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as identical with the species iu the Leydeu Museum ; and a more 

 careful examination and comparison of this species with the type 

 specimen of i'. (jamhianus, and witli the admirable figures and de- 

 tailed description of E. crypturus given by Dr. Peters, induced me 

 to refer it to the latter species, which I now regard as distinct. It 

 will be unnecessary to enter into a detailed description of the species, 

 because that has been so well done by the original describer ; but it 

 may not be out of place to state the chief points of difference between 

 it and E. gambianus, which I have before described. 



The E. crypturus is altogether rather smaller than E. gambianus, 

 and has the fur on all parts much longer, and extending much more 

 on to the membranes, especially along the fore-arm, above and below, 

 on the legs and feet, and on the membrane of the coccyx. The ears 

 are broader, but not longer ; and the iuterfemoral membrane is of 

 greater breadth, especially near the calcaneum. The supra orbital 

 processes of the cranium are also longer than in E. gambianus ; but 

 it is necessary to state that these parts in the figure of the skull of 

 the latter species, which accompanies this communication (figs. 2 and 

 2 a), are represented as a little too short, their points having been 

 broken oiF before passing into the hands of Mr. Ford. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



The accompanying plate is given to illustrate the peculiarly formed crania of 

 some of the species of Epomnphorus, and to show, comparatively with that of the 

 allied genera Pteropus and Pachysoma, the singular dentition of this genus. 



Figs.l and 1 a. Epomophorus macrocephalus, from the type specimen. 

 Figs. 2, 2 a, and 2 b. E. gambianus, from types. 



Note. — The supraorbital process in these figures is represented as rather 

 too short. 

 Figs. 3, 3 a, and 3 b. E. franqucli, from type specimens. 

 Figs. 4 and 4 a. E. schoensis, from a specimen from Gaboon. 

 Fig. 5. Pteropus edulis. 



A. First or rudimentarj' premolar, often absent. 



B. Second premolar, corresponding with the camas^ier of the Carnivora. 



C. D, E. True molars, the hinder one of rudimentary size and sli.'jpc, and 

 showing the fust indication of that decrease in their development 

 which attains its full extent in Epomophorus. 



Fig. 6. Pachysoma slramineum. 



The letters A, B, C, D, E indicate the same teeth as in fig. 5 ; those 

 marked C, D, E are more rudimentary than in Pteropus, C, D, E of 

 fig. 5. 

 Fig. 7. Epomophorus macrocephalus. 



The first premolar and last true molar are absent, and the second molar 

 (D of figs. 5 and 6) is here much reduced in size, and corresponds in 

 its degree of development with E of figs. 5 and 6. 



3. Account of the Reptiles sent by Dr. Wucherer from 

 Bahia. By Dr. A. Gunther. 



Of the living specimens of Reptiles sent by Dr. Otto Wucherer 

 from Bahia, only a few have survived the transport. Most of them 

 perished duruig the voyage ; and several arrived in so exhausted a 



