28 RHINOLOPHIN^. 



on the outer margin; facial membrane, complicated ; muzzle, short ; inter- 

 femoral membrane, narrow, square, enclosing the tail, the half of the last 

 joint alone free ; body^ short, thiclr, of variable colour ; sometimes light 

 mouse colour, paler beneath ; at times, fulvous brown ; at other times, 

 bright riifo-ferruginous or golden fulvous. 



Length of a male, about Sy"*^ inches, of which the tail is 1 ; fore-ai*m, 2 ; 

 tibia, yS-j ; expanse, 13 ; ear, -j-^^. The females are a little smaller. 



Sykes' species has gecerally been considered the same as speoris, but 

 I see that Wagner separates it, and Blyth states that " the races from 

 different localities may yet prove to be distinct, however closely affined." 



It inhabits India, Ceylon, Malayana, as far as Timor, &c. ; and is far 

 from rare in Southern India, inhabiting old buildings, wells, &c. It has 

 been sent from Deyra Doon. I procured it at Madras, Nellore, and in 

 the Deccan. 



27. Hipposideros murinus. 



BhhioJophns apud Elliot, Cat. 8. — R.fulgens, Elliot, Cat. 9. — Blyth, 



Cat. 80. 



The Little Horse-shoe Bat. 



Descr. — Ears, large, erect, rounded ; muzzle, short ; a transverse frontal 

 leaf and sac ; in front a simple membrane round the nostrils ; interfemoral 

 membrane, large, including the tail all but the extreme tip ; body, short 

 and thick ; colour, dusky-brown or mouse colour, sometimes light fawn 

 or ferruginous ; wing membranes blackish. 



Length to end of tail, Sy^j inches, of which the tail is 1^% ; expanse, 

 10| ; fore-arm, ly^^j ; tibia, ^^ ; eai', y'^. 



This small bat has only been obtained, in our limits, in Southern India ; 

 but it also occurs in Ceylon, in Burmah, Malayana, and the Nicobar 

 islands. 



The mouse-coloured race is common in the Carnatic, but I have only 

 seen the light rufous I'ace on the Neelgherries, at Kaitee, and Rallia. Mr. 

 Elliot obtained both races in the Southern Mahratta country. Blyth 

 considers that a dark race of this bat was named Ehinoloplms ater by 

 Templeton, and H. cdrcdus by Kelaart. 



28. Hipposideros cineraceus. 

 Blyth, J. A. S., XXII. 410, and Cat. 79. 



The Ashy Horseshoe Bat. 

 Descr. — Similar to //. murinus in structure, but larger ; above, ashy 

 gi'ay, the hairs whitish at the base, dusky gray at the tip ; beneath whitish. 



