Mr. E. Blyth's Notices of various Mammalia. 467 



2. Rh.permyer, Hodgson, Joiivii. As. Soc. xii. 414*. — J)istiii- 

 guished by its large size, and delicately soft and long, curly black- 

 ieh fur, having a slight ashy cast from the hairs being thus tipped. 

 A fine s|)eciuK'n which 1 saw in Dr. (iriftith's possession, i'rom 

 Cherra-Poonjce (Sylhet), and which has since been forwarded by 

 him to the nuiseum of the Honourable Comj)any in London, 

 measured five inches from nuizzle to extremity of foot. The only 

 example now before inc is too much injured about the head t(j 

 permit of a description being taken of the peculiarities of its 

 facial membranes; and Mr. Hodgson's account, excepting as 

 regards size and colouring, applies, for the most part, to the 

 species generally of the present subgroup. The length of the 

 fore-arm in the latter specimen (which was presented to the 

 (Society by Mr. Hodgson) is two inches and three-quarters, and 

 of tibia an inch and three-eighths. Inhabits the central region 

 of the sub-Himalayas. 



3. Rli. traf/atusf, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. iv. 699. — This spe- 

 cies was so named in reference to the development of its anti-helix, 

 as comj)ared with the very slight indication of one traceable in 

 Hipposideros armiger {\. nobilis '■.) ; but the appellation is far 

 from being felicitous, as the anti-helix (not tragus, as indeed 

 was duly pointed out by i\Ir. Hodgson) is less developed than is 

 usual in the ])re8cnt subgroup. Air. Hodgson described this 

 bat to be "uniform deep brown, with the tips paler and rvisty;'' 

 but two of three s])ecimens sent by him are certainly of a light 

 brown, tmd one of them more particularly has the upper ])arts 

 tipped with dull maroon, which produces a general shade of 

 this colour, as in several other species both of RJdaolophus and 

 Hipposideros. The central nose-leaf is small and narrow, and a 

 little expanded at the summit; the nasal orifices are fringed 

 externally with a lappet of membrane ; and the uppermost peak 

 of the membrane above the nose leaf is inconspicuous, being 

 almost concealed by the fur of the forehead. Length of fore-arm 

 two inches and a quarter, and of tibia an inch and one- sixteenth. 

 Inhabits the central region of Nepal. 



• Probably the Rh. tnntus, Tem., of wliicb I can get at no description 

 though Mr. Gray aUudes to it as stated to be black with an ashy tinge ; 

 vide ' Annals and Magazine of Nat-.iral History,' vol. x. p. 257, where 

 Mr. Gray^describes a Kh. Morio from Malacca, Singapore. "The front 

 centrallobc of the nose-leaf large, threc-lobed ; fur reddish brown. Very 

 like R/i. Itntns in gc-ncral appearance, and perhaps the colour may have 

 changed by the specimen having been taken friini spirits." Why therefore 

 impose a new name, or at any rate why not put a mark of doubt after the 

 word Mot in, and add Rk. Ii/cliis, Tem. var. T Most probably this is the 

 Rh. luc/us, Tem. var. ri/fus, from Manilla, of MM. Eydoux and Gervais, in 

 the Zoology of the Voyage of La Favorite, Rh. luc/us is described from 

 Java. 



f Misprinted torqualusm Mr. Grav's " Revision." 



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