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



Breadth of the tragus 1 1 



Length of the fore-arm 1 9 1 8 



of the thumb 4 3| 



of the first finger 110 1 9 



of the second finger 3 5 3 2 



of the third finger 2 7 2 4 



of the fourth finger 2 2 2 



of the tibia 9 8i 



of the foot and claws 4| 4i 



of the tail 2 110 



of the OS calcis 9 9 



Expanse of wings, about 13 6 12 9 



Length of skull from front of intermaxil- 

 lary bone to the occipital suture 6 6 



Breadth behind the zygomatic arches. .04 04 

 Length from the condyloid fossa to the 



front of the intermaxillary bone 4-L 4^- 



Length of the dental series of the upper 



jaw, exclusive of the incisors 2\ 2-3 



Length of the bony palate 2 2\ 



Breadth between the points of the upper 



canines 2 2 



Breadth between the two posterior 



molars 2 2 



Depth from the occipital suture to the 



bottom of the auditory bullae 4|- 4 



Greatest length of lower jaw b\ 5 



Breadth of lower jaw vertically from the 



coronoid process If 1 j 



Length of the dental series, exclusive of 



39 



the incisors 2f 2^ 



2 



lfa6. "Otjoro, December 1st, 1859." 



Obs. I have chosen to give an ample description of this species 

 because it differs in some respects from any other species of the 

 genus which I have seen, the differences appearing to me to be such 

 as may (if found in any other species) be suflScient to point out 

 another minor group, parallel with those which have been partially 

 indicated by Blasius, and more fully by Kolenati. Broadly, these 

 differences may be stated thus : — Cranial portion of the skull much 

 raised, instead of being depressed ; muszle not depressed ; cutaneous 

 system thin and elaborately veined, instead of being thick and lea- 

 thery ; fur long, soft, and unicoloiired, and covering nearly the 

 whole of the face. 



MiNIOPTERIS SCHREIBERSII. 



Vespertilio schreibersii, Kuhl, Deutsch. Fleder. 41. 



V. dasythrix, Temm. Mon. ii. 268. 



Miniopto-is dasythrix, Smith, Zool. S. Afr. pi. 52. 



Two examples of this European species were examined by me in 



