tonies's possession, but is now apparently 

 lost; the type of Pt. megacephalus cannot be pointed out wilii 

 certainty, only so much being sure that it was one of llendall's 

 specimens. The type skulls of Pt. (inmhianus and macroeephalas were 

 figured by Tomes (IStil, I. c), and these figures alone would be 

 sufficient evidence that r/amhiaims is the female, macrocepJiahts the 

 male of one species. By Peters, Gray, and Dobson the name 

 (/ambianus was unfortunately transferred to E. wahl/jergi, for which 

 species it since then has been in general use. 



Epiomophorus r/ttineensis, Bocage ; 1898. — Type, in the Lisbon 

 Museum, a mounted adult male, skull extracted, collected at Bolama, 

 Portuguese Guinea, by Sr. Damasceno da Costa. Type skin exa- 

 mined, skull not seen. The only tangible difference between the 

 type and an ordinary E. gambianns would seem to be that the 

 normal fourth (posterior iuterdental) palate-ridge is represented by 

 two distinct ridges, the one at the posterior edges of p'-p', the 

 other at the posterior edges of m'-m' ; none of the other ridges 

 differing in position. Probably an abnormal E. (/ambianus. Third 

 metacarpal (j'2'5 mm. fforearm.s broken). 



Epomopihorus zecJii, Matschie ; 1899. — Lectotype, skin and skull 

 of an adult uiale, Kunjuruma, Togo, Baumanu coll., Berlin Museum 

 10170 (skin) and 10171 (skull). The type as well as the other 

 specimens in the Berlin Museum referred by Matschie to E. zechi 

 are in every respect indistinguishable from E. gdmbianus. Mea- 

 surements of type: skull, total length — ?, mandible 50, c-m* 23-3, 

 third metacarpal 65 mm. (forearms incomplete). 



"-<^- cf yg- "f^v 2 .vg- Thies, Senegal: 8. 10 F. W. Riggpn- H.l 1.2.26-28. 



ad., 5^ iiiijii. June. 4 Jiilv, \\W~ . bucli [C'.J. 

 sks. ; skulls. 



d-f. 2 5 vg. ad., 1 Gambia. I.it-ut. liendall ' 74 a-c. 



2 inim. sks. : [C.]. { 124 h-d. 



sliiill?. (Paratvpe.s of species.) 



.'/. $ yg. ad. sk. ; Gambia (A'tf/K/^r//). Tomes Coll. 7.1.l."jyi. 



skull. (Paratyjje of speuied.j 



A. 2 ad. sk.; skull. Gnmh\m Rciiddlli. Tomes Coll. 7.1.1.233. 



( I'lfpe. of species.) 



