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Hipposideros nobilis, Cantor, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 182 ; Blylh, J. A. S. 



B. xxi, p. 346 ; id. Cat. p. 20. 

 Hipposideros lankadiva, Kelaart, Pi-od. p. 19 : Blyih. J. A. S. B. xx, 



p. 183; id. Cat. p. 26. 



Phyllorhina masoni, Dobson, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 338. 

 Phyllorhina diadema, Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 61 ; id. Cat. Chir. 



B. M. p. 137 ; Blyth, Mam. Birds Burma, p. 20 ; Anderson, Cat. 



p. 115. 

 Hipposiderus diadema, W. Blanf. J. A. S. B. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 203. 



Ears pointed, outer margin nearly or quite straight below the 

 tip. 



Anterior nose-leaf about the same width on the face as the 

 posterior, almost semicircular, with three supplementary leaflets on 

 each side. Sella with a prominent ridge in the middle. Posterior 

 leaf with a rounded free margin, slightly prominent and thickened 



Fig. 86. Head of Hipposiderus diadema, Tar. (H. masoni). (Dobson, Mon. 

 As. Chir.) 



in the middle, the front surface divided into four cells by longi- 

 tudinal ribs as usual. No frontal pore. Wings from the ankles ; 

 interfemoral membrane large, projecting triangularly behind ; last 

 caudal vertebra free. 



Colour. Fur various shades of brown above, paler below. The 

 basal and terminal portions of the dorsal hair brown, intermediate 

 parts paler, sometimes white. 



Dimensions. Head and body 3-4 inches, tail 2-3, ear from the 

 crown 0-9, forearm 3-4 (varying from 3 to 3'6). 



Distribution. In the Indian Peninsula this species has been 

 found by Mr. V. Ball at Udaipur, north-west of Sambalpur, 

 Central Provinces, and by myself near Bhandara east of Nagpur ; 

 remains also occur fossil in the Kurnool caves (Pleistocene). 

 Other localities are Ceylon, Sikhim, Moulmein, Penang, and most 

 of the islands in the Malay Archipelago, also the Philippines. 



A specimen (fig. 86) from Moulmein, which differs in having 

 the posterior nose-leaf divided into two cells only and in having 



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