Genus Nyctinomus/t»j<«'/ in Africa^ <j&c. 39 



SECTln.N II. — Witli coiuplutoly ossitiod i)renmxillfe. 



Nyctinomus limhatuSy I'et. 



Kars connected by a (leep baiul. Tragus small. 

 Colour above dark rcddisb brown ; the, underside, except 

 cliin, throat, and sides of the body, white. Long crest of 

 erect hairs behind the coiniocting membrane of ears in the 

 males. Wing-membranes canary-yellow, covered with white 

 fur from the middle of the humerus to the heel. Inter- 

 fomoral mombrano palish brown. Wind's from ankles. A 

 cJ, 82.2.1).].'), Zanzibar, is very dark-coloured above and 

 below, with no white on the belly, but with whitish fur on 

 the wing-membranes ; the wings themselves are not quite so 

 brightly coloured as usual. 



Forearm 3()-38 miilim. 



? , 93.12.2.8., Tana K. Slightly larger, wing 38 miilim. ; 

 "wholly brown, with the exception of fur on the wing- 

 membranes, which arc very brightly coloured, and a narrow 

 white streak on lower belly including genitals. 



Skull very flat, witli low crest from constriction ; upper 

 incisors close together; premaxilke completely ossifiid ; first 

 upper premolar a little pinched on to the outer side of the 

 tooth-row. Lower incisors with high inner cusp. 



East Africa. Madagascar. 



Nyctinomus gamlnanus^ sp. ii. 



Much resembling N. Umhatus in size and general appear- 

 ance, but differing in having the lower parts uniform brown. 

 The skull also closely resembles that of the East African 

 species ; but in this new bat the first upper premolar is only 

 vestigial, so small, indeed, that it is not possible to see it 

 without the aid of a strong lens. This minute tooth is 

 placed close against the canine, in the outir angle formed by 

 the actual meeting of the canine and second premolar. The 

 first lower premolar is also smaller in this species. 



Forearm 37-38 miilim. (type). 



The males are not furnished with the crest of long hair on 

 the back of the membrane connecting the ears, which is such 

 a characteristic feature in N. limbalus from E. Africa. 



Gambia, Lagos, Nigeria, 



Type, J,B.M. No. 89.10.7.3. Gambia. (Collected by 

 Dr. Percy Kendall. 



A specimen referable to this species formed the basis of 

 Dobson's description of .V. /inmifu^: 



