126 PTEK0PID.5;. 



See Epomopliorus comptus, Allen, Proc. Acad. N. S. Philad. 1861, 

 p. 158. Fur soft reddish fawn, becoming darker on the loins 

 and base of arms ; under surface with a largo ovoid patch of 

 dirty white, bounded laterally by longitudinal fawn-coloured 

 stripes ; face covered with short brown hairs ; smaU yellow 

 tuft at the base of the ears ; chin whitish ; epaulettes faintly 

 marked; lips moderate. Hah. West Africa: Gaboon, Du 

 ChaUlu. Intermediate in size between E. fjamhianus and 

 schooisis. Arm-bone 3 inches ; Skull smaller than that of 

 E. gamhianus, with only two incisors in the ujjper jaw, which 

 are in the centre of the intercanine space, and slightly sepa- 

 rated from each other. 



2. Epomophorus gambianus. B. M. 



Brown, middle of the underside whitish. 



Esq. p. 69, 1853. Pteropus Wahlbergii, Sundevall, K. Vet. Akad. 

 Stock. 1846, p. 118. 



Ilah. Gambia, Rendall ; Port Natal and Caffraria, Sundevall ; 

 ? Angola, Monteiro (in spirit) ; Abyssinia, Verreaux. 



See also 



a. Pteropus Walilenhergii, Sundevall, V. Akad. Stock, 1846, 



p. 118 ; Epomopho7'us crypturus, Peters, Mossamb. Mamm. 

 p. 26, t. 5 & 13. f. 1 (skuU) ; Tomes, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 12. 

 Hah. Mossambique, Peters ; Sundevall ; Tomes. 



b. Pteropus laUatus, Temm. Mon. ii. p. 83, t. 9 ; Pachysoma la- 



hiatum, Temm. Esq. p. 68, 1853 ; Epomopliorus labiatus, 

 Tomes, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 55 ; 1861, p. 13. Hab. Abyssinia, 

 Mus. Leyden. AlHed to P. macroceplmlus. 



14. EPOMOPS. 



Like Epomopliorm, but head ovate. Skull ovate, broad. Face 

 moderate, not nearly so long as the brain-case. Zygomatic arches 

 convex. Cutting-teeth separate, far apart in the intercanine space. 

 Grinders ^, close together. 

 Epomophorus, sp., Tomes. 



Epomops Franqueti. 



Brown, the middle of the belly white ; the epaulettes very large, 

 white (in spirit) ; ear-spot white. 



Epomophorus Franqueti, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 54, t. 75 ; 1861, 

 t. 1. f. 3, skull. 



Hah, "West Africa : Gaboon, Franquet. 



