1. EPOMOPnORTJS. 



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Epomophortis ffamhianus. 



Ad. <?. 



Ad. 2- 



Length, head and body 



„ head 



„ eye from tip of nostril 



forearm 



thumb 



third iinger, metacarpal 



„ ,, 1st, ph 



„ 2ndph 



fifth finger, metacarpal . . 



„ ,, 1st ph 



,, ,, 2ud ph 



tibia 



foot 



Hab. Equatorial and Southern Africa, extending even as far 

 south as Port Elizabeth. 



Specimens from the southern extremity of the African continent 

 have their extremities more densely clothed with hair. Epomo- 

 2">horus wahlhcrgii, Sundevall, was founded on an example from 

 Natal, which appears to differ from E. gambianus only in the 

 greater hairiness of the legs. E. cryptnrus, Peters, was described 

 from a female specimen, probably not full-grown, which, to judge 

 from the description of the palate-ridges, appears to be identical 

 with this species. 



A specimen of an apparently immature male (to judge from the 

 condition of the extremities of the finger-bones) from Benguela 

 (marked " d " in the collection) is even slightly larger than the adult 

 specimens from which the above measurements were taken, and the 

 shoulder-pouches are not well developed. 



a. imm. sk. 

 h. ? ad., al. 



c. 5 iium., al. 



d. (5 imm., al. 



e. (^ ad., al. 

 /. 2 juv., al. 

 g, h. <S ad., al. 

 i. 2 imm., al. 



j, k. d & 2 sks. 

 l. ad. sk. 

 m, n. skulls of J, k. 



Gambia. 

 Gaboon. 



Benguela, Ang-ola. 

 Beng-uela, Angola. 

 Angola. 

 Angola. 



Shupanga, Zambesi. 

 Uar-es-Salauus. 

 Port Elizabeth. 



H. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 

 F. F. Monteiro, Esq. [P. 

 F. F. Monteiro, Esq. [P. 



Dr. Kirk 

 Dr. liirk 



[C.l. 

 [O.j. 



3a. Epomophorus labiatus. 



Pteropus labiatus, Temminck, Monorjr. Mammal, ii. p. 83, pi. 80 

 .£l,s;^5^1) ; Wagtier, Suppl. Schreb. Sdiigeth. i. p. 356 (1844), v. 



Pachysoma labiatum, Temminck, Esqidss. Zool. sur la cote de Gmni, 



Pteropus .<!choensis, Riljjpell, Mus. Senckenb. iii. p. 131 (vide Peters, 



MB. Akad. Bert. 1867, p.^869j. 

 Epomophorus labiatus, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1861, p, 11 ; Peters, I. c. 

 Epomophorus anurus, Heuglin, Nova Acta Acad. Carol. Leop. Nat.- 



CW. xxiii. p. 12 (1864). 



