Genus ^yct'uioiun^ /ou/ici in A/ricij dbc. 37 



smaller niid more \vitlely-.se|);iraf«'<l ears wliieli form the suIj- 

 gciius Mormojiti-nts. 



SECTION I. Witl. iiiodinpl.to premaxillffl. 



X^cti nonius aj'ricdnusj Dobs. 



C'^lour reddish brown, lighter and brighter beneath. Ears 

 and wiiii^-membranes and muzzle brown. Ears distinctly 

 separated on the forehead. Tragus large. 



Type in B.M. 



Forearm 60 millim. 



Skull very large and exceptionally broad, slightly arched 

 on the forehead. The preorbital processes very much ex- 

 panded. PrcmaxilhiJ separated, the opening perfectly circular. 

 Incisors nearly parallel, or their points very slightly diver- 

 gent. First upper premolar very small, blunt, the cusp 

 barely longer than the tingulum. Lower incisors 4, of 

 equal size. Lower canines almost touching at their bases. 



Transvaal. 



A rather smaller, white-bellied and light-winged form from 

 Betsileo, Madagascar. 



Nyctinomus tivmotis, Raf. 



Colour mouse-grey, very slightly, if at all, paler beneath. 

 Ears and wing-membranes and muzzle black. Ears only 

 united at extreme bases of their inner margins. Tragus large. 



Forearm 59-02 millim. 



Skull light and rather narrow, but very tlat ; forehead 

 depressed. Premaxillaj widely separated. Licisors con- 

 vergent. First upper premolar of fair siz'?, say larger than 

 one of the cusps of the molars. Lower incisors G ; the 

 second |)air largest ; outer j)air smallest and barely notched. 

 Lower canines widely se|)arated at their bases. 



Portugal, Italy, Greece, Persia. 



Nyctinomus (vgyptiacus, Geoff.? 



The examples in the ]\Iuseum seem to agree so thoroughly 

 with Geoffroy's description of this species, that, until typical 

 specimens from Egypt are forthcoming to prove the contrary, 

 I shall use this name for this S. African form. 



Colour in sjiirit-spccimens as nearly as possible uniform 

 all over: some black, some brown. Closely resembling 

 A. trp-nxotis in all respects, but the ears are smaller and less 

 broad; the lips, too, not so pendent. Tragus large. 



Forearm 47-50 millim. 



