274 Mr. O. Thomas on 
2. Megaderma frons, Geoff. 
2 $. Kaka, 80 miles north of Fashoda. 23rd February. 
2 5,1 2%. Goz Abu Gomer, 200 miles south of Khar- 
toum. 17th May. 
Mr. Hawker was much struck with the yellowness of the 
wings of this bat in life. It was on the wing by day, and 
looked more like a lar ge yellow butterfly than a bat. 
3. Nycteris hispida, Geoff. 
AV tala elo ihc cloe 
2 $. Renk. 13th May. 
4, Pipistrellus Temminckit, Cretzschm. 
Khartoum. 24th January. 
Fashoda. 21st March. 
Goz Abu Gomer. 15th May. 
+0 Gy Oy 
5. Crocidura Hedenborgiana, Sund. 
9. Kaka. 23rd April. 
This fine shrew is of particular value as being practically a 
topotype of Sundevall’s species. 
6. Crocidura sp. (perhaps C. sericeus, Sund.). 
No. 5. Gebel Akhmed Aga. 21st February. 
6. Fashoda. 380th March and 2nd April. 
7. Felis maniculata, Riipp. (?). 
Imm. @. Fashoda. 8th May. 
Brought in by a native. Not to be distinguished from the 
local domestic cat. 
8. Arvicanthis variegatus, Licht. (?). 
dg. 20 miles north of Fashoda. 10th April. 
&. Kaka. 22nd April. 
The relationship of this to the Lower Hgyptian form and 
to Riippell’s A. abyssinicus and lacernatus is still uncertain. 
9. Arvicanthis testicularis, Sund. 
S. Khartoum. 22nd January. 
Ye. ¢. Duem, 110 miles south of Khartoum, 5th Feb- 
ruary. 
Practically topotypes of the species. 
