206 Mr. 0. Thomas on new Bats from 



Leptomerocoris antennatus, Walk. he. cit. p. li5, = Sabellicus sordidus, 



Walk. 

 Helopeltis lracon{for7nis, Walk. he. cit. p. 165, = Hehpeltis {Dulichius) 



clavifer, Walk. 



To he treated as 7ion-existent. 



Types h'vken, undeterminable. 



Capsus obscurellus, Walk. Cat. Het. vi. p. 93 (1873). 

 iniaminatus, Walk. loo. cit. p. 127. 



Species the types of which are not now to be found in the British Museum, 



Capsus frontifer, Walk. Cat. Het. vi. p. 94 (1873). 



pallescens, Walk. he. cit. 



nigritulus, Walk. he. cit. p. 112. 



se^niclusus, Walk. he. cit. p. 118. 



siibirroi'atus, Walk. he. cit. p. 119. 



maryinicollis, Walk. he. cit. p. 128. 



Leptomerocoris simplex, Walk, he. cit. p, 145. 

 Monahcoris hipunctipennis. Walk. he. cit. p. 159. 

 Monalonion ichneumonoides, Walk. loc. cit. p. 162. 



XXII. — New Bats from British East Africa collected hy Mrs. 

 Hinde, and from the Cameroons hy Mr. G. L. Bates. By 

 Oldfield Thomas. 



The British Museum owes to the kindness of Mrs. Hinde, 

 wife of Dr. S. L. Hinde, of Fort Hall, British East Africa, 

 a further collection of bats, and these include three well- 

 niarked new forms, which I have described below, in con- 

 junction with two others obtained bj Mr. G. L. Bates in 

 West Africa. 



The new Myotis from Fort Hall, which I have named in 

 honour of its captor, is an especially noticeable discovery. 



Pipistrellus crassiilus, sp. n. 



A medium-sized species with disproportionally short fore- 

 arms. 



General build thick and heavy. Muzzle broad, swollen. 

 Ears short, laid forward they do not nearly reach to the tip 

 of the muzzle ; inner margin straight below, convex above ; 

 tip evenly and broadly rounded ; outer margin straight 

 above, slightly convex below ; basal lobe small, rounded. 

 Tragus of medium length, its greatest breadth opposite its 



