ON THE REDISCOVERY OF THE BAT 
Kerivoula brunnea , Dobs. 
By E. C. Chubb, Curator of the Durban Museum. 
Amongst a collection of bats belonging to the Transvaal Museum which, 
through the kindness of the Director, Dr. Gunning, I have been allowed 
to examine, is one which proves to belong to Kerivoula brunnea. This 
species was described by Dr. Dobson in the “ Catalogue of Chiroptera ” 
in 1878 from a single specimen, whose habitat was not definitely known, 
and until now no further example has been found. 
The present specimen is the skin and skull of an adult male, collected 
by Messrs. Vaughan-Kirby and Austin Roberts on the 27th October, 1908, 
at Matieve, Boror, Portuguese East Africa. It has been compared with 
the type in the British Museum by Mr. Oldfield Thomas and Dr. Knud 
Andersen, who agree in assigning it to this species. 
As the original description was based upon a not fully adult 
specimen, which, moreover, had somewhat suffered through long 
soaking in spirits, it seems worth while recording the measurements of 
the present example, and also the manner in which it differs from Dobson’s 
original description . 
Measurements. 
Taken in flesh by the collectors : — mm. 
Head and body 46 
Tail 44 
Hind foot 7 
Ear 12 
Taken upon dried skin and cleaned skull : — 
Skin : 
Wings — Forearm 35 
Third finger -Metacarpal. 35 
First joint- 19 
Second joint 27 
Fourth finger — Metacarpal 34 
First joint 13 
Second joint 12*5 
Fifth finger — Metacarpal 34-5 
First joint... 11 
Second joint 10 
Tibia 15 
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