094 MR. A, loveeidgk: notes on 



One female had three huge maggot-like adult female dipterous 

 {Ascodipteron sp.) embedded beneath the skin of tlie elbow-joint 

 of both wings. Many had 'NyctevibkU (PenicilUdia jxichymela 

 Speiser) in their fur, which Major Austen informs me has 

 previously been recorded from Somaliland but the host was 

 unknown. 



HiPPOsiDEROS RUBER Noack. 



Five specimens from Kilosa and Mbala, where they were taken 

 in company Avith flocks of //. caffer in an uninhabited room and 

 rock cavern i-espectively. Largest J 55. 35. 8. 14. 145. 333 mm., 

 and 2 55. 33. 10. 14. 152-342 mm. 



HiPPOSIDEROS MARUNGENSIS Noack. 



A single male of this huge Horseshoe Bat wns shot at Kilosa 

 (8. v. 23) as it Avas hanging alone from the midrib of a banana 

 leaf at a height of 12 feet from the ground, the palm being near 

 . tlie bridge belowthe boma, S ■ lOfi. 36. 21. 31 . 300-642 mm. :it 

 measui-ed 25f inches across the outstretched wings. The only 

 parasite was a mite (larva of a Trombidid) on one of tlie wing- 

 membi'anes. 



Vesper TiLiONiDiE. 



PiPiSTHELLus NANUS Peters. 



Known as Kimburugutu in Kikami. 



Three male Banana Bats were collected. Two of these were 

 flying at Kilosa, and one was found between the stem and the 

 leaf-stalks of a banana palm, so that they are not wholly depen- 

 dent on bunches of bananas as Avould appear from Lang and 

 Chapin's field-notes. Largest cJ 40. 37. 8. 10 mm. 



PlPISTRELLUS KUllLII FUSCATUS ThoS. 



A male from Bagilo on 6. v. 22 measured 60. 40. 5. 7. 110 mm. 



Glauconycteuis argent ATA Dobs. 



Sixty-four specimens from Kilosa were killed by two shots 

 from a "410 collecting-gun ; my collector had no idea that he had 

 killed so many till he began to gather them up. As many 

 more flew away from neiglibouring banana palms, so tliat they 

 must be very numerous at certain seasons. Males piedominate 

 in an extraordinary way, as there Avere only eighteen females. 

 All Avere measured, but 49 were almost identical in their dimen- 

 .sions, viz. 50. 45. 8. 10. 140 mm. 



The ovaries of all the females were examined for fcotuses, 

 but Avithout result. The stomachs of more than a score Avere 

 scrutinised, but the contents were too finely m.astioated for 

 recognition of any insect, nor Avere any internal parasites visible 



