diff --git a/jaxtyping/_array_types.py b/jaxtyping/_array_types.py
index fadeaeb..5ac236f 100644
--- a/jaxtyping/_array_types.py
+++ b/jaxtyping/_array_types.py
@@ -498,6 +498,16 @@ def _make_array(array_type, dim_str, dtypes, name):
             return array_type
         else:
             return _not_made
+    elif array_type is np.bool_:
+        if _check_scalar("bool", dtypes, dims):
+            return array_type
+        else:
+            return _not_made
+    elif array_type is np.generic or array_type is np.number:
+        if _check_scalar("", dtypes, dims):
+            return array_type
+        else:
+            return _not_made
     if issubclass(array_type, AbstractArray):
         if dtypes is _any_dtype:
             dtypes = array_type.dtypes
diff --git a/test/test_array.py b/test/test_array.py
index 3d7c620..3be95f1 100644
--- a/test/test_array.py
+++ b/test/test_array.py
@@ -496,22 +496,18 @@ def test_arraylike(typecheck, getkey):
     assert set(get_args(floatlike1)) == {
         Float32[Array, ""],
         Float32[np.ndarray, ""],
-        Float32[np.bool_, ""],
         Float32[np.number, ""],
         float,
     }
     assert set(get_args(floatlike2)) == {
         Float[Array, ""],
         Float[np.ndarray, ""],
-        Float[np.bool_, ""],
         Float[np.number, ""],
         float,
     }
     assert set(get_args(floatlike3)) == {
         Float32[Array, "4"],
         Float32[np.ndarray, "4"],
-        Float32[np.bool_, "4"],
-        Float32[np.number, "4"],
     }
 
     shaped1 = Shaped[ArrayLike, ""]
@@ -531,8 +527,6 @@ def test_arraylike(typecheck, getkey):
     assert set(get_args(shaped2)) == {
         Shaped[Array, "4"],
         Shaped[np.ndarray, "4"],
-        Shaped[np.bool_, "4"],
-        Shaped[np.number, "4"],
     }