276 RHTNOLOPHID.*;. 



Habits. At Mussoorie, where it is not common, Peters's leaf- 

 nosed bat is said by Hutton to be found only during the warm 

 summer months. It hides in caves &c. during the day and flies 

 in the evening high and rapidly as a rule, though it is occasionally 

 seen hunting over beds of flowers. 



153. Rhinoloplms macrotis. The large-eared Horseshoe-Bat. 



Rhinolophus macrotis (Hodyson), Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 485 

 (1844); id. Cat. p. 25; Jerdon, Mam. p. 20; Hutton, P. Z. S. 

 1872, p. 699 ; Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 45 ; id. Cat. Chir. B. M. 

 p. 110 ; Anderson, Cat. p. 109 ; Scully, J. A. S. B. Ivi, pt. 2, p. 241. 



Ears very large, their length exceeding that of the head, bluntly 

 pointed ; outer margin slightly concave. 



Anterior nose-leaf large, covering the upper lip ; sella broad, 

 rounded in front, maintaining the same 

 breadth throughout the erect transverse 

 portion, which is rounded above, and sup- 

 ported behind by a longitudinal buttress-like 

 connecting process, hairy, equal or slightly 

 superior to the transverse process in height, 

 obtusely rounded above; posterior leaf tri- 

 angular, obtusely pointed, subequilateral. 

 Lower lip with three grooves across it. 



Wing-membrane from the ankles ; inter- 

 F' 83 H d of .Z? femoral membrane generally pointed and 

 macrotis. (Dobson] projecting in the middle, but sometimes 

 Mon. As. Chir.) straight ; the extreme tip of the tail free. 



Fur moderately long. 



Colour sooty brown varying to light earthy brown (and probably 

 to bright chestnut) above, paler and greyer below. 



Dimensioiis. Head and body 1*7 inches long, tail 0*8, ear from 

 crown of head 0*75 (from base 0'85), forearm 1-6. In fresh speci- 

 mens the ear is an inch long according to Hutton and from nose 

 to tail 2-5. 



Distribution. Hitherto only recorded from two Himalayan 

 localities, Nepal and Mussoorie. At the last-named locality one 

 was captured at 5500 feet. 



Habits. Hutton says of these bats, " They come out of caves in 

 the earlier twilight hours, and may be seen flitting rapidly at some 

 height in the air, chasing the small flies and beetles which abound 

 during the rainy season." 



154. Rhinolophns minor. The little Indian Horseshoe-Bat. 



Rhinolophus minor, Horsfeld, Res. Java (1824) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 

 xxi, pp. 347 note, 301 ; Hutton, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 698 ; 

 Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 50; id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 114; id. 

 Report Brit. Assoc. 1880, p. 175 ; Anderson, Cat. p. 110 ; Scully, 

 J. A. S. B. Ivi, pt. 2, p. 243 ; W. Bla-nf. J.A.S. B. Ivii, pt. 2. p. 201. 



