150 CHIROPTERA 



1S29. ? lihinolophus bifcr Kaup, Entw.-Gesch. u. Natiirl. Syst. Europ, 



Thierwelt, i, p. 104 (nomeu nudum). 

 1857. ? Rhinolophiis hipposideros Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 29. 

 1863. \_Rhinoloplms hipposidcros] a var. typus Koch, Jahrb. des Vereins fur 



Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau, xviii, p. 530 (Wiesbaden). 

 1863. 'iRhinolophus hipposideros'\ |8 var. alpinus Koch, Jahrb. des Vereins 



fiir Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau, xviii, p. 530 (Alps). 

 1870. Rlihwlophus cggenhoffner Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. kais. Akad. 



Wissensch. Wien, Slath.-Naturwiss. Classe, lxi, Abth. i, p. 151 



(MS. synonym of bihastatus). 

 1878. RhinolopJius hipposideros Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., p. 117. 



1885. Rliinolophus bihastatus var. kisnyiresiensis Daday, Orvos-Termesz- 



ettudomanyi Ertesito, Kolozsvar, x, p. 274 (Kis-Nyires, Szolnok- 

 Dobaka, Hungary). 



1886. Rhinolophus bihastatus var. kisnyiresiensis Daday, Verhandl. u. 



Mittheilungen des Siebenbiirgischen Vereins fiir Naturwissensch. 

 in Hermannstadt, xxxvi, p. 80. 



1887. Pthinolophus hipposideros var. troglopJiilus Daday, Ertekezesek a 



Term6szettudomd,nyok Korebol, Budapest, xvi, pt. 7, p. 8 (Re- 

 naming of kisnyiresiensis). 



1904. Rhinolophus ejiryale helvetica Bretscher, Vierteljahrsschrift der 



Naturforsch. Gesellsch. in Ziirich, xlix, p. 256. See Mottaz, 

 Bull. Soc. ZooL, Geneve, i., p. 172, 1908 (Baar, Zug, Switzerland). 



1905. PJtinolophus hipposiderus typicus Andersen, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 



1905, II, p. 141, October 17, 1905. 

 1910. Rhinolophus hipposiderus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 9. 



Type locality. — France. 



Geoijrn/pMcal distribution.— Central Europe, north of the Alps, 

 east through Armenia and north-west Persia to the Himalayas. 



Diagnosis. — Forearm * usually 39 to 41 • 7 mm. ; greatest 

 length of skullf about 16 mm. 



Measurements. — Two males from Strass near Burgheim, 

 Bavaria, Germany: tibia, ,17 and 18*4; foot, 7*8 and 7*4 ; 

 forearm, 38-8 and 39*2 ; third finger, 61 and 60 : iifth finger, 

 54 and 53. Female from the same locality : tibia, 17 '4 : foot, 

 7-4; forearm, 38-8; third finger, 60; fifth finger, 53. The 

 six following extremes of forearms of European specimens are 

 given by Andersen (I.e. p. 142) : IST. Bulgaria (1), 39 ; Eoumania 

 (13), 39 to 41 -2 ; Transsylvania (2), 40 to 41 ; S. Carpathians 

 (1), 39*3; Schlangenbad, Nassau, Germany (2), 40 to 40*1; 

 Strassburg, Germany (3), 39 to 40-1. Forty -nine males from 

 the vicinity of Geneva, Switzerland (Mottaz collection),! 37 '3 

 to 39. Thirty females from the same locality (Mottaz col lection), J 

 38-5 to 40-6. Four males from the same locality (U.8.N.M.), 

 37 to 38 • 4 Six females from the same locality (U.S.N.M.), 

 37*4 to 40. Adult female from Dions, Gard, France (Mottaz 

 collection), 40. For cranial measurements see Table, p. 152. 



* Bases of metacarpals included, 

 t From back of occiput to front of canine. 



X Measured by Chas. Mottaz (base of metacarpals included) and verified 

 by Gerrit S. ^filler. 



