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Teeth as in K. hardioickei, except tliat tlie outer incisor is 

 about three-fourths the height of the inner one, and the 

 canines appear to be thrown out more abruptly from the 

 muzzle when viewed from above. Lower incisors trifid; 

 overlapping. 



Dimensions of the type (measured on the spirit-specimen) : — 



Forearm 38 mm. 



Head and body 44 ; tail 48 ; ear 13*5 ; tragus on inner 

 edge 8 ; third finger, metacarpal 38*5, first phalanx 19 ; 

 lower leg and foot (c. u.) ; calcar 26*5. 



Skull : greatest length 14*7 ; basi-sinual length lO'S ; 

 breadth of brain-case 7*2 ; mastoid breadth 8 ; front of canine 

 to back of riL^ 6. 



Hah. St. Aignan Island, S.E. of New Guinea. 



Type. Adult female in spirit. B.M. no. 98. 4. 1. 2. Col- 

 lected by A. Meek. 



The examination of a number of the true K. liardwickei 

 from Java recently presented to the National Museum by 

 Mr. W. E. Balston has convinced me that this specimen 

 should be separated S|)ecifically from that animal. 



The specimen from Duke of York Island referred somewhat 

 doubtfully to K. hardioichei by Dobson f also appears to belong- 

 to K. agnella, but has rather shorter outer incisors. 



Nyctinomus leonis, sp. n. 



Nyctinomns brachypterus, Peters, Dobson, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 722 ; Cat. 

 Chir. B.M. p. 426 (1878) {7iec Peters, Reis. Mossamb., Siiug. p. 59, 

 pi. XV. fig. 1, 1852). 



External characters as described by Dobson. 



Skull of the high, not flattened Nyctinomus type, with 

 well-marked median crest ; emargination between premaxillai 

 very narrow, about 0*75 mm. in greatest breadth. Four 

 lower incisors. 



Measurements of type : — 



Forearm 37*5 mm. (For other external measures, see 

 Dobson.) 



Skull : greatest length 19-4 : basal length 15'5 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 12'1 ; intertemporal breadtii 4 ; mastoid breadth 

 11"3 ; palatal length 8 ; front of canine to back oi in^ 7. 



Hah. West Africa. iypt; from Sierra Leone. Other 

 s))ecimens from Fernando Po {Capt. Downes), Cameroons 

 [G. Buvallius) , and French Congo [G. L. Baten). 



Type. Adult male skin. B.iM. no. 62. 12. 23. 3. Speci- 

 men c of Dobson'rf catalogue. Presented by J. Brown, Esq. 



t Cat. Chir. B.M. p. 336 (1878). 

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