RHIN^OLOPHUS 151 



Specimens examined. — One huudred and seventeen, from the following 

 localities : — 



France : Dions, Gard, 1 (Mottaz) ; St. Cergues, Haute-Savoie, 1. 



Germany : Strass, near Burgheim, Bavaria, 3 ; JMainz, 1 (Strassliurg) ; 

 Bitsch, Alsace, 1 (Strassburg). 



AusTRiA-HiNGARY : Hatszeg, Hunyad, Hungary, 1. 



Switzerland: Near Geneva, 94 (B.M., U.S.N.M. and Mottaz); St. 

 ^NToritz, 1; Thayngen, Schaffhausen, :2 (U.S.N.M.) ; Eoggwil, Thurgau, 

 7 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.); Canton Thurgau, 5 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.). 



6. St. Cergues, Haute-Savoie, A. Roi^ert (c & p). 5. 4. 9. 1. 



France. 

 2 9. Burgheim, Bavaria, 375 m. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 117- 



Germany. 118. 



6. Hatszeg, Hunyad, Tran- C.G.Danford (c). 3.11.8.1. 



sylvania. 

 3d. Grand Pre, Geneva, Swit- C. Mottaz (c & r). G. 2. G. 1-3. 



zerland. 

 1. St. Moritz, Grisons. Leon O. Galliard 75. 9. 20. 3. 



(c & p). 

 3 S, 2 9, imm. Roggwil, Thurgau. {E. H. 0. Thomas (p). 2. 8. 4. 4-9. 

 Zollikofer.) 

 9al. Thnrgau^ {E.H. Zollikofer.) 0. Thomas (p). 2.8.4.55. 



Rhixolophus hipposideros minimus Heiiglin. 



18G1. lihinolophns minimus Heuglin, Nov. Act. Acad. Caes. Leop. -Carol., 



XXIX, Abliandl. viii, p. 6 (articles separately paged) (Keren, 



Abyssinia). 

 1863. [RhinolopJtus liippoaideros"] y -va.r. jviUidus Koch, Jahrb. des Vereins 



fiir Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau, xviii, p. 531 (^Jlediter- 



ranean region). 

 1904. llliinolophus pliasma Cabrera, ]\Iem. Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, 



II, p. 252 (Madrid, Spain). 



1904. FJi[inolop]i.us] h\^ipposiderus] minimus Andersen, Ann. and ^lag. Nat. 



Hist., 7th ser., xiv, p. 456, December, 1904. 



1905. Rhinoloplius hipposiderus minimus Andersen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



London, 1905, ii, p. 140, October 17, 1905. 

 1910. PJiinolopJius hipposiderus minimus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. 

 d'Europe, p. 10. 



Type locality. — Keren, Abys.sinia. 



Geographical distribution. — Mediterranean region. 



Diagnosis. — Forearm usually 34 "7 to 38 mm.: greatest 

 length of skull, 14-5 to 15-5 mm. 



Measurements. — The following measurements of forearms are 

 given by Andersen (I.e. p. 141) : Keren (type), 36*3 ; Cyprus (6), 

 34-7 to 37-7; Malta (8), 36 to 37; Ostia, Italy (2)," 35-7 to 

 36-8; Corsica (1), 37 '7; Balearic Islands (7), 36-2 to 37*6 ;. 

 Seville, Spain (1), 37*7 ; Cintra, Portugal (1), 36*2. Specimens 

 in U.S. National Museum: Ficuzza, Sicily ( 9 )? 35 • 2 ; Rome (^), 

 36-4; Siena (3 ^), 36-8 to 38; Marseilles, France (9), 38; 

 Dions, Gard, France (<^), 34-8, (9)? 36-6 Two females from 

 Ax-les-Thermes, Ariege, France, 36 "6 and 38*4. Two males 

 from Silos, Burgos, Spain, 36 and 37. Female from the same 

 locality, 38. Five males from Ticino, Switzerland, 37 "0 

 (36*2-38). Mottaz collection: St. Genies, Gard, France (15, 



