190 REPOKX— 1880. 



Length (of the type, an adult male, in alcohol) : head and body, 

 l"-55, tail 1"7, head 0"-58, ear 0"-55, tragus 0"'3, forearm l"-3, thumb 

 0"'27, third finger 2"-7, fifth finger l"-9, tibia 0"-55, foot 0"-25. 



Hob. Old Calabar, West Africa. Type in the collection of the British 

 Museum. 



In my synopsis of the species (' Catal. Chiropt. Br. Mus.' p. 331), this 

 species may be ai'ranged as follows : — 



y. Outer upper incisors unicuspidate, longer than the outer 



secondary cusps of the inner incisors ; forearm 1' -1 . A', africana. 



S'. Outer upper incisors bicuspidate, not exceeding the outer 

 secondary cusps of the inner incisors in vertical ex- 

 tent ; forearm l"-3 K. smithii. 



Kerivoula javana. 

 Kerivmda javana, 0. Thomas, 'Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.' June, 1880 (woodcut of head). 



Ears rather short, laid forwards they extend about half-way between 

 the eyes and the extremity of the nose ; ear-conch and tragus as in 

 K. jagorii. 



Distribution of the fur as in K. papuensLs, but there is no interfemoral 

 fringe. Above and beneath greyish black, the proximal third of each hair 

 being black, the middle third whitish, the extremity black occasionally 

 tipped with shining grey. 



Teeth as in K. papnensis. 



Length (of the type, an adult female, in alcohol) : head and body 1"'9, 

 tail 1"7, head 0"-78, ear 0"-6, tragus 0"-37, forearm l"-53, thumb 0"-27, 

 third finger 3"-0, fifth finger 2"-2, tibia 0"-72, foot 0"-35. 



Hah. Kosala, near Bantam, Java (2100 feet) ; collected by Mr. H. 0. 

 Forbes. Type in the collection of the British Museum. 



In my synopsis of the species (?.c.) this species may be thus ar- 

 ranged : — 



o^ 



ri'. Forearms and thumbs naked ; fur bicoloured ... A'. ja{forii. 

 6'. Forearms and thumbs clothed with short appressed hairs ; 



fur tricoloured K. javana. 



Kerivoula lanosa, Sm. 



To the description add: — The second finger, and along the outer 

 margin of the wing to the extremity of the last phalanx of the third finger, 

 as well as the tail, are clothed with short shining yellow hairs. Outer 

 upper incisor with a posterior basal cusp, which in some specimens is quite 

 worn down, and the tooth then appears to be unicuspidate. 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas has called my attention to the above omission, 

 which is required in order to make the description agree with the charac- 

 ters given in the synopsis of the species. 



Natalus micropus. 



NataluB micropus, Dobson, 'P.Z.S.' 1880, p. 443 (woodcut of head). 



Ears and tragi as in N. stramineus, but the tip of the ear-conch is ob- 

 tuselj- rounded off, and the external emargination is very shallow. The 

 superior margin of the face terminates above the nasal apertures in a small 

 rounded wart-like process, covered on all sides, except in front, by thick- 

 set hairs, in front naked, with a projecting upper margin. Lower lip 



