310 YESPKRTir.lONID.l;. 



short bristly hairs, very unlike the thick comb-like fringe of K. 

 lanosa. 



The fur of all the upper parts is long, thick, and curly, and nearly 

 uniform in colour over the whole of the back, varying only in becom- 

 ing a little darker behind. The hairs are dark grey-brown at their 

 bases and for three fourths their length, succeeded by yellowish 

 brown, then by umber-brown, their extremities bronze-yelloAV, and 

 this latter colour only prevails in the short hairs covering the extre- 

 mities. Beneath, the fur is dark sepia-brown, tipped with brownish 

 bronze. 



Upper inner incisors long and pointed ; outer incisors very small, 

 scarcely visible without the aid of a lens. Upper canines long, 

 strong, and angular ; first upper premolar also long and acutely 

 pointed. 



Length, head and body about 2", tail l"-7, head 0"-7, ear 0"-P, 

 tragus 0"-35, forearm l"-45, thumb 0"-35, third finger 2"-85, fifth 

 finger 2"-l, tibia 0"-6, foot 0"-35. 



Hab. South Africa, eastern coast. 



This species is known only from Mr. Tomes's description, from 

 which the above has been taken. 



10. Kerivoula lanosa. 



Vespertilio lanosus, Smith, lUnstr. Zoology S. Africa, pi. 60. 

 Kerivoula lanosa, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 331. 

 ? Kerivoula argentata, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 32. 

 Nycticejus nidicola, Kirk, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 650. 



Ears quite similar to those of K. picta, with the following excep- 

 tions : — The outer margin, in addition to the concavity beneath the 

 tip, has a very small but distinct notch about the middle, and at the 

 base internally, between the termination of the outer margin and the 

 tragus, a small fleshy tooth-like elevation is placed, concealing the 

 lobe at the base of the tragus (Plate XVII. figs. 5, 5 a). 



Tragus long, tapering, and very acutely pointed, as in K. picta, 

 but a small circular lobe exists at the base of the outer margin, suc- 

 ceeded by an emargination which is bounded above by a projection 

 from which the outer margin slopes evenly to the tip. 



Fur, above, dark brown at the base, then yellowish brown with 

 reddish-brown tips ; beneath, very pale yellowish brown or dirty 

 white. 



On the upper surface the wing-membrane is covered with long 

 thinly-spread hairs as far as a line drawn from the middle of the 

 humerus to the knee ; the forearm and the thumb are covered with 

 very short shining yellow hairs ; about half the interfemoral mem- 

 brane is clothed with long hairs, which also extend along the legs 

 to the backs of the feet, where, however, they become short and are 

 more densely set ; the remaining half of the interfemoral is quite 

 naked, but the posterior margin of the calcaneum and margin of the 

 interfemoral membrane on each side of the tail are edged with closely 



