^^^^•] MAMMALS FROM ZULULAND. 257' 



7. ISTycteris capensis Smith. 



c?. 622, 625, 629, 630. $. 624, 631, 632, 635. Jususie 

 V alley. 



A coKQparison of these specimens with those obtained by 

 iWr. (^rant m mmaqiialand shows that the latter have con- 

 spicuously larger ears. 



It seems probable therefore that iF. damarensis Peters f of 

 which a co-type in the British Museum has similarly large ekrs 

 should be recognised as distinct from iV". capensis. ' 



8. PiPISTRELLUS KUHLII FUSCATUS Thos. 



?. 911. Xgoye Hills. 



9. SCOTOPHTLUS NIGRITA Schrob. 



?. 922. Ngoye Hills. 



10. Vespertilio capensis gracilior, subsp. n. 

 6. 678. Eshowe. 



" Caught in the house at night." — 0. H. B. G. 

 Smaller throughout than F. capensis (which includes " V 

 mintttus " auct.). The fur shorter (hairs of back about 5 mm.).' 

 General colour, both above and below, darker, the light tips to 

 the hairs shorter and browner. Back of ears less heavily haired 

 at base. Skull smaller than that of V. capensis, but similar in 

 shape. Teeth lighter and more delicate, with broader gaps 

 between the inner halves of the upper molars, the inner lobe 

 of the large premolars being particularly narrow. 



Dimensions of the type (the starred measurements taken in 

 the flesh) : — 



Forearm 29 mm. 



Head and body *47 mm.; tail -*28 ; ear *12; tragus 3-5 • 

 expanse *216. Length of third finger 52. 



Skull— greatest length 13-2 ; basal length in middle line lO'l ; 

 mastoid breadth 7-8 ; height of brain-case 4-5 ; combined length of 

 large upper premolar and first two molars on outer edge 3-1 ; 

 front of lower canine to back of rn 5-1. 

 ffab. Eshowe, 550 m. 

 Ty2Je. Male. B.M. no. 4.8.31.3. 



In working out this smaller form of the common F. cajjensis 

 we have had occasion to examine the specimens and names placed 

 by Dobson under the headings of V. cajjensis and F. minutits, and 

 have found a considerable amount of revision necessary. 



In the first place, all the South-African specimens divided by 

 Dobson between these two species belong apparently to but a 

 single one, for which the name F. capensis Smith, the earliest of 

 all, is available. The forearm varies from 32 to 36 mm. (generally 

 about 34); its skull is about 14 mm. in greatest length; the 



t MB. Ak. Berl. 1870, p. 905. 



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