Three neio Bats from the Sudan. 561 



arc more or less strongly buffy. Wings strongly reticulated 

 as in the allied species. 



(Skull essentially as in variegata, tliou2:li the brain-case is 

 perhaps, a little longer and narrower and the muzzle shorter 

 but the difference is very slight. 



Incisors smaller and lighter than in viriegata ; P slender, 

 unicuspid in the type, but the presence or absence of a 

 secondary cusp in this group appears to be variable. J^ con- 

 siderably smaller than in variega'a, not crushed between and 

 touching i^ and the canine in front and beiiind, but clearly 

 separated from each of them. Molars distitictly smaller than 

 in variegata and papiHo, the combined length on outer edge 

 of w^ and m"^ in eleven specimens of those forms, including 

 types of both, b.^ing 2*7-2'8 mm., while in the type of 

 phalwna it is only 2'4: mm. 



Dimensions ot the type (measured on the spirit-speci- 

 men) : — 



Forearm 44 mm. 



Head and b )dy 54 ; tail 44 ; ear 11"5 ; third finger, meta- 

 carpal 40, first phalanx 16 ; lower leg and hind foot (c. u.) 28. 



Skull : greatest length 13*6 ; condylo-basal length 13*2 ; 

 interorbital breadth 4*6 ; breadth of brain-case 8"1 ; palato- 

 sinual length 5 ; front of canine to back of m^ 4'8. 



Hab. White Nile, near Fashoda. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 15.3,6.67. Original 

 number 71. Collected 27th January, 1914, by Willoughby 

 P. Lowe. 



Taphozous sudani\ sp. n. 



T. perforatus group. No gular sac. Feet comparatively 

 large. 



Size slightly greater than in T. perforatus. Distribution 

 of fur about as in that species, except that the longer hairs 

 are less extended on the thighs and intert'emoral membrane. 

 General colour above and below sepia-brown, the hairs white 

 for their basal two-thirds. Wing-membranes whitish or 

 white beyond a line coimecting the elbow with the knee ; 

 rest of the membranes brown, more whitish below. No 

 gular sac in male or female, nor any trace of it on tiie skin. 

 Feet decidedly larger than in T. perforatus, about 13 mm. in 

 length or upwards, as compared with about 11 mm. in the 

 allied species. Wing-membrane inserted on the end of the 

 tibia, instead of the ankle. 



Skull in general like that of T. perforatus, but slightly 

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