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Hodgson thus describes the species : — " No pubic teats. Ears 

 no longer than head, truncated at tip, [or rather, they are some- 

 what obtusely pointed,] ovoid. Nasal appendage quadrate, not 

 salient, with a transverse bar nearly surmounting it towards the 

 head. Colour a medial clear brown, paler below, and especially 

 on the head and face. Snout to vent an inch and a half; tail 

 an inch and a quarter; head five-eighths of an inch; ears the 

 same ; expanse seven and a half : fore-arm an inch and a quarter ; 

 longest finger two and a quarter ; the foot and nails three-eighths 

 of an inch. Habitat Nepal.^^ The admeasurements of a speci- 

 men presented by Mr. Hodgson are — muzzle to vent an inch and 

 a quarter ; tail five-eighths of an inch ; head the same ; ears an- 

 teally half an inch; fore-arm an inch and three- eighths; longest 

 finger one and seven-eighths ; tibia nearly five-eighths of an inch ; 

 foot and nails five- sixteenths of an inch. Inhabits Nepal. 



6. Rh. lepidus, nobis. — A good deal allied to the last, but 

 distinguished by its much paler colour, longer fore-arm, and 

 especially by the uppermost and hindmost peak of the facial 

 membranes being much less evenly angular, having its sides so 

 considerably emarginated towards the tip, that the latter appears 

 as a narrow terminal prolongation, one-sixteenth of an inch in 

 length; the vertical membrane posterior to and adjoining the 

 anterior nose-leaf is also still more developed and obtusely angu- 

 lated behind ; and there is a slight fold of membrane exterior to 

 the nostrils. Ears large, and of the usual form, measuring nearly 

 five-eighths of an inch from anteal base to tip, and having a well- 

 developed anti-helix. General hue pale isabella-brown, the fur of 

 the upper parts tinged with dull maroon towards the tips, im- 

 parting a shade of that colour ; nnder-parts still lighter, and the 

 fur shorter : membranes apparently dark. Length an inch and 

 three-quarters ; of tail half an inch more ; and extent about nine 

 inches: fore-arm an inch and five-eighths; longest finger two 

 and a quarter ; and tibia above five-eighths of an inch. The 

 specimen (in spirits), and an injured skin of apparently the same 

 species, were both probably obtained in the vicinity of Calcutta. 

 Hipposideros, Gray. — This seems a perfectly distinct group, 

 characterized by a totally different form of facial crest from that 

 observable in the preceding series. The general form of this is 

 quadrate, surmounted by a short and broad transverse membrane 

 recurved along the edge, and over this in the males (I suspect 

 always) is a round sinus or cavity with a transverse semicircular 

 opening. '' This cavity," remarks Mr. Elliot, " the animal can 

 turn out at pleasure, like the finger of a glove ; it is lined with 

 a pencil of stiff hairs, and secretes a yellow substance like wax. 

 When alarmed, the animal opens this cavity and blows it out, 

 during which it is protruded and withdrawn at each breathing. 



