122 EHnjOLOPHIDiE, 



Interfemoral membrane short, straight along free margin ; tip of 

 the tail very slightly projecting. Wing-membrane from the tarsus. 



Fur as in lih. ferrum-equinum. 



First upper premolar minute, in the very narrow space between 

 the canine and second premolar, half external. 



Length (of an adult $ preserved in alcohol), head and body 2"*15, 

 tan 0"-85, head 0"-9, ear 0"-9, nose-leaf 0"-55 x 0"-3, forearm l"-9, 

 thumb 0"-3 ; third finger — metacarp. l"-3, 1st ph. 0"'65, 2nd ph. 

 ]"•! ; fourth finger — metacarp. l"-6, 1st ph. 0"-35, 2nd ph. 0""65 ; 

 fifth finger — metacarp. 1""45, 1st ph. 0""45, 2nd ph. 0"'55 ; tibia 

 0"-75, foot 0"-45. 



Ilab. South Africa (Zanzibar, Cape Colony). 



This species resembles Hh. ferricm-equinum very closely in the 

 form of its nose-leaf, but may be at once distinguished by the very 

 different form of the ears, and by the position of the first minute 

 upper premolar. 



a, h, c. 5 ad., al. Zanzibar. Dr. Kirk [P.]. 



d-n. (J & 2 ^^'j ^^- Cape Town. Trustees S. Afiican Mus. [P.]. 



0, 2}. ad. sk, Cape of Good Hope. 



q. skull of c. 



r. skeleton. Cape Town, Trustees S, African Mus. [P,]. 



24. munolophus aethiops. 

 Rhinolophus ffithiops, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1868, p. 637. 



Besembles Hh. ferrum-eqidmim closely in size and in the general 

 form of the ears ; the ear-conch, however, is less attenuated above 

 and quite obtusely pointed, and the nasal cutaneous appendages are 

 much larger ; horseshoe-shaped portion of the nose-leaf broad, con- 

 cealing the muzzle laterally and in front when viewed from above ; 

 central erect part of the sella as in Rh. ferrum-equinum^ but the 

 posterior connecting band is more broadly rounded off above and 

 scarcely rises above the level of the extremity of the sella ; sides of 

 the terminal lancet-shaped leaf straight, not emarginate (Plate VII. 

 fig. 12) ; lower lip divided by a single vertical groove. 



Wings from the ankles or tarsi ; interfemoral membrane straight 

 behind, between the extremities of the extended calcanea ; last 

 caudal vertebra projecting. 



Colour and distribution of the fur and dentition as in Bli.ferrumn 

 equinum. 



Length, head and body 2"-4, tail l"-2, head 0"-95, ear 0"-9, nose- 

 leaf 0"-65 X 0"-4, forearm 2"-2, thumb 0"-3 ; third finger— meta- 

 carp. l"-5, 1st ph. 0"-65, 2nd ph. l"-3; fourth finger — metacarp. 

 l"-55, 1st ph. 0"-4, 2nd ph. 0"-8 ; fifth finger— metacarp, l"-55, 

 1st ph. 0"-5, 2nd ph. 0"-55 ; tibia 0"-9, foot 0"-5. 



JIab. West Africa (Benguela, OtjimbLngue). 



