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aiititi'agus, together with its rather smaller size and' usually 

 darker colour. Witli the material at hand I am unable tt) 

 recognize the local forms of this species described by Andersen 

 and Matschie, as the alleged differences appear to be within the 

 range of normal individual variation. 



2 9. Cintra, 500 m. Portugal. O. Thomas (c & p). 98.2.2.2-3. 



2 6,2 9 al. Cintra, 500 m. O. Thomas (c & p). 98. 2. 2. 5-3-50. 



9 al. Villalba, Lugo, N.W. Dr. V. L. Seoane (p). 94. 1. 1. 1. 

 Spain. 



6, 9 al. Madrid. A. Cabrera (p). 5. 2. .3. 1-2. 



1 al. St. Paterne, Indre-et- Royal Army Medical 9. 1. 4. 9. 



Loire, France. College (p). 



9 al. St. Paterne, ludre-et- G. E. Dobson (p). 80. 12. 14. 3. 



Loire. 



9 al. Gapeau River, Var. Dr. K. Jordan (c & p). 8. 3. 15. 2-10. 



3 J, 9 al. Finalborgo, Liguria, Marquis G. Doria (p). 6.12.1.14-17. 

 Italy. {A. Gagcro.) 



2 al. Monte Pisanino, Liguria. Lord Lilford (p). 73.1.8.6. 



2 6. Rome. (C. Coll.) G. Barrett-Hamilton 11. 1. 2. 40-41. 



6 al. Nicotera, Calabria. Florence Museum (e). 85. 7. 6. 1. 



2 6. Marsala, Sicily. (.1. 0. Thomas (p). G. 8. 4. 10-11. 

 Robert.) 



i, 9 al. Ofener Mts., Budapest. Budapest Museum (e). 94. 7. IS. 2-3. 



9. Orsova, Hungary. Hon. W. Rothschild 7. 9. 16. 7. 



9. Zara, Dalmatia, 50 m. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 128. 



(Kolomhatovic.) 

 1 al. S. Europe. Purchased (Parreys). 47. 5. 27. 44. 



RHINOLOPHUS MEHELYI Matschie. 



1901. Rhinolophus mehclyi Matschie, Sitz.-Ber. Gesellsch. Naturforscli. 



Freunde, Berlin, p. 225 (Bucharest, Roumania). 

 1904. Rhinolophus carpctantis Cabrera, Mem. Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., ii, 



p. 254 (Madrid, Spain). 

 1910. Rhinolophus euryalc mehclyi and R. carpetamis Trouessart, Faune 



Mamm. d'Europe, pp. 7-8. 



Type locality. — Bucharest, Roumania. 



Geograpliical distribution. — Roumania, southern France 

 (Gard), Sardinia, central Spain. Details of distribution not 

 known. 



Diagnosis. — Like Bhinolophis euryale but larger (forearm, 

 ■18 '6 to 51 "4; upper tooth-row about 7 mm.); noseleaf with 

 lancet abruptly narrowed to a linear tip ; ear with antitragal 

 lobe relatively broad and low ; fourth finger with first j^halanx 

 decidedly more than one-third as long as second (ratio about 44) : 

 colour usually paler than in the related animal. 



:i External characters. — Slightly larger and more robust than 

 Bhinoloplais euryale, a difference especially noticeable in freshlv 

 killed individuals. Noseleaf as in R. euryale, except that the 

 lancet is very abruptly narrowed above middle to a distinctlv 

 linear tip. Ear as in B. enryale but broader, the antitragal lobe 



