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My Otis Hildegardew, sp. n. 



A beautiful and brightly coloured species allied to 

 M. Bocagei. 



Size medium. Ears small, narrow ; inner margin evenly 

 convex, tip very narrowly rounded, outer margin concave 

 above, convex below, a marked angular antitragal lobule at the 

 outer base thickly covered witli fur. Tragus rather short, its 

 inner margin slightly but evenly convex, its greatest breadth 

 opposite the lower third of its inner margin, whence it slopes 

 evenly to the narrow but not sharply pointed tip ; basal lobe 

 large, rounded. Feet large ; wings to the metatarsi ; calcars 

 long, reaching nearly three-fourths towards the tip of the tail 

 and ending in a distinct lobule. 



Fur soft, thick and fine ; hairs of back about 5-6 mm. in 

 length. Wing-membranes naked, except for a few hairs on 

 the under surface between the humeri and the flanks. Inter- 

 femoral furry above at the base, a narrow band passing 

 outwards behind the legs nearly halfway down the tibiaj. Top 

 of toes hairy. 



General colour of upper surface bright " tawny-ochraceous," 

 the head rather paler than the back. Individually the hairs 

 are blackish brown for about 2 mm. at their bases, then pale 

 tawny, darkening to their tips. Below the general colour is 

 " pinkish -buff ,'^ the hairs blackish at their bases. Membranes 

 dark throughout, contrasting strikingly with the bright 

 colour of the body. 



Skull considerably larger than in M. Bocagei, broader and 

 lower than in M. Goudoti. Small upper premolars in the 

 tooth-row, subequal in horizontal section, and less unequal in 

 height than usual. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) : — 

 Forearm 37 mm. 



Head and body (c.) 53 ; tail 37 ; ear (dry) 13 ; tragus on 

 inner edge (dry) 4*6 ; thumb clear of membrane 5 ; third 

 finger, metacarpus 35, 1st phalanx 15'5, 2nd phalanx 10*7 ; 

 fifth finger 53 ; tibia 17 ; foot from back of calcar (c. u.) 9*8 ; 

 calcar 17. 



Skull: greatest length 15*2 ; basal length 11"3; breadth 

 of brain-case 8; front of canine to back of ??i' 5'7. 

 Hah. Fort Hall, Kenya District. Alt. 4000 feet. 

 Type. Male. B.M. no. 3. 3. 2. 2. Original number 115. 

 Collected 17th Oct., 1902, by Mrs. Hinde. Two specimens. 



This very beautiful bat I have much pleasure in naming in 

 honour of its discoverer Mrs. Hildegarde Hinde, to whom 

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