Families Rhinolophiilse and Megadermatida?. 383 



11. speoris group. 



The subspecies of speoris : — 



a. Skull, length to foot of canines 19-20-3 mm. 



(average of 108 specimeus 197 mm.) ; fore- 

 arm 49-8-54 (average 52). (Ceylon, Kanara, 

 Bombay, Khandeish, Mysore.) s. speoris. 



b. Skull, length 18-19-8 mm. (average of 34 



specimens 18-8 mm.) ; forearm 45-8-51-5 



(average 49 4). (Bellary.) s. pulchellus, subsp. n. 



Type of H. s. pulchellus :— Female. B.M. no. 13. 4. 10. 13. 

 Original number 1473. Collected 27th July, 1912, at 

 Vijayanagar, Bellary, by G. C. Shorfcridge. Presented 

 by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



H. calcaratus group. 



H. cupidus, sp. n. 



Nearly allied to //. calcaratus, but with teeth considerably 

 smaller, canine to in 3 7'3-7*5 mm. as compared with 8'2-8'3 

 in calcaratus. Forearm in the immature type 46*2 ; in an 

 adult from Jobi Island 49*2. 



Type. Immature male. B.M. no. 97. 12. 6. 4. From 

 Eaga, British New Guinea. Collected by A. S. Anthony. 

 Presented by Lord Rothschild. 



Genus Megaderma. 



Subspecies of M. spasma : — 



a 2 . Tibia averaging shorter, 27-28 mm. (Celebes, 



Philippines.) M. s. spasma. 



b 2 . Tibia averaging longer, 28'5-33 - 5 mm. 



a 3 . Length of skull 24-4-26-3 mm. ; lower jaw 

 16-9-18 ; c-m 3 9-5-10. Forearm 54-58-5. 

 (Java, Kangean, Sumatra, Borneo.) .... s. trifolium. 



b. As trifolium, but averaging perceptibly 



larger. Forearm 55-61-5 mm. (Malay 



Peninsula, S. Tenasserim.) s. medium, subsp. n. 



c. Maximum of size in the species ; lower jaw 



17-8-19 mm.; c-m 3 10-10-8. Forearm 



62-63. (Lower Chindwin.) g. majus, subsp. n. 



d. As trifolium, but more delicately built ; 



lower jaw 166-173 mm. ; zygomatic 

 breadth of skull 13-7-14-3 mm. (against 

 14-3-155). Forearm 535-56-5. (Siam, 

 Camboja.) s. mums, subsp. n. 



