198 VESPEETILIONID^. 



verse lines on the base of tlie interfemoral membrane, and are prin- 

 cipally placed along the tail. 



Fur, above, dark brown at the base, with light brown tips ; be- 

 neath, dark brown, with paler or ashy extremities. 



Upper inner incisors long and indistinctly bifid at their extremi- 

 ties ; outer incisor, on each side, very short, unicuspidate, scarcely 

 as long as the cingnlum of the inner incisor and parallel to it, not 

 sloping inwards. Lower incisors crowded ; first lower premolar 

 about one third the size of the second premolar and acutely pointed. 



Length (of an adult c?, in sprits), head and body l"-8, tail 1""2, 

 ear 0"-55, tragus 0"-23xO"-l, forearm 1"-15, thumb 0"-22, third 

 finger 2", fifth finger l"-5, tibia 0"-4, foot 0"-28. 



Hab. Africa (South of the Sahara) ; Madagascar. 



This species is easily recognised by the very short forearm and 

 wings in comparison to the length of the body. 



m. 



a. ad. (J, al. Angola. Dr. .T. E. Gray [P.]. 



h. ad. sk. South Africa. Stockholm Museum [P.]. 



c, d. ad. sk. South Africa. Sir Andrew Smith 



e, f. ad. sk. ? South Africa. Sir Andrew Smith 



(/, h. ad. d", al. Madagascar. Rev. W. Ellis [P.]. 



i. ad., al. Mahanora, Madagascar. Purchased. 



j. c? ad., al. Anzahamaru, Madagascar. Mr. Crossley [0.]. 



k. skull of h. 



I. skull of c. 



10. Vesperugo capensis. 



Vespertilio capensis, Smith, Zoological Journal, ii. p. 435; Sotcth 



African Quarter. Journ. v. p. 1 (1832). 

 Vespertilio minutus, Smith (non Tomes), Illustr. Zoology S. Africa, 



pi. 51 (1848). 

 Vesperugo (Vesperus) smithii, Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. Saugeth. v. 



p. 747 (1855). 

 Scotophilus capensis, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 86. 



Resembles V. minutus very closely in the form of the head and 

 and ears, but much larger, immature individuals with unconsolidated 

 epiphyses of the finger-bones being larger than perfectlj' adult spe- 

 cimens of that species. 



Ears shorter than the head, triangular, with rounded tips ; outer 

 side of the conch with a shallow emargination in the upper half, 

 commencing abruptly so that the tip projects outwards, then slightly 

 convex to termination midway between the base of the tragus and 

 the angle of the mouth ; tragus with a straight inner margin and a 

 regularly convex outer margin. 



Wings from the base of the claws ; the extreme tip of the tail 

 projecting ; postcalcaneal lobe narrow. 



Above, reddish brown, with paler extremities ; beneath sipailar, 

 but paler. The distribution of the fur generally similar to that of 

 V. minutus, but extending further upon the interfemoral membrane 

 above and beneath. 



Inner upper incisor long, developing a second small cusp near its 



