Mr. E. Blyth^s Notices of various Mammalia. 467 



2. Rh.perniger, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. xii. 414*. — Distin- 

 guished by its large size, and delicately soft and long, curly black- 

 ish fur, having a slight ashy cast from the hairs being thus tipped. 

 A fine specimen which I saw in Dr. Griffith's possession, from 

 Cherra-Poonjee (Sylhet), and which has since been forwarded by 

 him to the museum of the Honourable Company in London, 

 measured five inches from muzzle to extremity of foot. The only 

 example now before me is too much injured about the head to 

 permit of a description being taken of the peculiarities of its 

 facial membranes; and Mr. Hodgson's account, excepting as 

 regards size and colouring, applies, for the most part, to the 

 species generally of the present subgroup. The length of the 

 fore-arm in the latter specimen (which was presented to the 

 Society by Mr. Hodgson) is two inches and three-quarters, and 

 of tibia an inch and three-eighths. Inhabits the central region 

 of the sub- Himalayas. 



3. Rh, tragatusf, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. iv. 699. — This spe- 

 cies was so named in reference to the development of its anti-helix, 

 as compared with the very slight indication of one traceable in 

 Hipposideros armiger (v. nohilis ?) ; but the appellation is far 

 from being felicitous, as the anti-helix (not tragus, as indeed 

 was duly pointed out by Mr. Hodgson) is less developed than is 

 usual in the present subgroup. Mr. Hodgson described this 

 bat to be "uniform deep brown, with the tips paler and rusty ;" 

 but two of three specimens sent by him are certainly of a light 

 brown, and one of them more particularly has the upper parts 

 tipped with dull maroon, which produces a general shade of 

 this colour, as in several other species both of Rhinolophus and 

 Hipposideros. The central nose-leaf is small and narrow, and a 

 little expanded at the summit; the nasal orifices are fringed 

 externally with a lappet of membrane ; and the uppermost peak 

 of the membrane above the nose- leaf is inconspicuous, being 

 almost concealed by the fur of the forehead. Length of fore-arm 

 two inches and a quarter, and of tibia an inch and one- sixteenth. 

 Inhabits the central region of Nepal. 



* Probably tbe Rh. luctm, Tern., of which I can get at no description 

 though Mr. Gray alludes to it as stated to be black with an ashy tinge ; 

 vide ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' vol. x. p. 257, where 

 Mr. Gray ^describes a JRh. Morio from Malacca, Singapore. " The front 

 central lobe of the nose-leaf large, three-lobed ; fnr reddish brown. Very 

 like Rh. luctus in general appearance, and perhaps the colour may have 

 changed by the specimen having been taken from spirits." Why therefore 

 impose a new name, or at any rate why not put a mark of doubt after the 

 word Morio, and add Rh. luctus, Tem. var.? Most probably this is the 

 Rh. luctus^ Tern. var. rufus, from Manilla, of MM. Eydoux and Gervais, in 

 the Zoology of the Voyage of La Favorite. Rh. luctus is described from 

 Java. 



f Misprinted torquatus in Mr. Gray's " Revision." 



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