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



4. Rh. macrotis, Hodgson, MS. — This and the two succeed- 

 ing species are of small size, and one of them may perhaps be 

 the doubtfully cited Rh. pusillus of Mr. Waterhouse. In that 

 now under consideration, the anterior nose-leaf approaches in 

 form to that of Rh. tragatus, but is proportionally larger and 

 wider, nearly twice as long as broad, and rounded without ex- 

 panding at the summit, which is scarcely so high as the pointed 

 tip of the posterior vertical membrane that connects the nose- 

 leaf with the face ; behind or above this again are three succes- 

 sive lappets of membrane, the first of them incomplete, and the 

 last or hindmost peak is obtusely pointed : the nasal orifices 

 are oblong, or rather kidney-shaped, with no lappet of mem- 

 brane bordering their outer side, but the usual horse-shoe- shaped 

 development overhangs the upper lip. Mr. Hodgson describes 

 the species as follows : — " General structure typical ? No pubic 

 teats. Distinguished by the large size of the ears, which are 

 longer than the head, broad, oval, with pointed recurved tips, 

 and large obtusely-rounded second ears [anti-helix]. Colour 

 sooty brown, much paler and dusky hoary below*. Snout to 

 base of tail an inch and three-quarters ; head three-quarters of 

 an inch : ears from anteal base fifteen-sixteenths of an inch ; 

 interval of ears a quarter of an inch ; tail three-quarters of an 

 inch, completely enveloped in the square membrane : arm an 

 inch ; fore-arm an inch and a half ; longest or second finger two 

 inches and five-sixteenths: femur eleven- sixteenths; tibia the 

 same ; expanse nine and three-quarters ; weight one-third of an 

 ounce. Habitat Nepal.^^ The following are the dimensions of 

 one of the specimens presented to the Society by Mr. Hodgson : 

 from muzzle to base of tail an inch and five-eighths, the tail 

 exceeding five-eighths ; ears anteally five-eighths ; fore-arm an 

 inch and five-eighths ; longest finger two inches and a quarter ; 

 tibia exceeding five-eighths of an inch ; and foot with claws three- 

 eighths. 



5. Rh. suhbadius, Hodgson, MS. ; mentioned as Vespertilio sub- 

 badiuSy H., in Journ. As. Soc. x. 908. — In this species, the anterior 

 nose-leaf is very small, oblong, and rounded above, but the ver- 

 tical membrane behind it is conspicuously developed, and pointed 

 posteriorly ; behind this again is a short and broad transverse 

 membrane, divided into two lateral lobes, and as usual some 

 long straight hairs grow from this part ; and lastly, there is the 

 hindmost angular peak, the sides of which are slightly emar- 

 ginated towards the point : the nostrils are not externally fringed 

 with membrane ; and over the lip is the usual horse- shoe. Mr. 



* This description does not apply, however, to the specimens with which 

 Mr. Hodgson has favoured the Society, and which are of a light eai'thy 

 olive-brown (one of them verging on isabelline), and paler below. 



