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mencement of interfemoral membrane, three inches ; length of latter, 

 one inch ; expanse of wings, thirteen inches. Inhabits the whole of 

 South Africa. 



This species decidedly differs from both the Rhinolophus affinis, 

 and Rhinolophus minor, of Horsfield, not only in size and colour, but 

 also in the depth of the notch in the outer edge of the auricle, as well as 

 in the form of the nasal appendages, &c. 



Nycteris Capensis, mihi. 



•A^. cervice et dor so nigro-fuscis, colli laterihus sordido-alhis ; parti- 

 bus inferioribus subcinereis: membranis rubro-fuscis ; apice tragi 

 semicirculari cum cristd villi albescentis. 



Neck above and back blackish brown, sides of neck dirty white, 

 below cinereous white with shades of blackish ; membranes reddish brown ; 

 height of ears without from fur to tip, f of an inch, width better than f ; 

 tragus short, apex semicircular and its upper edge clothed with a tuft of 

 long, white, woolly fur; termination of tail but slightly forked, last 

 vertebra but one if any thing the shortest. Length from nose to root of 

 tail, better than two inches ; expanse of wings, ten inches. Found in the 

 interior parts of South Africa as well as upon the Eastern coast. 



Nycteris affinis, mihi. 



J\f. cervice et dorso rubro-fuhis ; colli lateribus rubro-albis ; a tergo 

 aurium subrufa; partibus inferioribus fulvo-albis; membranis 

 nigro-fuscis; dentibus primoribus maxillce in paria dispositis. 



Neck above and back reddish brown or tawny, sides of neck before 

 wings reddish white; behind ears somewhat rufous; beneath tawny 

 white, membranes blackish brown. Incisors of upper jaw in pairs 

 which are separated from each other by a distinct open space immediately 

 in the front of the jaw. Length from nose to root of tail, two inches; 

 ears rather longer and broader than in the last species; tragus short, and 

 its apex semicircular ; termination of tail deeply forked, with the last 

 vertebra but one the longest. 



The arrangement of the incisors of the upper jaw, the marked 

 difference in respect to the last joint but one of the tail, added to the 



