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On a new Genus of Epomophorine Bats. 97 



surrounded by dark rings ; no dark line between eyes and 

 ears. Backs of hands and feet greyish brown ; toes dark 

 brown. Underside of body dark slaty grey, washed over 

 with greyish white. Hairs of belly dark slate-coloured, with 

 greyish-white tips. Tail rather lighter in colour than back ; 

 lower surface greyer, especially near the base. 



Skull very broad across middle of zygomatic region. 

 Auditory bullae comparatively small. Cranial region broad. 

 Nasals rather short, and broad anteriorly. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 94 mm. ; tail 68 ; hind foot 16'5 ; ear 13. 



Skull: greatest length 27; condylo-basal length 25; 

 basal length 23 ; condylo-basilar length 23 ; basilar length 21 ; 

 zygomatic breadth 16 ; breadth of brain-case behind squa- 

 mosal region 13 ; greatest length of nasals 10"5 ; palatal 

 length 10*7 ; palatilar length 9 ; width of palate between 

 last molars 3'8 ; length of palatal foramina 3; length of 

 upper molar series 3'4. 



Hub. West slope of Mount Kenya, British East Africa. 

 Altitude 11,000 feet. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 0. 2. 1. 17. Original num- 

 ber 19. Collected on August 22nd, 1899, by Mr. H. J. 

 Maekinder. 



The darker-coloured fur and unusual breadth of the skull, 

 especially as regards the zygomatic region, necessitate this 

 Kenya Graphiurus being considered quite distinct from the 

 Kuwenzori species. 



XL — Preliminary Description of a new Gnius of 

 Epomophorine Bats. By Knud Andersen. 



PleroteS*, gen. nov. 



Type, Plerofes anchieto2= Epomophorus anchietce, Seabra, 

 J. Sci. Lisboa, (2) vi. p. 116 (1900), from Galanga, Btm- 

 guela. 



Differential characters. — Allied to Epomops, with the post- 

 dental palate flattened as in Megachiroptera generally, not 



* li\r}po)Tr)s, tilling - out (e. g. a gap, an interspace), in allusion to the 

 fact that in the number of postcatnne teeth (£) llerotes is intermediate 

 between the Rousettine "roup of genera (J) and the hitherto known 

 geuera of the Epomophoriue group (£). 



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