1896.] MAMMALS OF NIASALAND. 79J. 



11. Ehinolophus landbei, Mart. 

 (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 138.) 



Fort Johnston, April and Dec. 1895 (Dr. P. liendall). 



12. EiiiNOLOPUus capensis, Licht. 

 (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 138.) 



13. HlPPOSIDEUUS CAFFEK, Suild. 



(P. Z. S. 1894, p. 138.) 



rt. In spirit. Port Johnston, Dee. 1895 {Dr. P. liendall). 



h. Skin. Fort Johnston, Dec. 1895. Presented by Dr. Eendall. 



14. Nyotbris hispida, Schr. 



a. In spirit. Fort Johnston, April 25 and 28, 1895 {Dr. P. 

 liendall). 



b. Skin. Fort Johnston, Sept. 5, 1895. Presented by Dr. 

 Eendall. 



15. Vespbeuqo (Eptesicus') megalueus, Temin. 

 (P. Z. S. 1892, p. 548 ; 1894, p. 138.) 



16. Vbspejiugo (Eptesicus) eendalli, Thos. 



3 skins. Upper Shire E., July 25, 1895. Presented by Dr. 

 Percy Eendall. 



" Eoosting during the day on the leaves of a doum palm ; 

 caught when the tree was felled. Native name ' Chiputi-puti/ " 

 —P. 11. 



This peculiar white-winged Bat was first discovered by Dr. Percy 

 Eendall on the Gambia, and was described by me in 1889. It is a 

 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. Vespeeugo nanus, Peters. 



(P. Z. S. 1892, p. 548 ; 1894, p. 138.) 

 rt, b. Zomba {A. Whyte). 



18. ScoTOPHiLus NiGEiTA, Schr. 



5 . Fort Johnston, Dec. 1895 {Dr. P. Eendall). 



' Dr. Harrison Allen (P. Ac. Philad. 1891, p. 4G6) has shown Uiafctlie name 

 Vcsperus is not tenable in Mammalia owing to preoccupation, and has given the 

 group another name — Adelonffcteris. But from his own synonymies (Bats 

 N. Amer. ed. 1, p. 31, and ed. 2, pp. 112 & 184, 1893) it is quite clear tliat 

 Kpiesicns, Raf., dating from 1820, has a valid claim to adoption. Kalincsque's 

 description is fully pei'tinent if the evident transposition of the words " outside " 

 and " inside " in the description of the upper incisors be allowed for. Tlie 

 typical species, E. mdanops, is said to have been already " noticed under the 

 head of Vespertilio phaiops" and this latter name Dr. Allen places as a 

 synonym of " Addonycteris fuscus." (See also J. A. Allen, Bull. Mus. Ilarvard 

 Coll. no. 8, p. 208, 1869.) 



