74 'Mv. K. Andersen on 



Rhinolophus fumigatus exsnl, subsp. n. 



Din/fiosis. — Apparently similar in all essential characters 

 to Rh fumi(/a(us { = Aiiti)iorii) , but decidedly smaller. Fore- 

 arm -I9"5 mm. 



Ej.ternal characters. — To judge from a dried skin, the 

 sliaps of ilie nose-leaves and tars is the same as in Rh.fumi- 

 (futiis. The lateral margins of the sella bear the dense 

 clothing of long hairs characteristic of the fumir/atits-^ronp 

 of species ; the hairing on the front face of the sella seems 

 to be sparser and shorter than in the typical form. General 

 colour above dark greyish '^ drab/' darkest on the hinder 

 part of the back, Vjrighter drab on the underside of the body ; 

 base of" hairs, throughout, dark smoke-grey. 



Measurenunts. — Under the next form. 



^lype. — Ad. (skin). Kitui, British East Africa, 3300 ft., 

 Jan. 3rd, 1901; collected and presented by Mrs. H. Hindc. 

 B. M. no. 1. 5. 6. 3. Original no. G8. The type is the only 

 specimen known to me. 



Distrihutiun. — Probably the whole of the Ukamba district. 



Remarks. — This is evidently a southern offshoot of 

 Rh. fumigatus, cut off from the (Abyssinian) main stem of 

 tiie species, and developed into a distinct race. From Rh. 

 Deckeni, an inhabitant of nearly the same regions, it is 

 easily distinguished by the longer and differently shaped 

 nose-leaves, by having tlie mai'gins of the sella clothed with 

 long straight hairs, by the much smaller size (forearm in 

 Rh. Deckeni 54"7 mm.), by having the -1th metacarpal only 

 ab:)nt 2 mm. longer than the 3rd (in Rh. Deckeni 5 mm. 

 longer), by the comparatively very short 2nd phalanx of the 

 5th finger, &c. I have not seen a skull of this form ; it vrill, 

 no doubt, be found to have lost both the lower /^s and the 

 upper p-, agreeing in this respect with Rh. fumigatus and 

 differing from Rh. Deckeni. 



Rhinolophus Hildebrandti eloquens, subsp. n. 



Diagnosis. — A small race of Rh. Hildebrandti. Forearm 

 57~-(iO 5 mm. 



Wings. — Rh. Hildebrandti is among the largest species of 



type, of Ilh. a. Andersuni are immature (though apparently fiill-prrown or 

 very noarly fiill-groAvn) individual?', as proved by the t'till not ankylosed 

 epiphyses of the metacarpals and phalanges. This must be borne in 

 niiud when comparing their measurements with those of the adult 

 lih. a. fjiarli>/i/nufhus. It will be seen that, notwithstanding their smaller 

 size (and immature age), the specimens ofJih. a. Andersoni have markedly 

 larger skulls and teeth than those oi lih. a. brac/it/f/niiihtts. 



