EOUSCTTCS tESCHKNAULTI. 37 



]ih;iLuip;es of third, fourtli, and fifth dijjifs (except the second 

 phiihiiix of the tilth digit) shorter thiui in R. aralncH>i, the dill'ererice 

 bein;;; speciailj- notieoat)le in tlie absolute length of the first p'lahuiK 

 of the third 'digit (33-8-;3(3'8 mm. in 11. hfchenanlH, 37-39-8 in 

 li. (f rahicufi) and the second pliahinx of the third dvjit (41— Kr2 mm. 

 in It. Iesch>'nn>dti., oO-[)-(V) in li. (imhicns: index of this phalanx 

 in It. I'scheiiaidti 521, in It. arabicns 601). Length of tibia as in 

 ii'. nrahicux, but foot averaging smaller : me isured witli claws 

 2U-23-5 mm. in li. leschenaulti. 22-7-25-5 in It. arahicus. 



Quality and distribution of fur essenrially as in R. arahinis, but 

 tibia more thinly haired. Colour of a darker and browner shade, 

 especially on the crown : — Back and rump dark and dull brown 

 (darker than Front's brown) ; crown and occiput lirowiiish bistre; 

 nape of neck varying from light drab to almost wood-brown; under- 

 side between drab and isabella colour. A considerably brighter- 

 coloured phase occurs : mars-brown on back and rump, Prout's 

 brown on crown, wood-brown on the whole of the underside. 

 Measurements. On p. 48. 



Itaiir/e. Himalayas (Nepal), extending southward over the Indian 

 Peninsula, eastward through Bengal, Burma, Siam (Laos Mts.) 

 to S. China (Araoy). 



Cutijpes in the Paris iluseum. 



rte'ropusleschennulti, Desm.; 1820.— Type locality : " les environs 

 do Pondichery." Cotyi)cs, two adult males, mounted, much faded, 

 hibolled "Pondichery", Leschenault "' ; Eeg. nos. A. 82 and A. 83; 

 skull of no. 82 extracted, of no. 83 in situ. I'laeed by Desmarest 

 in the section " Ronssettes sans queue," an error corrected by Is. 

 (leoftVoy in 1828, /. s. c, on examination of Ihe type : (" sa queue, 

 trcs-visible, u'est qu'a ])eine cngageu dans la membrane inter- 

 femorale, et a environ six lignes de long "). 



Pti'rojmx pi/rivorux, Hodgs. ; 1835.— Type locality: the central 

 region of Nepal ; cotypes in collection, figured in Hodgson's un- 

 pulilislied drawings. 



Cifiiopierns nffini^, Gray ; 18-13. — No description. Two specimens 

 were registered by Gray under this name, both from the "Hima- 

 laya," viz. no. 130rt [ = 38.3.13.37], which is the type, still in 

 the collection of the British ifuseum, and 130 ft [ = 38.3.13.3nj, 

 "younger," not found in the collection. Indistinguishable from 

 R. leschrnaidti. 



FJcutherurci ftdiip'vosa, Gray; 1870. — Type locality : Laos Mts., 

 Siam (Mouhot Coll.); tyjie incoUection.— Brief description of the 

 colour of the fur. I am unable to discriminate this specimen from 

 It. lesdienaxlti. 



Eh'uJherura fvsca, Gray; 1870. — Type locality uncertain 

 ("India?"'; purchased from Par/udaki) : tyi>e in collection. — 

 Separated by Gray on account of its "much brighter and redder" 

 colour. Is the brighter-coloured phase of R. kxchemmlti. 



Cinwnycteris infmeutd. Pet.; Ib73.— Type locality: " angeblieh 

 aus Calcutta" (a dealer's specimen); type in the Berlin Museum 

 (no. 301 ). " Schr iihnlich der 0. lesrh^naKhii. in alien Verhtiltnissen 



