Mr. 0. Thomas on Three new Bats. 3S7 



Skull : creates!: length 17 ; basal length to front of canines 

 13*2 ; breadth of brain-case 7'6 ; palatal bridge l - 9 ; front of 

 upper canine to back of ni 6 5*9 ; front of lower canine to back 

 of m 3 6'6. 



Ilab. Kuruman, Bechuanaland. Alt. 1300 m. 



Type. Male. B.M. no. 4. 4. 8. 2. Original number 7. 

 Collected 24th January, 1904, by R. E. Dent. Two 

 specimens. 



" Caught in a house." 



This species, the smallest of South-African Rhinolophi , 

 seems to represent B. euryale, but may be readily distin- 

 guished from that, as from all others, by its proportions, its 

 pale colour, the high attachment of its wing-membranes, and 

 its unusually hairy lancet. 



PipistrelJus raptor, sp. n. 



A rather large species, with long head, proportionally short 

 forearms and tibiae, and with a bone in the very large penis. 



Size rather large, form clumsy. Head long, half the length 

 of the forearm, almost equally broad in front and behind. 

 Muzzle swollen, smooth and rounded; the nostrils small, their 

 edges not projecting ; middle line above more deeply grooved 

 between the glands. Ears rather small ; base of inner edge 

 with a very narrow hem ; inner margin straight, tip narrowly 

 rounded off, outer margin evenly but slightly convex to the 

 shallow emargination separating the low basal lobule. Tragus 

 short, broad, broadest opposite the lower third of the inner 

 edge, the latter straight or slightly concave, tip rounded, 

 outer margin evenly convex, basal lobule distinct, triangular. 

 Wings to the base of the toes. Hind limbs short, feet stout 

 and heavy. Calcar reaching about halfway towards the tip 

 of the tail, its end marked with a projecting lobule ; post- 

 calcareal lobe short, but very broad and distinct, supported 

 by a well-marked supplementary cartilage. Tail rather 

 short, of seven vertebrae and a terminal rudiment, involved 

 in the membrane practically to its tip. Penis enormous, as 

 long as or longer than the tibia, the development being 

 mainly in the lengthening of the glans (which is slender and 

 contains a long os penis) and the prepuce ; the latter is club- 

 shaped, well-haired, grooved above terminally. 



Fur extending on to the wing-membranes for about one 

 third of an inch on each side of the body and for a similar 

 distance on the interfemoral ; below, a slightly wider area is 

 hairy. Scattered hairs present on ears, the external basal 

 lobe thickly hairy externally. 



