On Three new Bats from the Sudan. 559 



Pison (Parapison) simulans, sp. n. 



^ . Black, opaque ; the tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; the 

 Iliad tarsi stained with black. Wings hyaline ; nervures 

 fuscous. 



Clj'peus produced into a short tooth in the middle of the 

 apical margin ; ocelli in an equilateral triangle, the posterior 

 pair as far from each other as from the eyes ; second joint 

 of the flagellum no longer than the tliiid. Pronotum on a 

 level with the nvesonotum, with a distinct dorsal surface. 

 Median segment as long as the mesonotum, narrowed towards 

 the apex, as long as broad, finely obliquely striated, with a 

 deep median groove in which is a well-defined carina, the 

 surface of the posterior slope almost smooth, with a deep 

 median groove. Abdomen subopaque, minutely and closely 

 punctured, the first segment longer than its apical breadth; 

 the second segment distinctly constricted at the base. Two 

 cubital cells only, the first abscissa of the radius twice as 

 long as the second, first recurrent nervure received just 

 beyond three-fifths from the base of the first cubital cell, 

 second close to the base of the second cubital cell. 



Length 6*5 mm. 



Hah. Eaglehawk Neck ; March. 



Nearest to Pison (Paraptson) erythrocerum, Kohl, but 

 differs in the stronger sculpture of the median segment, in 

 the colour of the femora and antennas, and in the much 

 greater length of the second abscissa of the radius. Super- 

 ficially it closely resembles P. rujipes, Shuck. 



XLIX. — On Three new Bats obtained hy Mr. Willoughby 

 Loioe in the Sudan. By OldfiELD ThomaS. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



During Mr. Abel Chapman's recent expedition to the Sudan, 

 Mr. Willoughby Lowe obtained a considerable collection of 

 mammals, and among them a number of bats. These include, 

 besides Coleura afra, Mops demonstrator ^ and others, ex- 

 amples of the three following new species : — 



Rhmopterus lowei, sp. n. 



Larger than R.floweri ; white instead of bufFy below. 

 General characters as in R.Jloweri, but size, as gauged by 



