Mr. E. BIyth's Notices of various Mammalia. JGU 



Hodgson thus describes tlie species : — '' Xo pubic teats. Ears 

 no longer than head, truncated at tip, [or rather, thi-y arc some- 

 what obtusely pointed,] ovoid. Nasal appendage quadrate, not 

 salient, with a transverse bar nearly surmounting it towards the 

 head. Colour a medial clear brown, paler below, and esj)ecially 

 on the head and face. Snout to vent an inch and a half; tail 

 an inch and a quarter; head five-eighths of an inch; ears the 

 same ; expanse seven and a half: fore-arm an inch and a quarter ; 

 longest finger two and a quarter ; the foot and nails three-eighths 

 of an inch. Habitat Nepal." Tlie admeasurements of a speci- 

 men ])rcsented by Mr. Hodgson are — muzzle to vent an inch and 

 a quarter ; tail five-eighths of an inch ; head the same ; ears au- 

 teally half an inch; fore-arm an inch and three- eighths; longest 

 finger one and seven-eighths ; tibia nearly five-eighths of an inch ; 

 foot and nails five-sixteenths of an inch. Inhabits Nepal. 



6. 7?^. h'pidus, nobis. — A good deal allied to the last, but 

 distinguished by its much paler colour, longer fore-arm, and 

 especially by the upjicruiost and hindmost peak of the facial 

 membranes being much less evenly angular, having its sides so 

 considerably emarginated towards the tip, that the latter a])pears 

 as a narrow terminal prolongation, one-sixteenth of an inch in 

 length ; the vertical membrane posterior to and adjoining the 

 anterior nose-leaf is also still more developed and obtusely angu- 

 lated behind ; and there is a slight fold of membrane exterior to 

 the nostrils. Ears large, and of the usual form, measiu'ing nearly 

 five-eighths of an inch from anteal base to tip, and ha^^ng a well- 

 developed anti-helix. General hue pale isabella-browni, the fur of 

 the upper parts tinged mth dull maroon towards the tips, im- 

 parting a shade of that colour; tinder-parts still lighter, and the 

 fiu* shorter : membranes apparently dark. Length an inch and 

 three-quarters ; of tail half an inch more ; and extent about nine 

 inches : fore-arm an inch and five-eighths ; longest finger two 

 and a quarter ; and tibia above five-eighths of an inch. The 

 specimen (in spirits), and an injiired skin of apparently the same 

 species, were both probably obtained in the vicinity of Calcutta. 

 Hipposideros, Gray. — This seems a perfectly distinct group, 

 characterized by a totally different form of facial crest from that 

 observable in the preceding series. The general form of this is 

 quadrate, surmovmted by a short and broad transverse membrane 

 recurved along the edge, and over this in the males (I suspect 

 always) is a round sinus or canty with a transverse semicircular 

 opening. " This cavity,^' remarks Mr. Elliot, " the animal can 

 turn out at ])leasure, like the finger of a glove ; it is lined with 

 a pencil of stiff hairs, and secretes a yelloAv substance like wax. 

 When alarmed, the animal opens this cavity and blows it out, 

 during which it is protruded and withdrawn at each breathing. 



