274 BHnfOLOPHID-E. 



150. Rhinolophns affinis. The allied Horseshoe-Bat. 



Rhinolophus affinis, Horsfeld, Res. Java (1824) ; ? Cantor, J. A. S. B. 



xv p. 181 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxi,p. 34*3 ; id. Cat. p. 24 ; id. Mam. 



Birds Burma, p. 20; Jerdon, Mam. p. 25 ; Hutton, P. Z. S. 1872, 



p. 696; Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 47 ; id. Cat. Chir. B. Af.p. 112; 



Anderson, Cat. p. 100 ; Scully, J. A. S. B. Ivi, pt. 2, p. 242 ; W. 



Blanf. J. A. S. B. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 261. 

 Rhinolophus rouxii, Temm. Man. Main. ii. p. 30 b (1835) ; Blyth, 



II. cc. ; Jerdon, I. c. ; Hutton, I. c. p. 697. 

 Rhinolophus rubidus, It. ciuerasceus, and R. rammanika, Kelaart, 



TVorf. pp. 13, 14. 

 Rhinolophus rubidus (en-ore fulvidus) and R. n. s., Kelaart, apud 



Blyth, J.A.S. B. xx, pp. 182-3. 



Ears shorter than the head, sharply pointed, the outer margin 

 nearly straight, separated from the large antitragus by a moderately 

 deep angular notch. 



Anterior nose-leaf not quite large enough to conceal the muzzle 

 when viewed from above, but very broad between its own outer 

 and inner margins ; sella moderately broad in front between the 

 nostrils, the erect transverse portion of the same breadth through- 

 out as that between the nostrils and rounded above, the longi- 

 tudinal lamellar buttress-like process behind being of the same 

 height or slightly higher, and with a rounded upper surface from 

 which a few long hairs arise (fig. 80 A, p. 268) ; posterior leaf 

 longer than broad, with concave margins, the tip elongate, acu- 

 minate, and rather blunt. Lower lip with three grooves. 



Wing-membrane broad, variously attached to the tarsus, the 

 ankle, or to the tibia above the ankle. Interferaoral membrane 

 nearly straight behind or projecting angularly in the middle. .Fur 

 dense, soft, moderately long. 



Colour very variable, from dark sooty brown or even dark ashy 

 to bright ferruginous or golden orange-brown, the hairs darker 

 towards their extremities. 



Dimensions. Head and body 2-3 inches long, tail 0-9, ear from 

 head between ears 0*6, from base of inner margin O75, forearm 

 2-1, thumb 0-35. 



Distribution. Peninsula of India from the Himalaya to Cape 

 Comorin, ascending the Himalayas to 7000 feet (Mussoorie, Nepal, 

 Darjiling), Ceylon, Burma, Cochin China, Sumatra, Java, and 

 Borneo. Probably chiefly found in those parts of India that 

 have a heavy rainfall ; no specimens appear to be recorded from 

 the Central Provinces, Coromandel Coast, N.W. Provinces, or 

 Punjab. Dobson states that this bat inhabits the hill-tracts, but 

 specimens are recorded by Blyth from Calcutta and Barrackpur, 

 and from a cave near Colgong on the Ganges, and by Jerdon from 

 Tellicherry. 



Habits. The only account I can find is given by Hutton, who 

 says : " This species is early on the wing and may be seen in the 

 evening twilight coursing slowly round the trees in search of in- 

 sects, crunching the hard-winged beetles as it flies, with a sharp 



