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half white; breadth of crest across the top when expanded (Figs. 9, A, B, C) about 

 20 mm. A broad tuft of soft whitish hairs covers the front of the crown behind the 

 crest. Body above pale cinnamon-brown, the fur whitish basally; below grayish 

 brown, the middle of the belly whitish; a narrow band of white at proximal edge of 

 wing membranes, between humerus and femur, continuous with a similar band at 

 base^of uropatagium; wing membranes white, becoming yellowish proximally; the 



Fig. 9. Chaerephon (Lophomops) chapini. Adult male (type), No. 48841). A, side view of 

 head, crest erect; B, view of crown, crest erect; C, same view, crest laid back. All f. 



portion adjoining the body, between humerus and femur, thickly punctated with 

 minute blackish specks; interfemoral membrane dark brown above and below; 

 limb bones dark brown above, in strong contrast with the light colored membranes, 

 below light brown like the membranes; tail blackish. No gular pouch. 

 ^ Collectors' measurements of type: Total length, 84 mm.; head and body, 56; 

 tail, 28; foot, 7; ear, 14. Additional measurements from the dry skin: Forearm, 34; 

 third metacarpal, 37; ear from crown, 8.5. Tragus minute, quadrate, about 1.5 

 square: antitragus small, about 5 broad at base and 3 high. 



