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power in circumstance to create by destroying. In the words of the 

 same great master whose language I have already quoted — 



Nature also, cold and warm, 



And moist and dry, devising long, 

 Through many agents, making strong, 



Matures the individual form. 



2. Additions to the Monograph of the Genus Epomopho- 

 Rus. By Robert F. Tomes, Corr. Memb. Z.S. 



(Plate I.) 



1. Epomophorus labiatus, Temm., sp. 



Since the publication of my monograph of the genus Epomophorus 

 in the ' Proceedings ' of the Society, the kindness of Prof. Schlegel 

 has enabled me to examine the type specimens of the Paehysoma 

 labiatum of M. Temminck in the Leyden Museum ; and I find that 

 the male, as I had supposed, is quite distinct from E. macrocephalus, 

 although not differing from it so greatly as I formerly believed. It 

 resembles the latter species in its general proportions and appearance, 

 especially iu the length of the head and face ; but it has longer fur 

 on all parts of the body, and that of the back is somewhat redder in 

 colour. On the abdomen is an oval whitish patch rather more di- 

 stinct than in E. macrocephalus, but less so than in E. franxpieti. 

 The specimen is nearly, if not quite adult, and has the following di- 

 mensions : — 



in. lin. 



Length of the head and body 4 9 



of the head 1 10 



, — of the ears 7 



of the fore-arm 2 6 



of the longest finger 4 6 



of the fourth finger 3 6 



of the thumb 1 1 



of the tibia 1 I 



of the foot and claws 9 



• from the nose to the ear 1 5 



• — from the nose to the eye 9 



Expanse of wings, about 17 



The so-called female of Paehysoma lahiatum contained in the 

 same collection is quite a young example of some larger species with 

 a less elongated muzzle, probably of E. gamhianus. 



2. E. CRYPTURUS, Peters. 



In my account of E. gamhianus I included the E. crypturus of 

 Dr. Peters as a synonym ; but the assertion of the identity of the 

 two species had scarcely appeared before I saw in the Leyden Mu- 

 seum, a specimen which differed from E. gamhianus in several re- 

 spects. Shortly afterwards a specimen of an Epomophorus from 

 Natal came into my hands, which I had no difficulty in recognizing 



