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lower portion of each beneath a dull black. Ears naked and 

 brownish, broad at the base, and cniarginatc on the outer side ; 

 the tips slightly elongated and acutely rounded ; trafjus broad, 

 falciform, and slightly inclined inwards toward the point ; muz- 

 zle and sides of face black with a slight sprinkling of black 

 hair, the former cleft in front : nostrils opeu^g to the sides. 

 Wino: membranes blackish brown ; interfemoral membrane to- 

 wanls base, both above and below, with a thin sprinkling' of 

 short hair, above it is most abundant in the course of the 

 tail. Length from nose to base of tail two inches and a quarter ; 

 of tail one inch ; expanse of wings eight inches. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



ZoologicalJour7ial, vol ii. p. 435. 



Vesperiilio IJotlentofa, Smith. (Hottentot Bat.) Above a dull 

 Indistinct dark brown, sometimes nearly black; beneath the 

 surface colour is a sort of pale tawny brown or tawny white, 

 lighter towards the pubis; the middle and basilar portions 

 of the hair brownish black. Ears about half the length of the 

 head, black and acutely rounded at their tips, the inner surface 

 bare, the outer hairy towards the base ; tragus linear tapering, 

 and wiih a rounded point ; muzzle covered with dense fur till 

 near its point ; wing membranes brownish black ; interfemoral 

 membrane with a sprinkling of fine short brownish fur for half 

 its length above ; claws pale flesh-coloured. Length from nose 

 to base of tail two inches and a half, of tail two inches ; ex- 

 panse of wings twelve inches. 



Inhabits South Africa, — Uitenbage and Albany. 



Vesperiilio Dinganii, Smith. (Dingan's Bat.) Fur long and 

 silky; above, the surface colour is dull olive-green, beneath 

 a pale greenish yellow ; head short and broad ; nostrils promi- 

 nent ; ears blackish brown, and slightly pointed ; tragus long, 

 falciform, and tapering towaids the tip, which is rounded ; au- 

 ricular appendage semicircular, very distinct, and in a measure 

 separatbd from the anterior and outer margin of the auricle, 

 inside of the latter with a thin sprinkling of short olive-green 

 hair ; wing membranes black ; interfemoral membrane pointed, 

 with part of the last joint of the tail protruding beyond it ; 

 claws pale grccn'sh yellow ; lower incisors placed obliquely 

 across the jaw. Length from nose to base of tail three inches 

 and a half; length of tail two inches; expanse of wings about 

 twelve inches. — Above the hairs are yellowish green, towards 

 their bases below they are of one colour throughout. 



Inhabits South Africa, — between Natal and Delagoa Bay. 



Vesperiilio Nalalensis, Smith. (Natal Bat.) Fur soft and of 

 moderate length, the surface colour above deep clear brown ; 

 beneath light brown, inclining to tawny brown ; the baselur 



