Mtimmals from MoniU liuwenzori. 137 



1. Rousettus hifiosus, sp. n. 



A member of the R. coUaris group; the limbs thickly 

 hairy. 



tSize and general characters about as in R. collaris. Fur 

 loose and shaggy, very abundant, its limits not sharply 

 defined as in li. coUaris ; that on the head about 8 mm. in 

 length, mixed with a large number of much longer hairs, 

 attaining over 20 mm. On the back the fur is thick and 

 woolly, passes out on to the proximal halt of theupperside of 

 the forearms, and is continued thickly down the hind limbs 

 and the wing-membrane external to them to the ankles, the 

 feet being also thinly clothed above. Interfemoral thickly 

 furry above, except just along its posterior margin. Below, 

 the wings are thinly iiairy to a point level with the middle of 

 the forearm, the hind limbs and interfemoral membrane being 

 also less thickly haired than on the upper surface. Ears 

 narrow, rather longer than the muzzle. Palatal ridges as in 

 11. collaris. 



General colour above bistre-brown, becoming warmer 

 posteriorly ; head darker. Under surface near broccoli-brown, 

 but with a yellowish sulfusion ; some of the longer hairs 

 quite yellow-. 



Skull rather more delicately built than in R. collaris^ the 

 bones thinner and lighter, muzzle rather longer and narrower; 

 postorbital processes very thin ; anterior palatine opening 

 unusually broad. 



Teeth conspicuously smaller throughout, each molar and 

 premolar slightly shorter and very much narrower than in 

 the allied species. 



Dimensions of the type (measured on the sjjirlt-specimen) : — 

 Forearm 88 mm. 



Head and body 13-4 ; tail 16, tail free from membrane 9 ; 

 head 46 ; ear 23 ; third finger, metacarpus 60, first phalanx 41, 

 second phalanx 57; lower leg and foot (c. u.) 62. 



Skull : length to tip of nasals 42 ; basal length 37"5 ; 

 zygomatic breadth 25; breadth of brain-case 17*4; palate 

 length from anterior palatine foramina 19 ; breadth of pala- 

 tine foramina 3*4 ; length of upper tooth-row from front of 

 canine 14*5; the same below, 16'2; first upper molar 

 2-3 X 1-2. 



Hab. Ruwenzori East, at 13,000'. 



Type. Adult male (in spirit). B.M. no. 6. 7. 1. 2. Collected 

 by K. B. Woosnan). Three specimens obtained. 



This species is allied to R. collaris^ but is at once distin- 

 guishable from that and every other species by the thick 



