RHINOLOPHUS 139 



Forearm under 43 mm. ; condylobasal length 

 of skull under IG mm. ; sella cuneate ; 

 large ujJiper premolar not in contact 



with canine (Lesser Horseshoe) 7?. hipiiomdews, p. 147. 



Greatest length of skull 14 • -5 to 15-5 mm. 



(Jlediterranean region) it. h. minimiu^, ]}. 151. 



Greatest length of skull more than 

 15* 5 mm. 

 Forearm 80 -3 to 39 mm. (England and 



Ireland) n. /,. m!inau>f, p. 154. 



Forearm 89 to 41 -7 mm. (Central Fjurope) j;. h. hiiiimxidemit, p. 149. 

 Noseleaf with connecting process acutely 

 pointed above ; skull with nasal swellings 

 short, rising abruptly above level of fore- 

 head. 

 First phalanx of fourth finger more than 

 half as long as second ; sella bluntly 

 cuneate ; no marked contrast between 

 crown areas of anterior and posterior 

 lower premolars (Eastern Mediterranean 



region) li. blasii, p. 162. 



First phalanx of fourth finger less than half 

 as long as second; sella parallel-sided, 

 broadly rounded above ; a marked con- 

 trast between crown areas of anterior 

 and posterior lower premolars. 

 Size smaller, forearm 44-6 to 49 mm., 

 upper tooth-row 6*2 to 6*6 mm.; 

 gradation between phalanges of fourth 

 . finger abrupt (ratio of first to second 

 about 38) ; ])oint of lancet gradually 



narrowed, never linear R. curtjalc, p. 155. 



Size larger, forearm 48 '6 to 51 '4, upper 

 tooth-row about 7 mm. ; gradation 

 between phalanges of fourth finger 

 less abrupt (ratio of first to second 

 about 44) ; point of lancet linear 7?. mclicliji, p. 159. 



RHINOLOPHUS FERRUM-EQUINUM Schreber. 



(S^^lonymy under subspecies.) 



(reograpliicdl (Jistribntion. — From southern Japan and China, 

 through the Hiiiiahxyas, the Mediterranean sub-region (exclusive 

 of Egypt), and central Europe to southern England (Andersen). 



Diar/noftis. — Hize largest of the European species (forearm 

 more than 50 mni., condylobasal length of skull about 21 mm., 

 mandible, 15 to IG mm.); noseleaf with horseshoe less than 

 10 mm. wide, the sella pandurate, the connecting process low, 

 abruptly rt)unded ; fourth finger with first phalanx considerably 

 mor(! than half as long as second ; large upper prenujlar broadly 

 in contact with canine, the small ])remolar minute (sometimes 

 absent), completely external to tooth-row. 



Extern<d characters. — Size large and form leather heavy 

 (among the European members of the genus). General outhne 

 of noseleaf a rather elongate ovate-pyriform, the width of horse- 

 shoe slightly greater than distance from flat area at base of sella 



