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Show 718 DR. DOBSON ON CHIROPTERA FROM ZANZIBAR. [Dec. 2, Shiraz. Zanzibar. Length, fifth finger, metacarpal l'l 105 „ „ „ 1st ph 0*55 0*55 „ 2nd ph. .,,, 0*4 0*4 „ tibia 0*65 0*6 „ foot 0*35 035 4. RHINOLOPHUS ^ETHIOPS. Rhinolophus eethiops, Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Berl. 1868, p. 637; Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus. p. 122, pi. vii. fig. 12. Specimens not differing in any respect from the type. 5. NYCTERIS HISPIDA. Vespertilio hispidus, Schreber, Siiugetb. i. p. 169 (1775). Nycteris hispida, Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus. p. 162, pi. xi. fig. 1 (teeth). An adult female, agreeing with typical examples in the form and relative development of the teeth, in the colour of the fur, and in the shape of the tragus, but differing in the longer ears and slightly greater size throughout. 6. NYCTERIS GRANDIS. Nycteris grandis, Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Berl. 1865, p. 358; Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus. p. 164. Two perfectly adult specimens of this species, which, by their much greater size, show that the type in the Leyden Museum, and the larger specimen in the British Museum, are both examples of immature individuals. In these specimens, owing evidently to the growth of the adjoining teeth, the small second premolar is much smaller proportionally, and is crushed in between the first premolar and the first molar. The following are the measurements of one of these specimens, an adult male:- Length, head and body 3" ; tail 3" ; head 1"*15 ; ear 1"*35, tragus 0"*3x0"*l; forearm 2"*5 ; thumb 0"*65 ; third finger-metacarp. 1"*8, 1st ph. 1"*2, 2nd ph. 1"*5; fifth finger-metacarp. 2"*2, 1st ph. 0*7, 2nd ph. 0"*65; tibia l''*2; calcaneum 1"*0; foot 0"*55. 7. NYCTERIS JETHIOPICA. Nycteris eethiopica, Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus. p. 165, pi. xi. fig. 3 (tragus). The collection includes tbe first obtained specimens of this species, preserved in alcohol. These show how difficult it is to correctly describe species from dried skins; for the tragus, instead of being narrower than in N. javanica, as originally stated by me, is really broader and altogether larger. The drawing of the tragus (referred to above) which accompanies my description, however, is quite correct. The specimens agree very closely in size ; and the following are the measurements of the largest: - Length, head and body 2"*35; tail 2"*25; head 0"*9 ; ear 1"*15, |