Mtimmals/tom South Aftica. 171 



(Jib) Miniopterus hreyeri^ »p. ii. 



I name this hat aft«»r my friend and former colleague 

 Dr. II. G. lirt'yiM, (JlMiirmau of »S«iiate of tlu* Truiisvaul 

 Univer.-ity Collf^e, who accompanii'd me on the last of \\\y 

 toliecting-expfditions in the Transvaal, when the serie.s 

 under description were ca|)turcd. 



It dirtt-r.s so markL'dly from the form iidiahitin^ eastern 

 Sonih Africa that it recjiiircs a name to itself. 



I may here say that it is j)rohahle that all the South 

 Africiin Mitiwj'teri, wiih the exccj)tion perhaps of ,1/. miwr, 

 Peters, will pri>ve to be geographical subspecies of J/, schrei- 

 bersi, a torm originally described from Southern Europe. 



JScIater's ' Fauna of South Africa ' treats the common 

 Kouth-Afriean MinioptcrnH as M. schreil>ersty but this form, 

 wiiich is of a liglit grey colour, does not appear to extend into 

 Soutli Africa at all. 



Description. — Size as in M. natalensif, but lighter in colour. 

 The hairs on the dorsal surface are reddish brown or reddish 

 grey, tlictips with a slight tinge of red-gold. On the ventral 

 surface the tipti of the hairs are rather lighter, becoming almost 

 white in the pubic region. 



The bases of the hairs are never black, as in M. natalensis. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 5<5 nun, ; tail 53 ; ear 11 ; tragus G ; fore- 

 arm 46. 



Type ? . No. 398 (B.M. no. 9.7. 2. 6). 



These exam[iles were found in the great eave at Gatkoppies, 

 in the Waterberg District of the Transvaal. There mu.«t 

 have been many Inuidreds in one small chamber, the roof of 

 which was black for many yards with a continuous cluster of 

 bats. 



All the examples examined were females. 



The following table sets forth, as ch»arly as possible, the 

 distinctive features of the known South-Alrican species of 

 MtniD/Uerun : — 



A. Larjrer : forearm 43 47 mm. 



(rtl J"'iir with well-iuaiked durk brown 

 or black ba^^e.^. 

 (i.) Hairs very dark, both ba.<«ally and 

 at tips, 

 (a) Larger: skull 15f» mm., fore- 

 arm 40-46. 

 Tvpe-loc. " Interior of Caf- [1841. 



traria" (hLso Knysna) V. daxythruv Temiu., 



ifi) Smaller: skull 147 mm., fore- 

 arm 43 44. [190). 

 Type-loc. Kii\^M« \f./ni(ricnliii Thos., 



