RIIINOLOPHUS. 277 



? Rhinolophus lepidus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 486 (1844). 

 Rhinolophus subbadius, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 486, xxi, pp. 347, 



361 ; id. Cat. p. 2-5 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 26, nee Hodgson. 

 Rhinolophus pusillus, Dobson, P. A. S. B. 1872, p. 155 ; Blyth, 



Mam. Birds Burma, p. 20, nee Temminck. 

 Rbinolopbus garoensis, Dobson, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 387 ; id. Mon. 



As. Chir. p._48 ; id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 115 ; Anderson, Cat. p. 110. 



Ears a little shorter than the head, subacutely pointed, outer 

 margin concave just below the tip. 



Anterior nose-leaf deep from outer to inner margin, but not 

 large enough to conceal the muzzle when viewed 

 from above ; sella somewhat broader in front, the 

 erect transverse process a little narrower than that 

 between the nostrils, and rounded off above, the 

 longitudinal buttress-like lamella behind much 

 higher than the transverse process, and pointed 

 above (more pointed in some specimens than in 

 others) ; posterior leaf longer than broad in general, 

 and with the sides concave and the tip acuminate, 

 Fig 84 Nose- ^ut ^ s * s vai> i a ble a l s i an d in one variety (R. 

 leaf of R. garoensis, fig. 84) the posterior leaf is almost an 

 minor, Tar. equilateral triangle with straight sides. Lower lip 

 (Dohson, Mon. w i t h tnree grooves. 



Wings from the ankles. Interfemoral membrane 

 straight or nearly so behind, but somewhat variable. 

 Fur moderately long. 



The second lower premolar is sometimes in the tooth-row, more 

 often, as in most other species, external, wedged in between the 

 outer angles of the adjoining teeth. 



Colour of fur light brown above, greyish brown below, varying 

 in tint as usual. 



Dimensions. Head and body 1'75 inches, tail O75, ear from 

 crown of head 0-45, from base 0-55, forearm ] '45. 



Distribution. The Himalayas (Mussoorie, Nepal), Garo hills, the 

 Wynaad and Malabar Coast, and probably the neighbourhood of 

 Calcutta (11. lepidus}, Burma, Siain, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and 

 Japan. Apparently rare in the Peninsula of India. The Hima- 

 layan and Garo form is that with the triangular posterior nose- 

 leaf, fig. 84 (72. subbadius, Blyth, or garoensis, Dobson). 



155. Rhinoloplms Mpposiderus. The lesser Horseshoe-Bat. 



Noctilio hipposideros, Bechstein, Naturg. Deutschl. edit. 2, i, p. 1194 



(1801). 

 Rhinolophus hipposideros, Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 52 ; id. Cat, 



Chir. B. M. p. 117 ; Scully, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 198. 



Ears nearly as long as the head, very pointed, the outer margin 

 deeply concave and separated from the large antitragus by a deep 

 angular notch. 



