386 Mr. O. Thomas on Three new Bats. 



Hub. (of type). Tana R., British East Africa. Other 

 specimens from Zanzibar. 



Type. Male. B.M. no. 89. 3. 8. 3. Presented by H. C. V. 

 Hunter, Esq. 



lihinolophus Denti, sp. n. 



Allied to the European R. euryale, but smaller. 



Size very small, among the smallest species of the genus. 

 Leading characters (in the order used in Dobson's synopsis) : 

 posterior upper premolar separated from the canine, though 

 not very widely, the small anterior premolar in the tooth-row, 

 towards its outer side; horizontal portion of the sella not 

 widely expanded, though (allowing for shrinkage in the dried 

 skin) it would appear to be more so than is usual in the 

 allied species ; upper margin of the posterior connecting 

 process forming a marked projection, rounded terminally, 

 rising considerably above the summit of the front of the sella ; 

 sides of the vertical process of the sella parallel, summit 

 broadly rounded off ; antitragal notch shallow. 



Horseshoe large, covering most of the muzzle, circular, its 

 anterior edge sharply notched in the centre ; lancet short, 

 conical, its sides evenly convergent upwards, thickly covered 

 with fine fur, similar in colour and quality to that of the head. 

 Ears of medium size, their inner margin evenly convex, tip 

 sharply pointed, upper half of outer margin slightly concave ; 

 antitragal notch not deep and the lobe itself comparatively 

 little convex. Hind limbs slender and delicate. Wings from 

 the lower third of the tibiffi. Interfemoral membrane finely 

 fringed posteriorly. 



Fur close and fine, about 7 mm. long on the back. General 

 colour above pale grey, the individual hairs dull whitish, with 

 dark brown tips. Under surface nearly white. Membranes 

 brown, the plagiopatagium and interfemoral inconspicuously 

 edged with white. 



Skull with the nasal convexity more developed than in 

 R. euryale, less than is figured in Peters's R. lobatus*. 

 Palate ending opposite the posterior edge of the internal lobe 

 of m 9 . 



Dimensions of the type (those in inverted commas taken 

 by the collector in the flesh) : — 



Forearm 42 mm. 



" Head and body 41 " ; " tail 21 " ; " ear 20 " ; nose-leaf 

 (dry) 9-2 X 6*3 ; lower leg and foot (c. u.) 25*5. 



* Eeise Mossamb., Saug. pi. xiii. fig. 17. 



