Species of the Genus Epomops. 



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IV. Epomops buettikoferi. 



Type locality, Liberia; type (examined) in the Leyden 

 Museum. Described by Matschie (Alegachir. p. 45 ; 1>99) 

 as an Epoviopliorus (as distinct from Epomops), and more 

 particularly as a Liberian representative of " Epomophorus 

 macrocej halus." Matschie had not seen the specimen, but 

 relied on some external measurements found in literature. 

 The type represents in reality a distinct species of Epomops, 

 and its tine characters are entirely different from those given 

 by Mafschie. The species is thus far only known from 

 Sierra Leone and Liberia, but may have a wider distribution 

 alone: the Guinea coast. 



V. The Subspecies of Epomops franqueti. 



Forty-six sp cimensof E. franqueti have been examined, in 

 the collections of the Leyden, Berlin, Paris, and British Mu- 

 seums, from the following localities : — Gold Coast (eleven), 

 Togo (one), Lagos (one), S. Nigeria (Asaba, Abonnema, 

 Oban : six), Old Calabar (three), Cameroons (Bitye, Victoria, 

 Kribi, Yaunde, Aqua Town, Mungo, Bipindi, Klein Batanga: 

 twelve), (Spanish Guinea (one), Gaboon (Dongila, Elloby, 

 Como li. : four), Loanda (Malange : one), Niam-Niam (one), 

 Tingasi (one), Semliki K. (one), Bukoba (one), uncertain 

 localities (two). 



They repiesent two fairly well-maiked geographical races. 

 The specimens from the Gold Coast, Togo, Lagos, and !S. 

 Nigeria average conspicuously smaller than those inhabiting 

 the area from Old Calabar south to Loanda and east to 

 Victoria Nyanza. Any other difference than that of size I 

 am unable to see, and, as shown in the subjoined table, this 

 average difference is much better pronounced in the skull 

 than in the external dimensions, and much better so in males 

 than in females ; specimens of the latter sex are sometimes 

 difficult to allocate to subspecies : — 



Smaller Larger Smaller Larger 



race. race. race. race. 



Males. Males. Females. Females. 



Skull, total length 468-48 49 -53 41-8-43-5 43 -47 mm. 



Mandible 36-39 40-43 ? - p 33 8-38 „ 



c-m 1 , crowns ... . 14-5-16-2 16-5-18 145- 148 14-8-1 67 „ 



Forearm 88 -89-5 90-5-96 84-5-85 82 -93 „ 



3rd metacarpal . . 62 5-65-5 67 -70 60 -60*5 60 -66 „ 



Ear, length 22-24 23 -25 21 -5- ? 23-5-25-5 „ 



Tibia 31 5-35 335-37-5 ? - ? 32 -34 5 „ 



