558 JflCHOrTKEOPUS pttsilltjs. 



iv. p. 206, pi. V. figs. .54, 55 (skull) (1S89: Eanana and Xetonnn., 

 Congo) ; Thomas, P. Z. S. 1S90, p. 44(3 (Kiriamo) ; Bhttikofvr, 

 Reisebild. Liberia, ii. p. 471 (1890) ; Matachie, Mitth. D. Schutz- 

 (jcb. vi. II. iii. p. 6 (189-j : Bismarckbiirg) ; id., Mitth. Geogr, 

 Ges. Liibeck, (2) H. vii.-viii. p. 13o (pt.) (1894: Togo; Lagos; 

 Caineroon ; G-aboon ; Ohinclioxo ; Malange ; Piingo Andongo) ; 

 rousnrgneK, Ann. Sci. Nat. (7) Zool. iii. p. 255 {189o: French 

 Congo ; Kemo, Oubangui-Shaii region) ; Tronessart, Cat. 



Mamm. i. p. 89, n. 480 (1897); Bocage, J. Sci. Lisbon, (2) v. 

 p. 137 (1898 : Angola) ; Scabra, t. c. p. 106 ( 1898) ; De TVinton, 

 Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. (7) iv. p. 354 (1899 : Gambaga) ; Thomaa, 

 in Johnstons The Uqumja Protectorate, i. p. 421 (1902) ; Cabrera, 

 Mem. Soc. E-^p. H.'N. i. Mem. i. p. 6 (I'.iOS) ; Tho7na.<i, A7in. c^- 

 Mag. N. H. (7) xiii. p. 400 (1904 : Canhoca) ; Miller, Fam. Sf 

 Gen. Bats, p. 67 (19;J7). 

 Eponiopborus (Micropteropus) pusillus, Matschie, Megnchir. p. 58 

 (1899: Togo; Lagos; Cameroon; Chinchoxo ; Malange ; Piiugo 

 Andongo ; Ngoroine, Ngare Dobash) ; Neumann, Zool. Jalirb., 

 Sgst. xiii. p. 537 (1900 : Ngoroine) ; Tronessart, Cat. Mamm , 

 iSvppl. p. 58, n. 526 (1904) ; Lonnberg, Ark. Zool. iv. n. 16, p. 2 

 (1908 : Mukimbunga, Lower Congo). 



i^ur.— Uather short, silky, closely adpressed on underparts. 

 Approximate length, middle of back 9, nape of neck 8, belly 6 mm. 

 Distribution of fur as in Epomophorus (see p. 5:21). 



Colour. — c? ad. skin, teeth slightly worn, Canhoca, Loanda, 

 19 Nov. : — Back brownish fawn (cafe-aii-lait distinctly washed 

 -with fawn), head and nape of neck similar but slightly lightened 

 with wood-brown ; breast and belly drab ; tufts at base of ears and 

 epaulettes whitish, the latter narrowly encircled by browni-h-black 

 hairs. The majority of skins examined, independent of locality, 

 season, sex, and age, are essentially similar to this, though the 

 general colour of the upperside varies somewhat in tinge between 

 a more wood-brown and more brownish cafe-au-lait. A single 

 skin (same locality, date, sex, and age as the above-described Canlioca 

 skin) is conspicuously lighter, buify wood-brown above, breast and 

 belly drab, passing into light grey on flanks. Evidently the indi- 

 vidual variation in colour is quite similar to that of the species of 

 Epomophorus. .^ _ 



Measurements. On pp. 5^, 5^4, 



Specimens examined. Fifteen, viz. those catalogued below, one 

 from Yoruba (Berlin Museum, 3438), one from Bongo, Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal (Stuttgart Museum, 1092, Heuglin coll.), and one from 

 Liberia (skeleton, Leyden). 



Ranqe. From Gambia, along the Guinea coast, east to Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal (Bongo), the Semliki River (Kiriamo), and the eastern side 

 of Victoria Nyanza (Ngare Dobash), south to Loanda. 



Coti/pes. — First described and the skull figured by Tomes (ISGO, 

 1861), who wrongly identified it with Kiippell's Epomophorus 

 schoensis. Eecognized as a distinct species and named E. j^ksHIus 

 by Peters (1867). Technically the name ^nm^^HS hangs on Tomes's 

 description and figures, not on the Yoruba specimen (Berlin Museum, 



