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the South Australian specimen, those in column 2 of the one from 

 Van Diem en's Land, whilst those in the 3rd have heen taken from a 

 specimen of S. greyii from Port Essington (one of the types in the 

 National Collection), and are added to show the difference in the 

 size of the two species, — S. greyii being the only Australian bat ap- 

 pertaining to this restricted group which approaches in size the 

 species here described. 



1. 2. 3. 



« /« « /// « uii 



Length of the head and body ..26 2 2 2 0 



of the tail 18 15 13 



of the head 0 7? 0 7 0 7 



— of the ears 0 3 0 3 0 4 



of the tragus .... 0 2 0 2 0 2^ 



of the fore-arm 15 16^ 1 4} 



— — - of the longest finger . . 2 8 2 10 



— — of the fourth finger. ... 2 0 2 1 



of the thumb 0 4 0 4 



— of the tibia 0 8 0 8} 0 6 



of the foot and claws ..0 4 0 4 0 3f 



of the os calcis 0 7 0 7 



Expanse of wings , 11 3 11 8 8 6 



The teeth of this species, although not sufficiently examined to 

 furnish a comparative description, are nevertheless seen at a glance 

 to be of very small size, not only in reference to the size of the ani- 

 mal, but also actually smaller than those of several other species of 

 much less size, such as S. trilatitius, S. lobatus, and S. abramis. 

 Hence the specific name of microdon here bestowed upon it. 



2. Scotophilia darwini. 



The next species which I have to describe has been presented to 

 me by Mr. Darwin, with the information that it had been received 

 from the Canary Isles. 



In a collection of Bats from Madeira, given to me also by Mr. 

 Darwin, I could only enumerate two species, both European, viz. S. 

 leisleri and maryinatus ; and I was somewhat surprised to find in 

 the present species one which I had not before met with. None of 

 the descriptions of African species in the works of Temminck, 

 "Wagner, Peters, Smith, and others, apply to this species ; and I there- 

 fore regard it as new, and describe it as follows : — 



It is one of the same group as the species just described, and as 

 the S. kuhlii and S. pipistrellvs of Europe. It is characterized by 

 a somewhat more robust make than these species, and has rather 

 broader ears and tragi. 



The head is rather broad and flat, the crown being but little 

 raised above the facial line ; the glands of - the lips are considerably 

 developed, and bulge sufficiently to occasion the nostrils to open 

 nearly straight forward, although the interruption in the outer mar- 

 gins of the latter sufficiently indicates that with a more pointed 



