GGO Mr. K. Anelcrsen on the Species and 



Uganda : — Rh. eloquens, a bat of the macrotis type, in 

 certain characters rather intermediate between Rh. Hilde- 

 h-andti and Rh. fum'ujatus. 



Ukambani tract and Zanzibar Coast: — Rh. Decheni) 

 Rh. lobatus ; Rh. Iliklebrandti^ Rh. famigatas exaul. — Rh. 

 Deckenii?, an Ethiopian representative of the Oviental ferrum- 

 equinum type. Rh. lobatus belono-s to a small group of 

 Ethiopian species [Landeri- lobatus- Bohsoni) which have their 

 more ])riiiiitive counterpart in the Himalayan Rh. subbadius. 

 Rh. Ilildehrandti and fumi'gatus can be traced back ultimately 

 to a bat like Rh. macrotis. 



Zambesi tract: — Rh. simulator , Rh. Barlingi, Rh. augur 

 zavibesiensis ; Rh. lobatus, Rh.empusa; Rh. Ilildebrandti. — 

 Rh. simulutor is a bat of the borneends type; Rh. Darling i 

 of the Himalayan affinis type ; Rh. augur of the Oriental 

 ferrum-( quiuum type. Rh. empusa is an Ethiopian repre- 

 sentative of the Rh. Blasii stage, which, however, again 

 leads back to the Oriental mi nor -subbadius stage. The two 

 remaining species [lobatus, Ilildebrandti) are common to this 

 and the foregoing tract. 



Limpopo TRACT : — Rh. augur typicus ; on the species, see 

 Zambesi tract, above. 



ZuLULAND, Natal, Eastern Cape Colony: — Rh. augur 

 zulnensis. — This small, but zoogeographically rather well- 

 marked, district is inhabited by a special race of the wide- 

 spread Ethiopian Rh. augur. 



S.W. Cape Colony : — Rh. capensis, an Ethiopian repre- 

 sentative of the Oriental Rh. Rouxi type. 



Orange Eiver tract : — Rh. Denti, Rh. augur t//picus. — 

 Rh. Denti, closely related to Rh. simulator from the Zambesi 

 tract, is a bat of the borneensis type. On the affinities of 

 Rh. augur, see the Zambesi tract above. 



Benguela AND Loanda : — R7i. Barlingi ; Rh. angolensis ; 

 Rh. athiop)S. — Rh. oithiops is a highly developed representa- 

 tive of the Himalayan macrotis type. Rh. Barlingi is 

 common to this district and the Zambesi tract. Rh. ango- 

 lensis is unknown to me (but see footnote above on p. 652). 



Lower Guinea : — Rh. Landeri, closely related to the 

 Eastern Ethiopian Rh. lobatus and Dohsoni, all of them bats 

 of the Oriental subbadius type. 



Gold Coast : — Rh. alcgone; unknown to me. 



Gambia tract : — Rh. Maclaudi, a bat of the Lido-Malayan 

 jihilippinensis type. 



The Ethiopian Region : — 19 out of 69 known * species 



* Leaving the imperfectly known Hh. angolensis and the practically 

 quite unliuowu Eh. alcyone out of consideration. 



