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of Pachysoma stramineum, especially in the expansion of the zygomatic 
arches; but the teeth are of precisely similar number and relative 
proportion with each other, as in E. macrocephalus, although they 
are generally stouter than in that species. The lower jaw exhibits 
most unequivocally the peculiarities mentioned in detailing the 
generic characters. The dimensions of the cranium will be given 
with those of some of the other species, so as to afford a more direct 
means of comparison. 
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Hab. Gaboon. 
4. Epomornorvs tasiatus, Temm., sp. 
Pteropus labiatus, Temm. Mon. ii. p. 83. pl. 39, 1835-1841 ; 
Wagn. Supp. Schreb. Sdugeth. i. p. 356, 1840; Less. Nouy. Tab. Rég. 
Anim. p. 13, 1842; Schinz, Synop. Mamm. i. p. 128, 1844. 
Pachysoma labiatus, Temm. Esquiss. Zool. p. 68, 1853. 
Epomophorus whitei, Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 38, 1843. 
Of this species, which has been considered by some zoologists as 
identical with the EZ. macrocephalus, I can only quote the words of 
M. Temminck, since I have not been able to take a description of 
it. Judging from the little that could be learned from an inspection 
of specimens without removing them from the case, I feel satisfied 
that the species is distinct ; and, in order to make this monograph 
as complete as possible, I borrow the following description from M. 
Temminck’s ‘Monograph’:— __. 
Ears long and pointed ; interfemoral membrane hidden in the fur, 
which covers a great part of the membrane ; the lips large enough 
to hang several lines below the lower margin of the jaw, and entirely 
hide the line of the mouth laterally, as in some of the dog kind; the 
fur of the upper parts covering also in some measure the humeral 
region, and that part of the membrane near the flanks. 
The fur cottony on all parts of the body, especially on the back ; 
more sleek on the‘under parts. That which extends on to the mem- 
brane, and that on the top of the head, short and rough, and of a 
reddish-isabelle colour, more reddish towards the back. The two 
margins of the ears with white fur at their bases. Side of the neck 
reddish-brown, with two shoulder tufts of ample size, and composed 
of long white hairs which radiate from the centre of a glandular 
prominence ; breast, humeral- region, flanks, and region of the coc- 
