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half of all the hairs clear black. Ears naked, broad (onartls 

 base, and slightly eniarginatc on the outer side, the tips round- 

 ed ; tragus narrow, straight, and roiuided at the point ; muzzle 

 and upper lip black, with a thin sprinkling of short black hair , 

 nostrils opening directly in front ; no appearance of a cleft in 

 the fore part of the upper lip ; wing and interfemoral mem- 

 branes black. Length from nose to base of tail t;YO inches, of 

 tail an inch and a quarter ; expanse of wings eight inches and a 

 hjif. 

 Inhabits South Africa, — towards Natal. 



Vespertilio tricolor, Temm. (Three-colonred Bat.) Fur 

 soft, above three-coloured, viz. each hair brownish black at 

 the base, yellowish white in the middle, and reddish at the 

 apex ; beneath two-coloured, dark brown at the base, and 

 yellowish white elsewhere : the lateral parts of the neck and 

 breast tinged with a clear red ; membranes pale brown. Length 

 from nose to apex of tail three inches and ten lines ; expanse of 

 wings twelve inches. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



Smuts Diss. Inaug.exhib. enumer. Mamm. Capensis, p, 106. 



Vespertilio epichrysus, Temm. Fur dense, short, and smooth ; 

 above the hairs are brown at their tips, yelloM'ish in the middle 

 and white at their bases ; beneath brown at their bases and a 

 clear flesh colour at their tips. Ears of moderate length, erect, 

 acuminated, and emarginate on the outer edge ; straight and 

 lanceforra ; muzzle slightly obtuse ; tail very long ; nostrils 

 approximate. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



Smuts Op. cit. folio 106. 



Vespertilio platycr.phalus, Temm. Fur dense, woolly, and of 

 moderate length ; above the surface colour is brownish red, and 

 each hair towards its base is brownish black ; beneath a sort of 

 whitish brown ; on the region of the pubis whitish ; half of the 

 upper surface of the interfemoral membrane hairy, the under 

 surface naked. Head much depressed ; mouth large; half of 

 the outer surface of ears hairy. Length of body three inches 

 and one line ; of tail one inch ; expanse of wings nine inches. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



Smuts op. cit. folio 107. 



Obs. The three last described species appear to me (o differ from 

 any 1 have found in South Africa, 



