182 Mr. P. S. Keisliaw on 



J . 266, 329 ; ? . 267, 268, 269, :}30, 440, 441. Cliolo. 

 " Very coinnion everywlieie, coming freely into houses. 

 Three examined contained two young each (21st Oct., 1917)." 



17. Glaueonycteris variegatus papilio, Thos. 



S. 120. Chiromo. 



"Apparently very rare. This was the only one taken in 

 five years, on branch of tree in forest." 



18. Eptesicus megalurns, Temm. 

 J . 24. Chiromo. 



19. Eptesicus rendalli, Thos. 

 cJ. 200; ?. 162, 384. Chiromo. 



20. Scotophilus nigrita dingani, A. Smitli. 



(J. 48, 132, 137, 138, 139; ? . 136, 300. Chiromo. 



? . 310, 385 (skulls only). 



No. 300 is without the usual yellow tinge on the under 

 surface, and has a rather smaller skull and shorter fur than 

 the other specimens. On the whole, it answers very well to 

 Peters's description of S. -planirostris, which is found together 

 with dingani in Tette. I am treating the present specimen 

 as a young dingani, which probably planirostn's will prove 

 to be. 



21. Scotophilus viridiSf Pet. 



c?. 84, 85, 159, 160, 189, 191, 193, 380, 403 ; $ . 381. 

 Ciiiromo. 



22. Scotophilus gigas. Dobs. 



S. 83, 372 (skull only) ; ? . 170. Chiromo. 



c? . 239. Mtondo, Ruo. 



Since this species was first described in 1875 no otlier 

 specimens have been added to the B.M. collection. The 

 type-locality is Lagos, so that this species, like Eptesicus 

 rendalli, has a wide range. 



" I have only f<iund the genus Scotophilus in hollow or 

 large holes in Hyphsene-palms. The forest of the low 



