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Total length, 94; head and body, 52; tail, 42; forearm, 41.5; third metacar- 

 pal, 38.6; thumb, 5.6; tibia, 18.3; foot, 8; calcar, 11; ear from crown, 7; from 

 notch, 13; tragus, 5 mm. high by 2.5 in greatest width, broad lunate, with a small 

 angular lobe at posterior base. 



Skull, total length, 13.2; condylobasal length, 13; zygomatic breadth, 10; 

 breadth of braincase, 7.4; interorbital breadth, 4.8; maxillar breadth, 6.5; breadth 

 at base of canines, 4.8; upper toothrow (c-m 3 ), 4.5; length of mandible, 9.5; angle 

 to condyle, 2; depth at coronoid, 2.9; toothrow (c-ni3), 5.2. 



Similar to Glauconycteris humeralis but larger (the forearm 4 mm. longer 

 and the skull fully one half larger in volume), and with two clear white 

 spots on the shoulder (one behind the other) instead of one, and a very much 

 broader tragus. In size it is similar to G. congicus (Noack) but differs from 

 it widely in coloration. 



47. Miniopterus breyeri vicinior subsp. nov. 



Type, No. 49019, cT ad., skin and skull, Aba, northeastern Belgian Congo, Dec. 

 16, 1911; Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin. American Museum Congo Expedi- 

 tion. Orig. No. 1770. 



Differs from M. breyeri breyeri in slightly smaller size and in the absence of white 

 on the pubic region. 



Upperparts dark drab, the hairs unicolor from base to tip; underparts paler, 

 grayish drab, the hairs dark brown basally with grayish brown tips; the pubic region 

 fulvous ; ears and membranes dark brown. Limb bones ventrally light yellow brown ; 

 calcar yellowish white. 



Wing membranes attached at or slightly above ankle; no post-calcar lobe. Ears 

 very small, uniformly convex on outer and upper border, posterior border nearly 

 straight. Tragus long, narrow, with parallel edges, 4.8 mm. long by about 1.5 mm. 

 wide. 



Collectors' measurements of type: Total length, 100 mm.; head and body, 52; 

 tail, 48; foot, 11; ear, 11. Forearm (from skin), 43.2; third metacarpal, 40; tibia, 

 28; foot, 8.8; ear, length, 6.5, width, 7.5. 



Skull (type), total length, 14.8; zygomatic breadth, — ; breadth of braincase,. 

 '7.5; interorbital breadth, 3.8; maxillar breadth, 5.6; breadth at base of canines, 

 3.8; maxillary toothrow (with canine), 5.1; length of lower mandible, 10.4; height 

 at coronoid, 3.2; lower toothrow, 6.3. 



Represented by 17 specimens (skins and skulls), all adult, and all taken at Aba, 

 Dec. 16, 1911. 



Collectors' measurements, 8 males and 8 females: 



Total length Head and body Tail Foot Ear 



^ 101 (94-105) 54.5 (51-59) 46.3 (43-49) 10.6 (10-11) 10.6 (10-11) 

 9 103 (96-108) 54.0 (50-57) 49.0 (46-50) 10.5 (10-11) 10.7 (10-11) 



