1. EPOMOPHOETTS. 



and the fur of the back extends thickly upon the interfemoral mem- 

 brane, concealing its posterior margin in the centre, and the legs are 

 clothed as far as the ankles. 



Upper incisors small, in a semicircle, separated from each other 

 and removed from the canines by a space on either side ; lower in- 

 cisors in pairs, separated by a slight interval in the centre ; the 

 third lower premolar and the first molar have each three cusps ex- 

 ternally, very distinct in the first molar especially ; the second and 

 last molars have two external cusps. 



The adult female differs from the male not only in the smaller and 

 differently shaped head and in the absence of the neck-bands d«- 

 scribed above, but also in being smaller in nearly all other dimen- 

 sions, as the following Table of measurements * shows : — 



Hah. Western Tropical Africa (Gambia, Calabar, Gaboon). 



a. 5 ad. sk. 



b. 2 juv., al. 



c. d ad., al. 



d. $ imm.,al. 



e. 5 imm., al. 



Gambia. Purchased. 



W. Africa. Purchased. 



Old Calabar. A. Murray, Esq. [P.]. 

 (Type of Spijrocephahis lahrosus, Murray.) 



Neighbourhood of Cameroon Purchased. 



Mountains. 



Elloby District, Gaboon. H. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 



Subgenus Epomophortjs. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



A. With transverse palate-ridges in front. 

 (Large Epomophori.) 

 a. Palate-ridges very prominent, no semicir- 

 cular toothed ridges behind ; tail veiy 

 small but distinct. 

 a'. Muzzle very long and slender; the fifth 

 nalate-ridge divided, with a lozenge- 

 shaped cell in the centre 1- -». macrocephalus, p. 8. 



« The measurements in all cases are in inches and decimal parts of an inch. 



