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colour, and with the light tips observable in the fur of that animal, 



changed to a shining golden-bronze colour. 



1. 2. 



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Length of the head and body, about. .19 2 



of the tail , 1 6 1 8 , 



of the head 8 8 



of the ears.. 5| 5| 



Breadth of the ears 5| 6 



Length of the tragus 4 4 



of the forearm 1 5 1 5 



of the longest finger 2 9 210 



of the fourth finger 2 1 2 1 



of the thumb 3£ 4 



of the tibia 6| 6| 



of the foot and claws 4 4 



of the os calcis 7 7 



Expanse of wings .... 10 6 10 6 



Hab. South Africa, eastern coast, the same locality as the prece- 

 ding species. 



On comparing the skulls of three of the foregoing species, K.picta, 

 K. lanosa, and K. cerosa, I find their general form to be pretty 

 similar, but yet presenting some slight modifications which require 

 notice. Of these, K. lanosa has the cranium proportionally the 

 shortest, and with the cerebral region most elevated, closely approach- 

 ing Furipterus in this respect. It also has the facial portion more 

 depressed, and the notch between the intermaxillary bones less deep 

 than in K.picta ; and these bones are not so much separated at their 

 anterior extremities as in that species, so that the incisors which they 

 bear are less separated also, and have an inward deviation from the 

 line of the other teeth, contrary to what has been stated in the generic 

 description. However, in this species, the upper incisors by no 

 means approximate each other closely as they do in Furipterus. In 

 other respects the crania of K. picta and K. lanosa do not differ 

 materially ; and the dentition is also so similar as to present scarcely 

 any differences worthy of notice. The outer incisor in the lower 

 jaw has precisely the same central elevated cusp already noticed, and 

 is similar in both species ; but the skull of the third species, K. cerosa, 

 has, on the contrary, the top of the skull less elevated than in K. 

 picta, and the facial depression scarcely so deep, owing chiefly to the 

 hinder extremities of the nasal bones having a somewhat inflated 

 form. The facial portion of the skull is rather long in proportion to 

 its entire length ; and the bones of which it is composed are much 

 thicker than in the other species, giving support to much longer and 

 stronger teeth. Indeed the whole skull and teeth are much more 

 substantial than the other and more typical species of the genus. 



The lower jaw, with its teeth, is of proportionate strength, and is 

 rather thick at the symphysis menti, where it has a slight descending 

 process. 



