Dr. A. Smith on the Natural History of S. Africa, 433 Art. LIV. Contributions to the Natural History of South Africa^ 5fc. J7y Andrew Smith, M,D,, M.W.S., Corre-sponding Member of the Zoological Society ; Honorary Member of the ^ Miner alogica I Society of Jena; Superin-tendant of the South African Museum ; and Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, MAMMALIA. Pteropus Leachii, mihi. P. supra fuscO'cinereuSf infrd sordido-cinereus, caudd liberd. Colour above a sort of brownish gray, beneath a dirty pale smoke gray; incisors short, strong, regular, and rounded at tips; headlong; ears of moderate length and rounded at the apices; membranes blackish, interfemoral one only edging the inner side of each hinder extremity; tail free. Length from forehead to root of tail, four inches ; length of tail, three-quarters of an inch ; expanse of wings, thirteen inches. Found abundantly in the gardens about Cape Town during the fruit season, and often proves very destructive to vineyards in the night. A larger species of the same genus inhabits the interior, but I have not yet been able to obtain a perfect specimen. Named after the celebrated naturalist Dr. Leach, F. R. S. Rhinolophus GeofFroyii, mihi. R. suprd ligneo-fuscus ; suhttis sublignicolor, membranis nigris, interfe-morali transverse venosd; caudd vix prcBter apicem porrectd; supe-riore membrance nasalis loho suprd acuminato. Colour above wood brown, beneath lighter ; membranes black, inter-femoral one veined longitudinally, and the tip of the tail just extending beyond its posterior margin ; upper lobe of nasal membrane pointed above; eyes small and nearly in front of the inner edges of auricles; ears large and patulous, nearly as long as the head, pointed, and each with an inferior lobe towards the base of the outer margin, which is sepa-rated from the principal by a deep intervening notch: interfemoral membrane semicircular behind. Length from the tip of nose to com-VOL. IV. G G
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