134 KHlNOLOPHIDiE. 



aud abdomen has a dark shade. Some specimens have the fur of a 

 reddish tinge throughout. 



First upper premolar minute, external, scarcely raised above the 

 level of the gum ; canines remarkably long and strong, proportion- 

 ally much larger than in any other species of the genus. 



Length, head and body 4"-4, tail l"-7, head l"-6, ear l"-2 x 0"-7, 

 nose-leaf 0"-5 X 0"-45, forearm 4"-45, thumb 0"-75 ; third finger — 

 metacarp. 3", 1st ph. l"-45, 2nd ph. l"-85 ; fourth finger — metacarp. 

 2"-85, 1st ph. 1"-15, 2nd ph. 0"-75 ; fifth finger— metacarp. 2"-75, 

 1st ph. 1"-15, 2nd ph. 0"-75 ; tibia l"-6, calcaneum 0"-85, foot 0"-9. 



Hah. Ethiopian region (Gambia, Angola, Zanzibar, Cape Delgado 

 Islands, Madagascar). 



This, the largest species of the family, is widely distributed 

 throughout the Ethiopian region, from the west coast of Africa to 

 Madagascar. It varies considerably in size, the length of the fore- 

 arm ia some adult individuals attaining a length of nearly 4g inches, 

 while in others it is an inch less. 



«. 5 ad., al. Gambia. Earlof Derby [P.]. 



h. S ad., al. Benguela. Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 



c. ad. sk. Angola. 



d. 5 ad., al. Zanzibar. Purchased. 



e. S ad., al. Zanzibar. Dr. Kirk [P.]. 



/. (S ad., al. Africa. Mr. Brandt's Coll. 



g. ad. sk. Vohima, Madagascar. Purchased. 



h. 5 ad., al. Madagascar. Purchased. 



J. S ad., al. No history. 



,;. ad. sk. Purchased 



k. skeleton. Benguela. Dr. J. E. Gray [P.], 



5. Phyllorhina cyclops. 



PhyUorhina cyclops, Temminck, Esquias. Zoolog. mr la c8te de GuinS, 

 p. 75 (1853J. 



Ears nearly as long as the head, attenuated in their upper thirds 

 and subacutely pointed, very similar in shape to those of Ph. com- 

 mersonii (Plate IX. fig. 1) ; the nose-leaf is peculiar and characteristic, 

 though in general structure agreeing with that of most of the species 

 of the genus (Plate IX. figs, la, 16) ; from the centre of the base of 

 the sella a club-shaped process about one tenth of an inch long is 

 directed forwards (fig. 1 6), and a similar but more slender and some- 

 what longer process projects vertically upwards from the centre of 

 the upper margin of the transverse erect nose-leaf, its base being 

 continuous with the central ridge dividing the concave fronH; surface 

 of this part of the nose-leaf, which is divided by three ridges into 

 four cells altogether, as in Ph. speoris, and is narrower than the 

 horizontal horseshoe-shaped portion, which projects considerably 

 beyond the muzzle in front, and, laterally, conceals two secondary 

 leaflets on the sides of the muzzle ; the margins of the eyelids are 

 very prominent, and on the forehead a large frontal sac with a lon- 

 gitudinal aperture is found in the male, as in P7i. commersonii. 



