7. XAPHOZO0S. 383 



by Dr. Peters is not sufficient to permit me to include it in the 

 synopsis of the species : — 



"Above black-brown; beneath pale ochraceous yeUow; hair uni- 

 color, the hairs on the belly whitish at the base; wings blackish 

 at the posterior margin whitish. Male with a large fossa between 

 the hinder parts of the branches of the lower jaw; ears rounded 

 externaHy slightly emarginate ; tragus as long as high, securiform • 

 wings on the dorsal side naked, on the underside, above and below 

 the arm-bones, woolly; femora on the dorsal side naked, on the 

 ventral side covered with a thin woolly fur, which descends on the 

 base of the mterfemoral membrane. Also the point of the tail 

 shows some hair. 



" Total length, about 0-130 metre, length of head 0-035 ear 0-018 

 breadth of ear 0-011, length of tail 0-025, forearm 0-075, first finger 

 0-014, second finger 0-074, third finger 0-144, fourth finger 0-087 

 fifth finger 0-072, tibia 0-028, foot (with claws) 0-016, spur 0-033.' 



" This species, represented by a single male, submitted to my ex- 

 amination by Mr. Gould, is, although nearly related to T. australis, 

 Gould, different in colour and in its superior size." 



Sab. Australia. 



Taphozous hargmvei, Pierson-Eamsay, appears to be identical 

 with this species. The measurements agree very closely, and the 

 only difference of importance is the stated absence of the gular sac, 

 which, however, the describer seems to be not thoroughly certain 

 of, as the skin from which the description was taken was in bad 

 condition. 



4. Taphozous perforatus. 



Taphozous perforatus, Geoffroy, Descript. de VEgypte, ii. p. 126 j 

 Temm. Monogr. Maimn. ii. p. 281 ; Wagner, Supnl. Schreh. Sdugeth. 

 V. p. 684 ; Dohson, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 551. 



Gular sac in males large, in females quite absent, chin hairy be- 

 neath ; ears shorter than the head, inner margin faintly papillate. 

 Radio-metacarpal pouch weU developed. 



Wings from the tibiaj, about a quarter of an inch above the ankles. 

 Extremity of the tail attenuated. 



Pur short, dark brown above and beneath, extending on both sur- 

 faces of the wing-membrane from the middle of the humerus to the 

 middle of the femur, on the interfemoral membrane as far as the 

 point perforated by the tail. 



Length, head and body 2"-95, tail 0"-95, ear 0"-7, tragus 0"-23, 

 forearm 2"-4, thumb 0"-35 ; third finger — metacarp. 2"-2, 1st ph. 

 0"-7, 2nd ph. 0"-9 ; fifth finger 2", tibia 0"-9, foot 0"-45. 



Hah. Egypt. 



Type in the collection of the Paris Museum. 



a, 6, c. ad. sks. West Africa. Purchased. 



