On a new Species of But from the Soudnn. 45 



rf(type). $. 



mm. mm. 



Snout to vent 172 158 



Vent to tip of tail 20 20 



Snout to I'vo (^internal cantlius) 25 24"5 



Auditory meatus to snout 47 40 



Ilei^'ht of ear 45 45 



lirttulth ot ear, greatest 31 29 



Elbow to tip of middle di-j'it 69 67 



Lonj:th of hind foot 33 29'5 



Polle.K (including claw), under surface 



of web 45 4 



Httllu.\ 2-5 2-3 



Note. — The above joint notice was written previous to the 

 lamented death ot" Dr. Anderson, with whom I was associated 

 in his work on the Mammals of Egypt, and is now published 

 almost as it was left. — W. E. DE \V. 



VII. — Ou a now Species of Bat from the Soudan. 

 \^y W. E. DE WiNTON. 



A MONO the mammals collected in tlie Soudan by Mr. H. F. 

 \Vitherby in the spring of this year and acquired by the 

 late iJr. John Anderson is a small bat which appears to be 

 new to .>-cience. The specimen, preserved as a skin, was 

 obtained at Wad Mariun about 12 miles from Khartoum on 

 the "White Nile on May 12th, and will be taken as the type 

 of the species. A second specimen, which has just been put 

 into my hands by the kindness of Mr. O. Thomas of the 

 British Museum, is preserved in alcohol ; it was collected by 

 Capt. l!?. S. Flower, Director of the Zoological Gardens at 

 Cairo, on March 1-ith, at Abu Zeit on the White Nile some 

 200 miles south of Khartoum, during his recent trip with the 

 party sent to ins|)ect the Sud-cutting operations. 



Although the front of the head is much damaged by shot, 

 this " spirit specimen " is valuable in enabling a fuller de- 

 8cri|)iion of the animal to be given than would have been 

 possible if the dried skin alone had been available. 



I have great pleasure in associating the name of so keen a 

 worker in zoology, who also collected the first specimen, with 

 this fine new species. 



Dobson made a subgenus for the African bats allied to 

 the Australian genus CludinolobnSj but 1 thiidc it will bo 

 much more convenient to look upon these two geogra[)hically 

 separated groups as distinct genera ; the species from the two 



