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beneatli the tip ; nostrils opening laterally, separated by a wide and 

 shallow emargination ; \ipper lip with a slight vertical groove. 



Wings from the distal extremity of the first phalanx of the second 

 toe. Interfemoral membrane as in E. (jumhianus : no trace of a 

 tail externally. 



Fur (so far as can be determined from an inspection of specimens 

 preserved in alcohol) somewhat similar in colour and distribution to 

 that of E. gamhii nvs. 



The palate has three straight undivided ridges in front, and four 

 or five ill-defined semicircular toothed ridges (as in Oynom/cteris 

 straminea) behind ; the first undivided ridge is placed slightly behind 

 the canines, the s3cond between the single pair of upper premolars ; 

 the third between the first upper molars ; while the first semicir- 

 cular ridge is divided, and corresponds to the last upper molars 

 (Plate II. fig. 5). 



Upper incisors, consisting (in the adult animal) of a single uni- 

 cuspidate pair only, placed in the centre of the prcmaxiUa (Plate II. 

 fig. 5), and separated from each other by a slight interval (immature 

 individuals have :imaU outer incisors placed near the larger inner 

 pair) ; lower ini-isors nearly equal in size, forming a straight row 

 across, the outej- incisors equally bifid, the middle pair unequally 

 bifid, their outer cusps shortest. 



Length (of an adult 2) about 5"-0, head l"-9, eye from tip of 

 nostril 0"'7, ear 0"-95, forearm 3"-4, thumb l"-45 ; third finger — 

 metacarp. 2"-35, 1st ph. T'-53, Cud ph. 2"-4 ; fiTth fin-^er — m.t.i- 

 caqj. 2"-3, 1st ph. l"-2, 2nd ph. l"-2 : tibia l"-3, foot 0'''-8. , . 



Hah. West Africa (Lagos, Gaboon). 



This species is undoubtedly closely allied to E. franqueti, with 

 which it agrees generally in structure, but is distinguished by the 

 presence of a single pair of upper incisors in the adult animal (in 

 E. franqueti the outer incisors are wanting in very old individuals 

 only), by the form of the palate-ridges, and by the mode of attae 

 ment of the wings to the toes. J* 



Males of this species have probably shoulder-glands similar^b 

 those of E. franqueti, to which it is most closely related ; but I am 

 unable to describe them, as I have not yet had an opportunity of ex- 

 amining a male specimen. 



a. $ ad. sk., al. Elloby District, Gaboon. H. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 



(5. Epomophorus pusillus. 



Epomophorus schoensis, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 56, 1861, p. 12, 



figs. 4, 4a. 

 Epomophorus pusillus, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1867, p. 870. 



Much smaller than any other known species of the genus ; the 

 length of the forearm scarcely more than half the length of that of 

 E. macroceplwilus. 



Muzzle rather short, the eye (in the adult female) placed almost 

 midway between the ear and the end of the nose; ears nearly 



