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



Shiraz. Zanzibar. 



Length, fifth finger, metacarpal 1"1 T05 



„ „ „ 1st ph 0*55 0*55 



„ „ „ 2nd ph 0-4 0'4 



tibia 0-65 0-6 



„ foot 0-35 35 



4. Ehinolophus ^ethiops. 



Rhinolophus cethiops, Peters, Monatsb. Akad.Berl. 1868, p. 637; 

 Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus. p. 122, pi. vii. fig. 12. 

 Specimens not differing in any respect from the type. 



5. Nycteris hispida. 



Vespertilio hispidus, Schreber, Saugeth. i. p. 169 (1775). 



Nycteris hispida, Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus. p. 162, 

 pi. xi. fig. 1 (teeth). 



An adult female, agreeing with typical examples in the form and 

 relative development of the teeth, in the colour of the fur, and in 

 the shape of the tragus, but differing in the longer ears and slightly 

 greater size throughout. 



6. Nycteris grandis. 



Nycteris grandis, Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Berl. 1865, p. 358 ; 

 Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus. p. 164. 



Two perfectly adult specimens of this species, which, by their 

 much greater size, show that the type in the Leyden Museum, and 

 the larger specimen in the British Museum, are both examples of 

 immature individuals. In these specimens, owing evidently to the 

 growth of the adjoining teeth, the small second premolar is much 

 smaller proportionally, and is crushed in between the first premolar 

 and the first molar. 



The following are the measurements of one of these specimens, an 

 adult male : — 



Length, head and body 3" ; tail 3"; headl"*15; ear 1 "'35, tragus 

 0"*3x0"'l; forearm 2""5 ; thumb 0' ,- 65 ; third finger — metacarp. 

 l"-8, 1st ph. l"-2, 2nd ph. l"-5; fifth finger— metacarp. 2"-2, 1st 

 ph. 0-7, 2nd ph. 0"-65; tibia l''-2; calcaneum l"-0; foot 0"-55. 



7. Nycteris ^ethiopica. 



Nycteris cethiopica, Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus. p. 165, 

 pi. xi. fig. 3 (tragus). 



The collection includes the first obtained specimens of this species, 

 preserved in alcohol. These show how difficult it is to correctly 

 describe species from dried skins ; for the tragus, instead of being 

 narrower than in N.javanica, as originally stated by me, is really 

 broader and altogether larger. The drawing of the tragus (referred 

 to above) which accompanies my description, however, is quite 

 correct. The specimens agree very closely in size ; and the following 

 are the measurements of the largest : — 



Length, head and body 2"'35 ; tail 2"-25 ; head 0"-9 ; ear 1"-15, 



