1 2 PTEllOPODIDJS. 



The type of E. labiaius in the Leyden Museum appears to ine to 

 be an example of an immature indiyidual of a small variety of E. 

 gamhianus. No trace of palate-ridges exist in the dried stuffed skin, 

 so that it is difficult to determine its relationship to E. gamhianus 

 with certainty. In the colour and distribution of the fur, in the 

 form of the ears, and in the relative length of the bones of the ex- 

 tremities it agrees closely with that species. 



The following are the measurements of the type : — 



Length, head l"-7, ear 0"-72, eye from nostril 0"-75, forearm 2"-6, 

 thumb l"-2; third linger— metacar p. l"-8, 1st ph. !"•] , 2nd ph. l"-6 ; 

 fifth finger— metacarp. l"-7, 1st ph. 0"-8, 2nd ph. 0"-8 ; tibia 1"-1, 

 foot 0"-65. 



Two skulls in the collection from Abyssinia and a skin evidently 

 belong to this form ; one of the skuRs affords the following mea- 

 surements : — 



Extreme length 1"'8, breadth across zygomatic arches 1"'0 ; from 

 supraorbital foramen to end of nasals 0"-9 ; length of bony palate 

 0"-95, width of same 0"-5. 



Hah. Abyssinia, Shoa. 



a. ? ad. sk. Abyssinia. Purchased. 



b. skull of a, 



c. skull of specimen from same locality. 



4. Epomophorus franqueti. 



Epomophorus franqueti, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1860, p. .54, pi. 75. 

 Epomops franqueti, Gray, Catal. ilonkeys and Fridt-eatiny Bats, 

 p. 12G (1870J. 



Muzzle shorter than in E. gamhianus, but, as in that species, 

 longer in the male than in the female ; ears as long as the muzzle 

 (in the adult male) ; ear-conch rounded off above, the upper third 

 of the outer margin faintly concave ; nostrils separated by a rather 

 wide and shallow emargination, which is continued downwards as a 

 small shallow groove dividing the upper lip in front ; shoulder-glands 

 in the male large, with very long yellowish-white hairs projecting 

 to a considerable distance, in the female quite absent ; sides of the 

 lips expansible, but not to such an extent as in E. qatnhiannx. 



Wing-membrane from the middle of the back of the first phalanx 

 of the second toe ; interfemoral membrane wider in the centre than 

 in other species ; no trace of a tail. 



Above, cinnamon-brown ; beneath, similar, but paler, and the 

 abdomen has a very distinct oval patch of whitish hairs in the centre. 

 The fur extends outwards upon the membranes almost as far as a 

 line drawn from the middle of the humerus to the knee, covers the 

 interfemoral between the thigh to its posterior margin, and passes 

 downwards thinly upon the legs. 



The palate-ridges are peculiar, but less developed than in any 

 other known species of the genus. The first two only are prominent 

 and undivided ; the remaining ridges are represented by small oval 



