692 MK. A. rAiVERiooK: notks ijK 



ClliilOPTERA. 



Few native laiigirigcs have specific naiue.s foi- tlie I5at„s, tlioiij^li 

 many distinguish between the Megachiro[)tera and Microchii- 

 optera. The general name for bats in Kinyamwezi and Kisu- 

 kuma is Tunge ; in Kikami it is Ndema ; in Kisigara, (Jom- 

 barema, though in South Usagara J<^ipnrabntu is often employed, 

 though it may be specilic for J'ipistrellus nanus. In Chigogo a 

 bat is Ibudibudi, in Ivinyaturu Tai, in Kiramba Tule. 



Fruit-bats in Kibena are Wembelema, in Kisagara Pulagutwi. 

 Insectivorous bats in Kinyamwezi are Tuvugulima, in Kibena 

 Mbudibudi. 



P T E K O 1' J D Ai . 

 RuUSliTTUS liKACIIl A. Sm. 



A single specimen from liagilo on 6. v. 22. c? . loO. 30. 230. 

 30.270 mm. 



Eidolon iikia'UM Kerr. 



A single specimen was found hanging on a tree in a native 

 maize plot at Mahaka on 27. iii. 22. d • 195. 0. 35. 20. 364 mm. 



EpuMoi'iioiius LA.JJIATUS Temm. 



I'wo males of this Epauletted Fruit-bat were shot in a cocoa- 

 nut palm and mango tree at Kilosa on 8. v. 23. At times Fruit- 

 bats of this genus are very numerous, and at others oidy one or 

 two can be fomid after much search. Tlie larger measiu'ed 120. 

 0. 20. 20. I'JO mm. 



E M 11 A li L, O N U U I D .i: . 



Tai'Uozous MAUurriANUS Geoflr. 



A specimen of the Tomb Bat was shot from the truidv of a 

 cocoanut palm at Kilosa, where they are numerous. One was 

 seen on a baobab at Itende. Parasites in the shape of Nycteiibids 

 were found in the fur of the Kilosa specimen. 



LiPUNYCTElllS NUDIVENTBIS Cretz. 



Twelve specimens from Mtali's and Shandwa, where they wei-e 

 found in iissures of the rocky kopjes by my collector. The largest 

 male measured U5, 15. 10. 10. li)5 mm., and female 100. 11. 14. 

 10. 202 mm. ; both from the latter locality. 



P E T A n 1 D ^E . 

 Nycteris capensis a. Sm. 



Twenty-four specimens from Kilosa, Itende, Jgulwe, tSuna, and 

 Gwao's from culverts, hollow baobab trees, a darkened vacated 



