oS'2 Mr. K. AnJersen 07i 



in young iiuliviilnals, more rarely in iuU-grown, perhaps 

 never in very old. Lower ^>, a little higher than autero- 

 cxterior cusp of m,. 



Measurements. — Below under 7?//. nugur zambesiensis. 



Ti/pe. — cJ ad. (skin). Kurunian, Bechuanaland, 4000 feef, 

 collected hy Mr. K. B. AVoosnani, April .Ulth, 15J04. B.M. 

 no. 4. 10. 1. 1. Original no. 26. " Caught in an old mine ; 

 ot fifteen taken there was only one female.^' 



l>istrihution. — specimens have been examined from the 

 following localities : — Zuurbron, Wakkerstrom, S. 'I'ransvaal 

 (1 specimen in alcohol) ; De Kaap, S. Transvaal (2, alcohol) ; 

 near Kriigcrsdorp, S. Transvaal, 49U0 feet (6 skins) ; 

 *' Transvaal " (1, alcohol) ; Vredefort Road, N. Orange River 

 Colony (1, alcohol ; 2 skins) ; Kurunian, Bechuanaland, 

 4000 ieet (8 skins). It will probably be found generally 

 di.-:tributed over the whole of that part of ISouth Africa 

 uhich is iriigated by the Orange River and its confluents 

 (" Orange River Area," in the zoogeographical sense of that 

 term). 



IitmarJiS. — The present species has been confused with 

 Ii/i. ferrinyi-equinton and Bh. capensis to such extent that it 

 ^\ill be difficult to disentangle its synonymy without examina- 

 tion of the specimens recorded in literature. Uh. capensis 

 differs mainly in the following points : — It is much smaller: 

 forearm 49"5 mm. (average of eleven specimens), against 56 

 in lih. uiujur ; the ears much longer (20'5 mm. from base of 

 inner border) and broader (16'7 mm.) ; tip of the ear obtusely 

 jointed ; selhi only very slightly narrowed in the middle, its 

 lateral margins subparallel in their upper half; posterior 

 connecting-process shorter, its upper margin concave; all 

 metacarpals and finger-joints much shorter, therefore the wing 

 very much narrower in antero-posterior dnection ; even a 

 badly prepared skin of Eh. capensis, in which the shape of 

 the ears and nose-leaves is unrecognizable and the length of 

 the tail not to be relied upon, can alioaijs be at once distin- 

 guished from lih. augur by taking the measurement of the 

 2nd joint of the 3rd finger (22-26 mm., against 28"7-32 

 in lih. augur) ; the tail remarkably short (20*8 ram.), only 

 about the same length as the tibia, far shorter than the 2nd 

 joint of 3rd finger, &c. The skull of lih. capensis is slightly 

 smaller; the nasals more swollen ; the auditory bulhe larger ; 

 the basioccipital therefore still narrower ; the tympanic ring 

 larger. As far as the available material goes, lih. capensis 

 seems to be restricted to the icestern part of the Cape Colony ^ 

 as far north as the mountains on which the coast-rivers 

 sjjring, eastwards to Winter-Bergen, 



