1904.] lIxlMMALS FROM F£R.VAXDO I'O. 189 



DLstinguLshed from Yespertilio (= Vespen.'s) by the abnormal 

 reduction in the size of the ^vings, which look insufficient to 

 support so large and hea^y a body, and hj the remarkable breadth 

 and flatness of the skull, which resembles in these respects tliiit of 

 Tylonycteris. 



Fui-ther study convinces me that this curious Bat, which I 

 desci-iVjed from a specimen sent home from Lagos by .Sir- A. 

 Moloney, should be sepai-ated generic-ally from Yesjjertilio. Its 

 propoi-tions are quite diffeient from those of any other Bat, as is 

 shown b}- the fact that its foreann is barely half the length of 

 the head and body, its fifth finger barely longer than even this 

 short forearm, and its thiid finger Ls only as much longer than 

 the forearm as the fifth usually is. The result Ls that the develop- 

 ment of the wings recalls that in fcetal specimens. Tlie hind 

 limbs are also abnormally short. 



In the original description the wing-membr-anes were said 

 to be uniformly brown, but this is a mistake due to the bad 

 condition of the tj'pe. Inward of the fifth finger they are 

 brown, I'jut those between the third and foui-th and fourth and 

 fifth digits are a transparent whitish, with a few brown spots 

 terminally. 



The penis is remarkable in that it has no reversible prepuce, 

 the uncovered glans being long, conical, and covered with minute 

 reversed seta?. 



The skull, although larger, i-ecaUs that of Tylonycteris xjaxihypus 

 by its broad and peculiarly flattened shape. It is not quite so 

 flat, but its anterior portion is even broader in proportion, the 

 anteorbital projections being unusually developed. Sagittal crest 

 practically absent, lambdoid crests strong. No distinct occipital 

 " helmet." Median palatal spine longer. 



Owing to its short veh'ety-brown fm- and peculiar proportions, 

 this Bat has a strong superficial resemblance to a Xyctinomus or 

 J/o/o.s-.sus rather than to a member of the Vaspei-tilionid*. Hence 

 the generic name suggested for it. 



10. Crociduea (Cboc.) poexsis Fraser. 



Crocklura poensis Fraser, P. Z. 8. 1842, p. 200; Allen lir 

 Thomson, Expedition to River Xiger, ii. p. 481 (1848). 



d. 36. $.92. Bantabii-i. 10 m. 



c? . 26. Fish Town, 10 rn. 



2 . 140. BUelipi. 500 m. 



Tliis Shrew seems to be the same as that afterwards described 

 from Old Calabar by A. IMimay, under the name of Hkinomvs 

 soricoides. apparently in the belief that it was a rodent. His 

 t}-pe specimen, much discoloured, is stUl in the British Museum. 



11. SYIiVlSOEEX JOHXSTOXI Dobs. 



<£ . 94. 2 . 68, 103. Baritabiri, 10 m. 

 A separate skull (67). 



