50 MAMMALIA OF INDIA. 
No. 54. HIPPOSIDEROS ARMIGER. 
The Large Horse-shoe Bat ( Jerdon’s No, 25). 
Hasirat.—Lower Himalaya ranges ; Ceylon. 
DescripTion.—Nasal-leaf large and square ; lips with a triple fold of 
skin on each side ; tragus vaguely developed and wavily emarginate ; 
of a uniform light-brown colour, with maroon tips to the hairs of the 
upper parts ; membranes black. 
Size.—Head and body, 4% inches ; tail, 23 ; wing expanse, 22. 
Jerdon makes this out to be the same as Kellaart’s . /ankadiva and 
the Malayan A. nobilis, but those are synonymous with Phyllorhina 
diadema. ‘Kellaart supposed it to be identical with A. zzszgnzs, which 
will be found further on as Phyllorhina larvata, all those bats closely 
resembling each other in a general way. I think this No. 25 of Jerdon 
is the same as Peters P%yllorhina armigera. Hutton found it at 
Darjeeling, and writes of it as follows :— 
“When captured alive the large ears are kept in a constant state of 
rapid tremulous motion, and the animal emits a low purring sound, 
which becomes a sharp scream when alarmed or irritated. When 
suspended at rest the tail and inter-femoral membrane are turned up, 
not in front, like the #c7o/ophi, but behind, over the lower part of the 
back ; neither does it appear to envelope itself in its wings so completely 
as does &. /uctus.’ He then goes on to say he has noticed the tremor 
of the ears and facial crests in all the &/7xolophi when disturbed, and 
concludes with 4 graphic description of this species, sallying forth in the 
evening to prey upon the noisy Cvcadas; leisurely wheeling with 
noiseless, cautious flight round some wide-spreading oak, ‘“‘ scanning 
each branch as he slowly passes by—now rising to a higher circle, and 
then perchance descending to the lower branches, until at length, 
detecting the unfortunate minstrel, it darts suddenly into the tree, and 
snatching the still screaming insect from its perch, bears it away.” 
Jerdon procured specimens at Darjeeling, and Kellaart says it is found 
in great abundance at Kandy and its neighbourhood; Kurnegalle 
Tunnel swarms with them. 
No. 55. HIPPOSIDEROS SPEORIS. 
The Indian Horse-shoe Bat (Jerdon’s No. 26). 
HapitraT.—India generally and Ceylon. 
DescripT:ioN.—Mouse brown or fulvous brown. Occasionally 
golden fulvous and sometimes dusky black above, paler beneath ; mem- 
branes dusky brown ; interfemoral membrane narrow, enclosing the tail 
except the last half joint (about 2-roths of an inch), which is free. 
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