Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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the yellow of the back to brown externally. ' Ears and nose almost naked, 
the former more thickly haired at the base posteriorly. The specimen being 
a dried skin cannot be accurately described as regards the ears ; but apparently 
the tragus is almost straight on its inner margin, the outer margin convex. 
In the teeth, which are worn, the inner anterior cusp of P 4 is in line between 
the same cusps of P 3 and M 1 . 
The following comparative measurements will serve to show the difference 
in size : 
Cistugo 
Cistugo 
seabrae 
lesueuvi 
Head and body 
40 
47 
Tail ... 
40 
43 
Tibia and hind foot (c.u.) ... 
18-2 
19-5 
Ear 
12 
13 
Skull : greatest length 
13*2 
14 
Brain case ... 
6-6 
7 
Front of canine to back of M 3 ... 
4-6 
5-3 
Forearm 
3 2 *5 
34-5 
Third metacarpal 
3 i -5 
33-8 
First phalanx 
10-7 
it 
Second phalanx 
9-7 
io-8 
Type, old $, T. M. no. 2286, taken at Lormarins, Paarl District, 15th 
September, 1917, by J. S. Le Sueur, Esquire, by whom it was rescued from 
a cat. 
Eptesicus melckorum sp. nov. 
With the general characters of E. capensis (A. Smith), but differing there- 
from in its much longer tail and larger size; the tail measures 40—45 mm. as 
against only 30-34 mm. in E. capensis, the forearm 35*5-37 as against 32-36, 
and the skull 14-5-15 as against 14. In colouration the upper parts are 
externally “ avellaneous ” (Ridgway) with the base of the hair brown, and 
the under parts paler, tending to white, with the base of the hair darker 
brown. 
Type, adult $, T. M. no. 2283, taken at Kersfontein, Berg River, Cape 
Province, 21st November, 1917. Also four more adults and a very young 
specimen captured at the same time in a loft. 
Dimensions: Head and body 53, tail 40, hind foot (c.u.) 7, ear 15 mm. 
Forearm 37; pollex (c.u.) 5-5; 3rd digit, metacarpal 36, 1st phalanx 13-2, 
2nd 12-8, 3rd 9-9; 4th digit, metacarpal 35, 1st phalanx 12-2; 5th digit, 
metacarpal 35-8, 1st phalanx 10-5. Tibia 14. Tragus (dry) on the outer 
margin 6-3, breadth 2. 
Chrysochloris minor sp. nov. 
A small species apparently most closely allied to C. asiatica (L.), but differ- 
ing therefrom in its much smaller size. Of about the same size as C. wintoni 
Broom, but differing therefrom in having the skull of the same shape as that 
of asiatica. Colouration much as in C. asiatica, specimens from Cape Town and 
the Frenchhoek valley, but with a more conspicuous sheen of metallic violet. 
Claws of the forefeet longer and narrower than in asiatica in proportion to the 
size of the species, the claws measuring: 1st 4 mm., 2nd 6-5, 3rd 11 x 4 (as 
