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the second molar. The lower iEcisors are distinctly tritid, some 

 even appearing to have a fourth lobe ; they are not crowded, and 

 form a regular semicircle across the wide space between the canines. 

 The lower premolars are also, like the canines, very slender and 

 acutely pointed, the first premolar scarcely half the size of the 

 second. 



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

 tail 2", head 0"-55, ear 0"-5, tragus 0"-22x0"-l, forearm l"-7, 

 thumb 0"-25, second finger l"-7 ; third finger — metacarp. l"-7, 1st 

 ph. 3"-6, 2nd ph. l"-3 ; fourth linger — metacarp. l"-55,. 1st ph. 

 0"-45, 2nd ph. 0"-5 ; fifth finger— metacarp. l"-35, 1st ph. 0"-4, 2nd 

 ph. 0"-3 ; tibia 0"-72, foot 0"-3. 



Hah. Cameroon Moimtains, western equatorial Africa. 



This species has a general resemblance to Miniopterus schreihersii 

 in the shape of the head and ears, in the shortness of the first pha- 

 lanx and great length of the terminal phalanx of the longest finger, 

 in the long and slender tail wholly contained within the interfemoral 

 membrane ; added to which the grey colour of the fur and cor- 

 responding size would cause specimens of this species to be readily 

 confounded, on a superficial examination, with specimens of the 

 European grey-coloured M. schreibersii. 



It. 5 ad., al. (type). Cameroon Mountains, W. Africa. Purchased. 



6. Chalinolobus variegatus. 



Scotophilus variegatus. Tomes, P. Z. <S'.,1861, p. 36. 

 Chaliuolubus variegatus, Dobson, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 388. 



Closely allied to 0. argentatus, which it resembles in general form, 

 in size, and iu the colour of the fur. It is, however, readily distin- 

 guished by the shortness of the lobule at the base of the inner side 

 of the ear-conch, and by the lower incisors, which are crowded 

 between the canines and placed at right angles to the direction of 

 the jaw. The teeth are similar to those of C. poensis, not slender 

 and extremely acute as in C. argentatus ; and this condition is pre- 

 sent in immature specimens also, so that the comparative bluntness 

 of the teeth is not due to age. The head is also longer, the ears 

 larger, and the face is covered with hair to within a short distance 

 from the end of the nose. The lobes of the lower lip are smaEer, 

 and the under surface of the lower jaw not raised on the sides ae in 

 C. argentatus. 



The calcaneum is quite similar to that of C. argentatus ; and there 

 is no postcalcaneal lobe. I have examined the type specimen of 

 this species, and find that the postcalcaneal lobe described by Tomes 

 has been produced by distortion in drying. 



Length (of a <S preserved in alcohol), head and body l"-9, tail 1"'8, 

 head 0"-65, ear 0"-6, tragus 0"-22, forearm l"-55, thumb 0"-3, third 

 finger — metacarp. l"-4, 1st ph. 0"-6, 2nd ph. 1" ; fifth finger — 

 metacarp. l"-3, 1st ph. 0"-3, 2nd ph. 0"-3; tibia 0"-7, foot 0"-3. 



Hah. Otjoro, S.W. Africa. 



Type in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 



