KHINOPOMA HARDWICKII. 29 



Length of fore-arm, 1-^ ; ears posteriorly, -^ of an inch. 



Blytli states, that this is larger than viitriaus, but the fore-arm as given 

 is much shorter. It may prove to be a local race of //. 7mtrinus, and 

 has only been found in the Punjab salt range. 



II. larvatus, Horsfield, is common in Sylhet, Burmah, and Malayana ; 

 and Cantor gives H. nohills, insignis, diadema, and gcderitus, from the 

 Malay peninsula. Gould has one species fi'om Australia. 



Gen. CcELOPS, Blyth. 

 Char. — General characters of Rhinolophus, but the tail and calcanea 

 wanting entirely, the intercrural membrane acutely emarginate to the 

 depth of a line even with the knees. Ears, large, broad, rounded ; the 

 summit of the facial membranes rising abruptly, obtusely bitici, bent 

 forward ; fur, long, delicately fine. 



29. Coelops Frithii. 

 Blyth, J. A. S., XVII. 251.— Cat. 81. 



The Tailless Bat. 



Descr. — Colour, dusky or blackish; the fur tipped with dull ashy -brown 

 above, paler and somewhat a,shy beneath ; membranes, fuscous. Length 

 to rump, 1|^ inch; membrane beyond, |^ ; fore-arm, If. 



Mr. Blyth obtained one specimen only of this curious bat, which was 

 procured by Mr. Frith in the Soonderbuns, 



Gen. Rhinopoma, GeofFroy. 



m T • 2 . 1—1 1 4—4 , 



Char. — Incisors, — : canines, ; molars, ; ears, mode 



4 1 — 1 5 — 5 



rate, connate ; auricle, small, erect; forehead, excavated; nostrils, oper- 



culate by a small lamina , tail, connate by its base with the intercrural 



membrane, but produced beyond it. 



The genus by its connate ears approaches Megaderma, near which it 



is classed by some. 



30. Rhinopoma Hardwickii. 

 Gray. — Blyth, Cat. 83. 



The Long-tailed Leap-bat. 

 De^cr. — Muzzle, long, thick, truncated, and surrounded by a small 

 leaf; tragus, oblong, bi-acuminate ; forehead, concave, with a fossa or 

 channel down the centre ; fur, soft and very fine ; dull brown through- 

 out ; face, rump, and part of the abdominal region, naked. 



