]84 Mr. P. S. Kershaw on 



28. Mops angolensis, Pet. 



cJ. 1.76, 177, 178. Villa Bocage, Shire River, P.E.A. 

 cJ. 357,376,382; ?. 377. Chirorao. 

 (J. 21. Cliikonje, Ruo. 



29. ChcerepJion limbatus, Pet. 



S . 46, 81, 88, 100, 304 ; ? . 32, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 101, 

 115, 202, 220. Chiromo. 



" The same remarks made as regards Scotophilus apply 

 entirely to Mops and the other genera of ' free-tailed ' bats, 

 they being generally found in hollow palm-trees. Great 

 numbers sometimes congregate in one tree. But Chcerephon 

 is also found in buildings of brick with corrugated iron roofs, 

 where they live on the rafters between the wood and iron in 

 liundreds sometimes, and are a great pest, owing to the 

 fearful mess and smell they make. They enter these roofs 

 generally through the small si)ace between the iron ridging 

 and wall, and, where there are many ways in, appear in all 

 cases to frequent only one. At dusk I have seen a stream of 

 them come out of one of these holes with incredible rapidity, 

 defeating the eye to watch them, and reminding one of the 

 stream of pellets from a gun. They also hawk cotton boll- 

 worm, and other than their obnoxious habit of inhabiting 

 liouse-roofs (but apparently never grass-roofs), do much good 

 in consequence. On rarer occasions I fancy Mops also 

 inhabits house-roofs, but not nearly so commonly as Chcere- 

 phon. All are very oily to the touch, and their smell is very 

 characteristic and strong." 



30. Rhynchocyon cirnei, Pet. 



^.258; ?. 287. Cholo. 



? . 229. Cliiromo. 



" Generally distributed throughout the country, but most 

 common where there are big thickets of jungle, such as in 

 the Ruo district. Native name ' Sakwimbala.' " 



31. Petrodromus teti-adactylus^ Pet. 



c? . 25, 96 ; ? . 29, 108, 149. Chiromo. 

 ? . 251. Cholo. 

 " Native name ' Sakwi.' " 



