2. NYCTBEIS. 165 



4. Nycteris fflthiopica. 



Ears as in JV. javanica, but the tragus is narrower and more 

 curved inwards (Plate XI. fig. 3). 



Fur, above, brown, paler at the base of the hairs ; beneath, the 

 chest and abdomen vary in colour from yellowish white to pure 

 snow-white. 



Upper incisors bifid ; the second lower premolar as large as in JV. 

 hispida, standing in the tooth-row, but drawn half inwards. 



Length, ear 1"-15, thumb 0"-6 ; third finger— metacarp. l"-4, 

 1st ph. 1", 2nd ph. 1"-15: foiu-th finger— metacarp. l"-5, 1st ph. 

 0"-55, 2nd ph. 0"-5 ; fifth finger— metacarp. l"-55, 1st ph. 0"-55, 

 2nd ph. 0"-6 ; tibia 0"-85, foot 0"-45. 



Hah. N.E. Africa (Kordofan ; Senaar). 



a. ad. sk. (type). Kordofan. Purchased. 



h, c. ad. sk. Kordofan. Purchased. 



d. ad..sk. Senaai-. Purchased. 



e. skull of d. 



5. Nycteris macrotis. 



Nycteris macrotis, Dohsoti, Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 80 (1876). 



Ears much longer than the head ; tragus (Plate XI. fig. 4) quite 

 different in shape from that of any other species ; the outer margin 

 convex, reaching its greatest convexity opposite the base of the 

 inner margin, the convexity very slightly diminishing upwards ; 

 inner margin perfectly straight. 



Eur, above, dark brown ; beneath, greyish brown. 



Second lower premolar minute, half internal to the tooth-row. 



Length, head and body 2"-25, tail 2"-4, head 0"-85, ear l"-4, 

 tragus 0"-3x0"-18, forearm l"-9, thumb 0"-5, third finger 3"-6, 

 fifth finger 2"-8, tibia 0"-95, calcaneum 0"-75, foot 0"-4. 



Hah. West Africa (Sierra Leone). 



a. (J ad., al. (type). Sierra Leone. Purchased. 



h. cj ad., al. No history. 



6. Nycteris thebaica. 



Nycteris thebaicus, Geoffroy, Descr. de VEgypte, ii. p. 119, pi. i. no. 2 



(1812). 

 Nycteris geofiroyi, Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 128 (1820). 

 Nycteris thebaica et albiventer, Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. Sdugeth. i. 



pp. 438, 4.39 (1844). 

 Nycteris thebaica, Wagner, op. cit. v. p. 645 (1855); Peters, MB. 



Akad. Berl. 1870, p. 903. 

 Nycteris labiata, Heuglin, Nova Acta Acad. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 



xxix. p. 5 (1861) (vide Peters, I. c). 

 Nycteris angolensis, Peters, I. c. 



Ears much longer than the head, but shorter than in the pre- 

 ceding species ; tragus expanded above, reaching its greatest width 



