JlYOXrCTERIS TOEaUATA. 581 



cauines 3-3 mm., against 3-7-4 in M. ivrouykLonl and toniuata), 

 coronoid jirocess higher and much slenderer, p"*, m', p^, and m^ 

 conspicuously shorter and narrower than in the other species of 

 the genus (for measurements see table p. 585); m^ relatively of 

 the same size as in M. wrour/Juoni, less reduced than in M. torguala. 

 Ears smaller than in the allied species ; length of tibia and hind 

 foot as in 31. ivroui/htoiii, but wings somewhat shorter. 



Distribution and colour of fur as in 31. luroughtoni. 



lianfje. Sierra Leone ; Liberia, 



Type iu collection. 



«. J ad. sk. ; skull. Sierra Leone. J. Ilickiiian, Esq. [P.]. 91.2.13.1. 



( Ti/jje of species.) 



3. Myonycteris torquata, Dohs. 

 Oijnomjctcris iorqunia, Dubsou, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 76. 



Cynopterus collaris (nee Kalcnati), Gray, Cat. Monk. 4'c. p. 123 



(1870 : " W. Africa," i. e. Lower Congo). 

 Myonycteris collaris (pt.), K. Andersen, Ann. 8)- May. N. H. (7) 



xix. p. 512 (1907: Angola; Lower Congo). 

 Cynonycteris torquata, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 7(3, pi. v. fig. 1 



(animal) (June, 1878: Angola; "Africa," i.e. Lower Congo); 



Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. i. p. 85, n. 451 (1897) ; Seabra, J. Set. 



Lisboa, (2) V. p. 159 (1898). 

 Cynopterus (Cvnonvcteris) torquata, Trouessart, Bee. 8)- 3Iay. Zool. 



{?,) vi. p. 200 (1879). 

 Xantharpyia (Myonycteris) torquata (pt.), Matschie, 31c(/achir. p. 64 



(1899). 

 Roussettus (Myonycteris) torquatus (pt.), Trouessart, Cat. 3Iamm., 



Suppl. p. 59, n. 530 (1904). 

 Piousettus torquatus, Miller, Fam. ^- Gen. Bats, p. 54 (1907). 



Differential characters. — Skull smaller and more delicately huilt 

 than in M. ivrouyhtoni : total length 31-31-8 mm., against 34 ; 

 rostrum relatively shorter and narrower, palate shorter, interorbital 

 region narrower (see measurements, p. 584). m" more reduced than 

 in the two other species of the subgenus, subequal to (not about 

 twice the bulk of) p\ Ear, wing, tibia, and foot shorter than in 

 31. u'rouglitoni (see measurements, p. 583). 



Distribution and colour of fur as in 31. lurouyhtoni. 



Ixange. W. Africa ; thus far only known from the Lower Congo 

 and Angola. 



Type in collection. 



Cynopterus collaris, Gray; 1870. — The type was obtained 

 " near Congo " by one Mr. Currer, from whom it came into the 

 hands of Dr. (afterwards Sir) J. llichardson, who presented it to 

 the British Museum. Gray's statement that the specimen is 

 "young" is incorrect; his quotation of "Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 

 (1843)," where the specimen is stated to have been mentioned under 

 the name Xantliarpyia collaris, does not refer to the printed text of 

 that book, but to a hand-written addition by Gray iu his own copy 

 of the book. The name collaris is invalidated by the combination 



