1896.] MAMMALS OF NYASALAND. 791 
11. RaInoLopHus LANDERI, Mart. 
(P. Z. 8. 1894, p. 138.) 
Fort Johnston, April and Dee. 1895 5 (Dr. P. Rendall). 
12. RHINOLOPHUS CAPENSIS, Licht. 
(P. Z. 8. 1894, p. 138.) 
13. HippostmpERUS CAFFER, Sund. 
(P. Z. 8. 1894, p. 138.) 
a. In spirit. Fort Johnston, Dec. 1895 an P. Rendall). 
6. Skin. Fort Johnston, Dec. 1895. Presented by Dr. Rendall. 
14, Nycrpris HIsprpa, Schr. 
a. In spirit. Fort Johnston, April 25 and 28, 1895 (Dr. P. 
Rendall). 
b. Skin. Fort Johnston, Sept. 5, 1895. Presented by Dr. 
Rendall. 
15. VuspnruGo (Eprestcus') MEGALURUS, Temm. 
(P. Z. 8. 1892, p. 548; 1894, p. 138.) 
16. VusperuGo (Eprisicus) RENDALLI, Thos. 
3 skins. Upper Shiré R., July 25,1895. Presented by Dr. 
Percy Rendall. 
“Roosting during the day on the leaves of a doum palm; 
caught when the tree was felled. Native name ‘ Chiputi-puti’ ” 
—P. R. 
This peculiar white-winged Bat was first discovered by Dr. Percy 
Rendall on the Gambia, and was described by me in 1889. Itisa 
curious coincidence that its second known capture, in so far distant 
a country as Nyasaland, is due to the very same naturalist who 
originally discovered it. There appear to be no differences of any 
importance between the Gambian and Nyasan examples. 
17. VESPHRUGO NANUS, Peters. 
(P.Z.S. 1892, p. 548; 1894, p. 138.) 
a, 6. Zomba (A. Whyte). 
18. ScoroPpHiLus nieRIrA, Schr. 
@. Fort Johnston, Dec. 1895 (Dr. P. Rendall). 
1 Dr. Harrison Allen (P. Ac. Philad. 1891, p. 466) has shown that the name 
Vesperus is not tenable in Mammalia owing to preoccupation, and has given the 
group another EC ee INUIT But from his own synonymies (Bats 
N. Amer. ed. 1, p. 31, and ed. 2, pp. 112 & 184, 1893) it is quite clear that 
Eptesicus, Raf., dating from 1820, has a valid claim to adoption. Rafinesque's 
description is fully pertinent if the evident transposition of the words “ outside ” 
and “inside” in the description of the upper incisors be allowed for. ‘The 
typical species, £. melanops, is said to have been already ‘‘ noticed under the 
head of Vespertilio phaiops,” and this latter name Dr. Allen places as a 
synonym of “ Adelonycteris fuscus.” (See also J. A. Allen, Bull. Mus. Harvard 
Coll. no. 8, p. 208, 1869.) 
