178 KEPORT— 1880. 



capensis, leaviug it to subsequent observers, ■when more material is avail- 

 able in our jMiiseums, to say how far some of them may be regarded as 

 representing permanent varieties. Of these some were not included in my 

 work, either owing to accident, or because I had not been able to obtain 

 in time before publication an examination of the types or copies of the 

 papers in which the}' were described. These I now proceed to notice. 



lih i)ioloplius macrocephalus. 



Mkinoloj/hiis mric?-ocep/iulus, Heuglin, ' Keise in Nordost-Afrika,' ii. p. 22 (1877). 



It appears quite evident that this is only another name for Rh. fumi- 

 gatus, Riipp. which I have regarded as a small form of Bh. ferrum-equinum 

 with dark-coloured fur. 



Rhinolophus lobatus. 



RMiwlopkus hbatm, Peters, 'Reise nach Mossambique,' Siiugeth, p. 41, pi. 9, 13,. 

 figs. 16, 17 (1852). 



To this form I accidentally omitted all reference (in the ' Catal. Chiropt. 

 Br. Mus.') although I had examined the type in the collection of the 

 Berlin Museum, and find the following record in my note-book. 



Nose-leaf like that of Bli. affinis, the summit of the posterior connect- 

 ing process of the sella more convex and covered with a very few hairs r 

 the posterior lancet-shaped leaf longer ; ears and teeth as in Bh. ferrum- 

 equinum; wings from the ankles, interfemoral membrane slightly trian- 

 gular behind ; extreme ' tip of the tail alone projecting ; fur, dark 

 slate-blue (in alcohol). Length (of an adult female) : head and body l"-9 

 inches, tail l"-0, ear 0"7, forearm l"-7, thumb 0"-26, third finger 2"-6, 

 fifth finger 2"-2, tibia 0"-7, foot 0"-3, nose-leaf 0"-5 x 0"-32. 



Hah. Mozambique, Galitja. 



Bhiuolophus cethiops, Ptrs. 



I have received two specimens of this species from Dr. Robb, Zanzibar, 

 which differ in no important respect from other specimens hitherto known 

 only from the West Coast of Africa, 



Bhinolojjlms hildehrandUi. 



Rkinohjihus Mldehraudtii, Peters, ' M.B. Akad. Berl.' 1878, p. 19.';, pi. 1. Ho. 

 1, 1 a. ' '"' 



In general form very like Bh. cethiops but somewhat larger, tlie shape 

 of the ears and of the nose-leaf almost identical with those of that species, 

 but the central erect process of the sella is much broader and higher, and 

 more rounded ofi" above, and the posterior lancet-shaped part of the leaf 

 is rather thickly clothed with hair. Wings from the ankles ; the last 

 and half the ante-penultimate caudal vertebras projecting abruptly, mar- 

 gined by a narrow piece of membrane on either side. The following are 

 measurements of an adult specimen (a skin preserved in alcohol), and of 

 an adult specimen of Bh. tvthiops from Zanzibar. 



in. in 



Length : head and body .... 



,, tail. . . ' 



), ear 



„ fore-arm 



thumb ...... 



