1861.] MR. R. F. TOMES ON BATS FROM S.W. AFRICA. 33 



moving the skull from the specimen, are like those of K. lanosa, the 

 upper incisors being, as in that species, nearly of the same length. 

 The outer incisors in the lower jaw have the singular and prominent 

 cusp, which I have mentioned as peculiar to the genus, quite as much 

 developed as in any of the species. 



Length of the head and body, about 2 



of the head 8 



of the ears 5 



Breadth of the ears 5^ 



Length of the tragus 4 



Greatest breadth of the tragus, barely .... 1 



Length of the fore-arm 1 Q 



• of the thumb and its claw 4^ 



of the first finger 1 6 



• of the second 3 6 



of the third 2 6 



of the fourth 2 4 



of the tibia 7^ 



of the foot and claws 4^ 



of the OS calcis 10 



Expanse of wings, about 12 



Hab. "Otjoro, December 1st, 1859. Female." 



Nycticejus planirostris, Peters. 



N.planirostris, Peters, Reisen. Mossamb. Saugeth. i. 65. t.l7. f.l, 

 1852. 



Of this species there are a considerable number of specimens, dif- 

 fering from each other only in the depth of colouring of the fur — some 

 of them being as dark in colour as the figure given by Dr. Peters, 

 but the greater number much paler, the under parts being of a dirty- 

 white colour. These light-coloured examples have much the appear- 

 ance of N. leueoyaster, but may be distinguished by their more robust 

 form, larger head and ears, and by their much longer fur. I possess 

 one specimen of this species from the Cape of Good Hope. 



Hab. "Eleph. Valley, August 3rd, 1859," and " Otjoro, Decem- 

 ber 1st, 1859." 



SCOTOPHILTJS MINUTUS. 



VespertiUo minuta, Temm. Mon. ii. p. 207. 



Although M. Temminck refers to several specimens of this species, 

 I have only observed one in the Leyden Museum ; and that one is 

 obviously immature. As there is considerable confusion amongst the 

 species referred to this, I will give a description of an adult speci- 

 men which, by actual comparison, I have ascertained to be identical 

 with the specimen in the Leyden Museum. The S. minutus appears 

 to have a considerable geographical range ; for I have seen and iden- 

 tified specimens from North Africa, as well as from the Cape ; and 

 examples are not wanting to illustrate its occurrence at intermediate 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1861, No. III. 



