472 Mr. H. L. Jameson on 



(ii.) Hairs black at the base, with light 

 tips. 

 Forearm 45-47 mm. 

 Type-loc. " South Africa towards [1834. 



Natal " M. natalensis Smith, 



(Probably includes M. scotinua* Bund., 1847. Type-loc. " Caffraria,") 

 (b) Bases of hairs scarcely darker than 

 the rest of the fur, which is reddish 

 brown . 

 Forearm 45-47 mm., skull 15'5. 

 Type-loc. Gatkoppies, Waterberg 



District M. breyeri, sp. u. 



B, Smaller : forearm 37 mm. 



Type-loc. Coast of Zanzibar M. minor Peters, 1866. 



(56) Nyctinomus hocagei Seabra (Jonial de Scieucias, 

 Lisboa, (2) vi. 1900, pp. 84 & 127). 



Potchefstroom, Transvaal. 



Series (all males). 



Florida, Witwatersand, Transvaal. 



cJ. 343; ?. 344, 345. 



These specimens, representing a Nyctinomus with ears 

 separated at their bases, are not iV. cegyptiacus, and seem to 

 come nearest to N. bocagei, described bj Seabra from Angola, 

 from which they may perhaps have to be separated as a 

 distinct form, when sufficient material from that locality is 

 available for comparison. 



This bat occurs in the roofs of churches and other buildings, 

 and flies early, leaving the buildings with a swift, swallow^ 

 like flight while it is still daylight. 



(.57) Erinaceus frontalis Smith. 



Ventersburg Road, O.R.C. 



S. 377. 



Rooiberg, Waterberg District, Transvaal. 



? . 404. 

 Common around Johannesburg and Pretoria. 



* I have examined the co-type of SundevaU's species in the British 

 Museum, and can see no ground for retaining it as a separate species. 

 The very hairy interfemoral membrane and the baud of hairs on the 

 wing-membrane between elbow and ankle are not present in this speci- 

 men, but occur in a Madagascar species, wrongly referred by Dobson to 

 this species, but since described by Thomas as M. manavi, 



