PHYLLORHINA. / 



Length.— Ke&d and body 2", tail 0- 75", bead 0-7', ear 0-65" x 0-5\ 

 forearm 1*75*, thumb O'o", third finger metacarpal 1'15", first phalanx 

 O'b", second phalanx 0-6", fifth fiug-er metacarpal 0"9", first phalanx 

 0-4', second phalanx O'S", tibia 0-65", foot 0-35". 



Hab. — Sind (Kurrachee) in swarms during April, just at dusk, and 

 N. E. Africa (Egypt, Zanzibar). 



Var Murraiana — Anderson, Cat. Main. hid. Mus. p. 113. 



T)v. Axi.dieY'&ow {Gat. Mamm. Indian Museum 1881) says: — "This is 

 distinguished from typical P. tridens by its somewhat shorter, broader, 

 and less pointed ears, but which otherwise conform to the characters 

 of the ears of P. tridens. The projections from the upper noseleaf 

 are more marked than in P. tridens from Egypt. The interfemoral 

 and wing membranes are prolonged somewhat further down the 

 tibia than is the case in bats, of this species from Egypt, and the 

 former membrane reaches the proximal end of the penultimate osseous 

 caudal vertebras. 



It attains to a larger size than any from Egypt. Measurements of 

 an adult ^ ,— total length of body 2-30"; tail 1", head 0-80", ear 0-70', 

 breadth of ear 0"68", forearm 2'07", thumb 0*32", third finger metacarpal 

 r46", first phalanx 0*64''', second phalanx 0-66" ; fifth finger metacarpal 

 MO", first phalanx 0-60", second phalanx 0-45"; tibia 0-74", foot 0-40". 



Hah. — Sind (Kurrachee) and the Persian Gulf. 



Phyllorhina s-peoris— Peters, M. B. Alad. Borl. 1871, p. 320 ; 



Dohson, Monog. As. Chir. p. 67, fig. a. b. ; Gat. Gldr. Br. Mas. p. 143 ; 

 Anderson, Gat. Mam. Ind. Mus. p. 116. Vespertilio speoris, Schn. Schreb 

 Saugeth. pi. 59; Hipposideros speoris, Blijth Jour. As. Soc.Ben.lSH, 

 p. 489. Hipposideros speoris et templetonii, Kelaart, Prod,. Faun. Zeyl. 



Slightly larger than PJiyJlorhina tridens and with long and narrower 

 ears, owing to the less convexity of their inner margins ; upper third of 

 the inner margin of the ear conch slightly convex almost straight, tip 

 narrowly rounded off or sub-acutely pointed, not projecting outwards. 

 Upper third of the outer margin equally concave, lower two-thirds 

 convex, with a small but very distinct spine-like pi'ojection at the 

 commencement of the lower third. Horseshoe-shaped horizontal 

 nose-leaf narrow, with three parallel leaflets on the muzzle on each 

 side ; transverse terminal leaf broader than the sella ; upper margin 

 regularly convex, front concave surface with three very distinct 

 vertical ridges whereof the centre one is longest; a large frontal sac 

 in the male, with a transverse aperture and swollen margins : in 

 females much smaller. 



Wing membrane from the tibite near the ankle, interfemoral mem- 

 brane short, square behind ; the last osseous caudal vertebra and 

 half of the antepenultimate vertebree free. Fm^, above, brown ; white 

 at the base ; beneath, similar but paler. The shade of brown varies 

 considerably in different individuals. 



Lpngth. — Head and body 2* 4", tail 0'85", tail free from membrane 

 0-1 2^ head 0-85", ear 0-7" X 0-5", forearm 2-05", thumb 0-3", third finger 

 2-75'', fifth finger 2-25*', tibia 0-9", calcaneum 0-5", foot 0-38*'. 



