On a new Species of Bat from the Soudan. 45 
d (type). 2. 
mm, mm, 
SNowtito vent mamma eleva seve ees Sa, 1 158 
Wientidortip: of tailgate tes, <5 0400. vs estore 26 26 
Snout to eye (internal canthus),....... 25 24:5 
Auditory meatus to snout ............ 47 46 
Hloioht Of Cate sercesstitere sic ss cie ¢ 0s ces 45 45 
Breadth of ear, greatest ..........0006 dl 29 
Elbow to tip of middle digit.......... 69 67 
Denpthrot Mind ricoty ee. Gece wi ens ws 33 29°5 
Pollex (including claw), under surface 
GLEWE DPE in Werte ttc” 0. eth state 4:5 4 
Le ONIISD dea ener ore oto o-ric 6 A 2°5 2:3 
Note.—The above joint notice was written previous to the 
lamented death of Dr. Anderson, with whom I was associated 
in his work on the Mammals of Hgypt, and is now published 
almost as it was left—W. E. bE W. 
VII.—On a new Species of Bat from the Soudan. 
By W. E. DE WINTON. 
Amon@ the mammals collected in the Soudan by Mr. H. F, 
Witherby in the spring of this year and acquired by the 
late Dr. John Anderson is a small bat which appears to be 
new to science. ‘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. 8. 8. Flower, Director of the Zoological Gardens at 
Cairo, on March 14th, at Abu Zeit on the White Nile some 
200 miles south of Khartoum, during his recent trip with the 
party sent to inspect 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- 
scription 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 Chalinolobus, but I think it will be 
much more convenient to look upon these two geographically 
separated groups as distinct genera; the species from the two 
