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This is 1li(' first record uf Rh. refalgens from Suiiiutra. Tlu' 

 species was liitlierto known only from two (^\am})les. in the 

 Britisli Musomn, from the .Malay Peninsula (Perak and Se- 

 lanji-or). 



13. l^lriiiolopliiix aoumiaatiis acuiiiiaiitii», Pkt. 



1871. Rhinolophus acuminai its, Potors, M. B. Akad. Berlin (8 June 1871; 



p. 308. — Type locality: Gaclok, Java. 

 1878. Rliinoloithus acuminatus Pet., Dobson , Cat. Cliir. Brit. Mus. 



p. 113. 

 1878. Rhinolophus petersi (partim, not Dobson 1872 and 1880), Dobson, 



Cat. Chir. Brit. Mus. p. 114. — Compare Proc. Zool. See. London 



1905, II. pp. 95-98. 

 190,5. Rhinolophics acuminatus. Pet., typicus , Knud Andersen, Proe. Zool. 



Soc. London 1905. II. p. 133 (17 Oct. 1905). 



a. cf ad. (in ale). Buitenzorg, Java. Collected by Dr. Th. Adensamer, 1897. 

 Presented to the British Mnseura by Mai'quis G. Doria (no. 6.12.1.13). 

 — Skull extracted. Teeth unworn. 



Rh. acuminatus belongs to a small section of the Rh. le.pidus 

 grou]). distriljuted over Sumatra, Nias, Engano, Java, and Londjok. 

 of which now the following forms are known: — 



(1) RJi. sumah^aniis K. And. (^); Sumatra; sella very distinctly 

 expanded i)elow the middle; forearm about "31 ; third metacarpal 

 about 35.'2-3().8; l^readtli of horse-shoe about 8.2-8.3 mm. — Si)e- 

 cimens examined: one adult (with skull) in tlie British ■\Ius{Mnii. 

 one adult in the Gottingen Museum. 



(2) Rh. circe K. And. (^); Nias; similar to Rlt. simiatranus, 

 but with rather slenderer skull and smaller teeth; shorter forearm, 

 metacarpals, phalanges, and til)ia; forearm 4.0.2-49; third metacarpal 

 o2-o4.2 nun.; breadth of horse-shoe as in Rh. sumatranus. — 

 Specimens examined: eiglit adults (four skulls) in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 



(1) Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1905. n. \i\>. i;«-:5-l. 130 (IT Oct. 1905). 



(-2) I'roc. T". S. Nat. Mus. XXIX. no. 1440. i.p. (i57. 059 (7 M.nrcli 19U0). 



