new Rliiiioloplii //-c/zi Africa. 71 



2"1, 1"5, aud 1'7 mm. Posterior connecting-process very 

 short, ronndcd, in side view very nearly semicircnlar, 

 scarcely projecting beyond the snnimit of the sella (this 

 kept in vertical position). Lancet very long, scarcely con- 

 stricted, its lateral margins evenly converging towards the 

 tip ; distance from the jjostcrior transverse bridge to the tip 

 ot" the lancet 4*2 mm. 



Ears. — Reaching tip of muzzle, when laid forward : not 

 attenuated below the tip ; this latter blunt. Width of ear 

 about equal to its length from notch on outer margin to 

 tip. 



TJliiffS. — 5th metacarpal equal to (or only a mere trifle 

 longer than) 4th. 1st phalanx of 4th finger about § the 

 length of 2nd plialaux. Plagiopatagium inserted on tarsus. 



lail. — Much longer than the tibia, about the same length 

 as the 3rd metacarpal. Hinder margin of interfemoral 

 triangular. 



Co/our. — General colour of adult individuals (2 skins) 

 rather dark brownish drab above, ^' drab-grey " beneath. 

 Base of hairs on back of the same colour as the underside. 

 Length of fur on middle of back about 10 mm. — Imma- 

 ture specimens (2 skins) have a more greyish tinge on the 

 back, but the diflerence from adult examples is very slight 

 (but may perhaps be more pronounced in still younger 

 individuals). 



Skull. — Hinder border of palatal bridge opposite (or very 

 slightly behind) the middle of rii^. 



Dentition. — Cingula of the upper canine and p^ so closely 

 approximated as to completely touch each other. Upper p'^ 

 quite on the external side of the tooth-row ; in one skull 

 ( ? ad.) Avith unworn teeth it is as high as the cingula of 

 the adjacent teeth ; in two otlier skulls with slightly worn 

 teeth it is hair-tine, hardly perceptible without a lens (there- 

 fore presumably lost in still older individuals). Lower p^, 

 when present, external to the tooth-row, not reaching the 

 upper margin of the cingula of p.2 and jj^; in a little more 

 advanced age p-^ is lost. 



Type. — Ad. (skin). Mazoe, IMashonaland, 4000 ft., June 

 13tli, 1895; collected by J. ft'. Darling, Esq. B. M. no. 

 95.8.27.1. Original no. 35. "Taken in mining adit.^' 

 Five paratypes (three skins, two in alcohol) are in the 

 British Museum. 



Distribution. — A young Rhinolophus from Angola (B. M. 

 no. G4. 8. 16. 3 *) is indistinguishable from the species here 



* 1th. athinps, ppecimen '• e," iu DoVxson's Cat. Chir. Brit, Mus. (1878) 

 p. 122. 



