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716 DR. DOBSON ON CHIROPTERA FROM ZANZIBAR. [Dec. 2, 



either males or females. The usual white tuft at the hase of the 

 ears is distinct ; and, in males, the long hairs lining the shoulder- 

 pouches project conspicuously. 



The following Table exhibits the measurements of two adult speci- 

 mens, a male and a female with foetus in utero ; also, for comparison, 



the measurements of an adult male and female of E. macroce- 

 phalus : — 



E. minor. E. niacrocephalus. 



ad. $ ad. $ ad. c? ad. $ 



Length, head and body 4-0 4*1 6'3 5-0 



„ head 1-65 1-55 2-6 2-3 



„ eye from tip of nostril.. 0-65 0-55 1-2 1-0 



„ ear 072 07 0-9 09 



forearm 2-5 2-4 3'5 3-3 



third finger, metacarpal 17 1"G5 2 - 5 "] 



„ „ 1st ph. .. 1-1 1-1 1-5 (■ 57 



„ „ 2nd ph. .. 1-65 1'65 2-0 J 



fifth finger, metacarpal 1:55 1*5 2-25] 



„ Istph 0-8 0-8 1-0 [ 4-3 



„ 2nd ph. .. 0-8 0*8 l'l J 



tibia 0-96 0-9 1-3 ' 1'25 



foot 0-0 0-6 0-85 0-85 



2. Epomophorus labiatus. 



Pteropus labiatus, Temminck, Monogr. Mammal, ii. p. 83, pi. 39. 



Epomophorus labiatus, Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus. p. 1 1 . 



Two specimens in the collection are referable to this species, 

 hitherto known only from dried and badly preserved skins. The 

 type in the Leyden Museum consists of a skin of an immature male 

 individual ; but there is another skin in the same collection similarly 

 labelled, which evidently belongs to a full-grown female of the same 

 species, and with this the specimens from Zanzibar very closely 

 agree in measurements, as may be seen from the table below. I 

 have therefore referred them to E. labiatus, which, however, as 

 I have already surmised 1 , may turn out to be (when a sufficient 

 number of specimens are available for examination) a local variety 

 only of E. gambianus. 



The palate-ridges closely resemble those of E. gambianus (see op. 

 cit. pi. ti. fig. 3a) ; but the fifth ridge is marked by a slight groove 

 only. 



Fur above yellowish brown, with ashy extremities ; beneath much 

 paler; on the interfemoral membrane and legs extending much 

 less densely than in E. gambianus ; a very few hairs only appear on 

 the backs of the feet. In the females there are distinct, though 

 rudimentary, shoulder-pouches. 



The following Table exhibits the measurements of an adult female 

 of this species with well-worn teeth, and of an adult female of 



1 Op. cit. p. 12. 



