?>^v/j African }riimmah. 175 



fiflfure given ))y Dr. P.-tor.'*." Nor, in fact, in view of tlie 

 faiinal cliaracttriritics of llie two regions conceincdj would one 

 expect to lind any that were so. 



ScotophiJus damarensisj sp. n. 



Quite like S. nujrlla herero, hnt markedly smaller. Colour 

 above similarly " wood-brown." Below it is a pale wliiti.sli 

 brown, without the buflfy tone generally present in herero. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Forearm 48 mm. (other specimens up to 51). 



Skull: greatest lenii:th to occipital crest 17*3; zygomatic 

 breadth 12"t) ; interorbital breadth 7*2; palate length in 

 middle line ()*7 ; front of upper canine to back of in^ G'5 ; 

 greatest breadth of palate between outer corners of m- 8'i ; 

 iront of lower canine to back of m^ 7. 



Jlah. pjlephant's Vley, Northern Damaraland. 



Ttijie. ^lale. Original number 276. Collected lOtli 

 August, 1859, by C. J. Andersson and received in the Tomes 

 Collection. Four sj)ecimens. 



Alixed up with tiie series of S. nigrita herero there occur 

 four specimens of this smaller bat, otherwise indistinguishable 

 from its larger ally, to which it would bear the same relation- 

 ship that in Nigeria S. nigr'itellus^ de Wint., does to the true 

 »S'. ni(jr'da. But as it is not quite so small as nigritellus, and 

 specimens from the intermediate area are not yet known, I 

 give it a binomial name, though I think it will very probably 

 prove to be a subspecies of that form, from which it may bo 

 readily distinguished by its pale brown colour. 



Mlniopterus Majorl, sp. n. 



Size large, slightly exceeding that of the largest South- 

 African members of the genus. Fur fairl}' long, hairs of 

 back about 6 mm. in length. Colour dark glossy black, with 

 a slight brownish suffusion, the head not or scarcely lighter 

 than the back ; the hairs black for tiieir basal half, then dull 

 yellowish brown, their terminal fourth glossy black. Under 

 surface little lighter, the ends of the hairs dark brown instead 

 of black. Fur extending slightly on to interfemorul mem- 

 brane both above and below. 



Dimensions (see below). 



JIab. Madagascar. Type from Imasindrary, N.E. Bctsileo. 

 Other specimens from Vohimar. 



Tijpe. Adult female. B.M. no. 97. 9. 1. ;iS. Original 



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