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swelling just about as in deckeni^ larger than in ferrum- 

 eguitnim and augur*. Bony palate extending slightly 

 further forward, to the level of the junction between p* and 

 ni\ Teeth all slightly smaller than in deckent, the combined 

 length of p*—j)t^, on outer edge, being 5*3 mm. as against 5*8 

 in that species. Minute premolar still further reduced, 

 absent on one side in each of the specimens, and on the other 

 quite minute, smaller than an incisor, and ])laced in the 

 narrow outer angle between the closely jammed canine and 

 large premolar. 



Dimensions of the type (the italicised measurements taken 

 in the flesh): — 



Forearm 50 mm. ( ? 51). 



Head and body o7 ; tail 29; ear 25; third finger, meta- 

 carpal 36*5, first phalanx 16; lower leg and foot (c. u.) 30. 



Skull : greatest length to front of canines 22*2 ; naso- 

 occi|)ital length 18'7 ; palatal length 3; front of canine to 

 back of m^ 8"5. 



IJab. Kabwir, Bauchi Plateau, Northern Nigeria. Alt. 

 2500 feet. 



Ti/pe. Adult male. B.M. no. 13. 2. 5. 1. Original num- 

 ber 45. Collected 14th November, 1912, and presented by 

 Mr. J. C. Fox, of the Cambridge University Mission. Two 

 specimens, male and female. 



This is evidently a western representative of R. deckeni, 

 but the difference in the general size of the teeth and the 

 reduction of the small premolar prevent my treating it as a 

 subspecies of that bat, from which it is most readily distin- 

 guished by its much paler colour. 



The British Museum possesses a good example of B. deckeni 

 from Tanganiko, near Mombasa, collected and presented by 

 Mr. A. Blayney Percival. 



Fijn'sirellus fuscipes, sp. n. 



Near P. rneppelli and pulcher, but outer incisors larger. 



General characters, including the striking contrast betweeo 

 the white or bufi'y underside and the greyisii upperside, as in 

 p. rueppeUi and pidcher, but the membranes rather paler, 

 while the forearms, hind legs, feet, and tail are darker, appa- 

 rently black, so as to form a marked contrast w'uh the pale 



* I may note here that th<i bats from Mt, Kilimanjaro collected by 

 Mr. E. Kemp on the Rudd Expedition to East Africa and referred by me 

 to R. deckeni (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) li p. .309, 1910) prove on 

 renewed examination to be examples of 7?. ouffur zambesiensis, K. And. 



