20 MAMMALIA PRIMATES. [RHINOLOPHUS. 



acute point; the external margin notched at the base, from which point 

 it becomes inflexed and rises into an elevated round lobe that guards the 

 orifice of the ear and appears to act the part of the tragus, which is want- 

 ing: nostrils placed at the bottom of a cavity close to each other, sur- 

 rounded by a naked membrane in the form of a horse- shoe arising from 

 the upper lip; anterior foliaceous appendage rising vertically immediately 

 behind the nostrils, of a somewhat pyramidal form, sinuous at the mar- 

 gins and at the apex, which last is obliquely truncated ; the posterior one 

 situate on the forehead, placed transversely with respect to the first and 

 standing more erect, lanceolate, expanding laterally at the base, in front 

 of which are two small cup-shaped cavities formed by a duplicature of the 

 skin. Colour of the fur reddish ash, inclining to gray beneath : mem- 

 branes dusky: ears within and without slightly hairy. 



A locar species, inhabiting caves and buildings. Found in Bristol and 

 Rochester Cathedrals, Dartford Powder Mills, and in some other parts of 

 the country. 



24. R. Hipposideros, Bechst. (Lesser Horse-shoe Bat.) 

 Posterior foliaceous appendage lanceolate, without any 

 lateral expansions: ears deeply notched on their external 

 margins. 



R. Hipposideros, Leach, Zool. Misc. vol. in. p. 2. pi. 121. Flem. 

 Brit. An. p. 5. R. bihastatus, Desm. Mammal, p. 125. Vesper- 

 tilio minutus, Mont, in Linn. Trans, vol. ix. p. 163. pi. 8. f. 5. 



DIMENS. Length of the head and body one inch four lines; of the 

 head eight lines ; of the tail nine lines ; of the ears five lines ; breadth of 

 the ears four lines and a half; length of the thumb two lines : extent of 

 wing eight inches four lines. 



DESCRIPT. Principally distinguished from the last by its very inferior 

 size. General appearance of the ears, nose, and foliaceous appendages 

 similar; the anterior appendage is however less obliquely truncated at 

 the apex, and the posterior one narrower at the base, and without the 

 lateral expansions: the ears likewise are more deeply notched and the 

 external margin altogether more sinuous. Fur soft and rather long; pale 

 rufous brown above, grayish ash beneath with a tinge of yellow. 



Found in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, Devonshire, Somersetshire, and also 

 in Wales. Is often met with in company with the last species, but is 

 considered as less common. 



GEN. 13. VESPERTILIO, Linn. 



(1. VESPERTILIO, Geoff.) 



25. V. murlnus, Desm. Ears oval, as long as the 

 head ; tragus falciform, half the length of the auricle : 

 fur reddish brown above ; dirty white beneath. 



V. murinus, Desm. Mammal, p. 134. La Chauve-souris, Buff. Hist. 

 Nat. torn. viu. pi. 16. 



DIMENS. Length of the head and body three inches five lines ; of the 

 head eleven lines ; of the tail one inch eight lines ; of the ears eleven 

 lines and a half; of the tragus five lines ; of the thumb five lines: extent 

 of wing fifteen inches. 



