ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OK THE CfllROPTERA, ETC. 195 



Nyctinomus limhafuSy Pfcrs. 

 Add also Kitui, Ukamba, E. Africa (Fischer and Peters). 



NycHnohius rnaorotis, Gray. 



Specimens of this species taken in Jamaica were found by me in 

 ! Kingston 

 of the island. 



the Kingston ^Inseum. This adds another new mammal to the fauna 



Nijctbwmus setiger. 



Moriii(ij</r>'iis adiijcr, I'etors, ' JI.l!. Akad. Berl.' 1878, p. l'J2, pi. i. fig. 2. 



Ears trianguhir, shorter than the head, widely separated from each 



other ; i\-p of the ear-couch rounded off, the inner and outer margins 



faintly convex ; tragus qiiadrate, the thickened upper margin with a few 



hairs ; anti-tragus scarcely defined, and not separated by a notcli fi'om the 



outer margin of the conch. Head very flat and broad ; muzzle flat above, 



slightly hollowed in the middle, clothed with short haii's which do not 



conceal the skin. Nasal ajjertures obliquely oval, opening under the 



sharply cut extremity of the muzzle, separated by more than their double 



diameter from each other. The broad, thickened, but not transversely 



folded upper lip has on either side four or five rows of short thickened 



bristles, between which fine long and short hairs project outwards ; the 



lower lip has a few shorter but similar bristles. 



^ .... . 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-3 TT 



Dentition: — inc. -— , c. - — -, pm. --— , m. --—. Uppei; mcisors is- 



D J- — i Z — .-I O — O 



tinctly bicuspidate, the outer cusps short ; the remaining teetli present no 

 peculiarity. 



Fur short ; on the back, sides of the neck, thorax, and abdomen reddish- 

 brown, pale at the base of the hairs ; middle of the breast and abdomen 

 clothed with still shorter hairs of a reddish-yellow colour. Throat with a 

 transverse fold passing into a sacciform groove. 



Tail extending for half its length beyond the interfemoral membrane. 

 Thumbs and toes with a few long- bristle-like hairs. Wine'- membrane 

 dark-brown. 



Length (of a female specimen in alcohol) : head and body 2"-5 inches, 

 tail 1"-1, free from membrane 0"-8, ear 0"-65 X 0"-45, tragus 0"-15, fore- 

 arm 1"-A; thamb 0"-23, third finger (metacarp. l"-4, 1st ph. 0"-55, 2nd 

 ph. 0"7). fourth finger (metacarp. l"-3, 1st ph. 0"-.5, 2nd ph. 0"-45), 

 fifth finger (metacarp. 1"0, 1st ph. 0"-3, 2nd ph. 0"-35), tibia 0"-43, 

 calcaneum U '-Go, foot 0"'3. 



Hah. Ndi, Taita, East Africa. 



Type in the Berlin Museum collected by Herr J. M. Hildebrandt. 



This species is easily distinguished from those of the section of the 

 genus to which it belongs by the very widely separated ears and by the 

 form of the tragus. 



Family Phyllostomid.«:. 



Ohilonycteria macleayi, Gray. 



During a visit to Jamaica in March last, I observed many individuals 

 of this species flying about in the environs of Kingston, about a quarter- 

 of-au-hour after snnsct ; their flight is remarkablj- rapid. Thanks to 



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