KHINOLOPHUS. MAMMALIA. 73 



M. frons, Geoff. Desm. Nasal leaf oval, half the length of the 

 ears. Above two inches long. Inhabits Senegal. 



Gen. 38. RHINOLOPHUS, Geoff. Cuv. Vespertilio, Lin. 



Incisors f , canines -\ 9 molars f-f , = 30. Superior incisors 

 very small, separated, and often falling, inferior bilobed ; 

 molars with sharp-pointed crowns ; nose with a crest of a 

 horse shoe form before, surmounted by a leaf; ears distinct ; 

 interfemoral membrane large ; tail long and entirely envelop- 

 ed ; two pectoral mammas, and two pubial warts, having the 

 appearance of mammae, but without lactiferous glands. 



R. unikastatus, Geoff. Desm. (Vesperiilio ferrum-equmum, Lin. 

 Var. A.) Nasal leaf double ; the posterior spear-shaped ; the 

 anterior sinuous at the margin and extremities. Nearly three 

 inches long ; spread of the wings 14 inches. Inhabits old quarries 

 and caves in Europe. Buff, viii. pi. 20. fig. 1 and 2. 



R. bihastatns, Geoff. Desm. ( Vesp. ferrum-equinum, Lin. Var. B. 

 Vesper minutus, Mont.) Nasal leaf double, both spear-shaped ; 

 ears deeply hollowed. Generally smaller than the preceding. 

 Europe. B. Leach, Zool. Mis. iii. p. 121. 



I. Iridens, Geoff. Desm. Nasal leaf simple, terminated by three 

 points ; body about two inches long ; spread of the wings nearly 

 nine inches. Inhabits Egypt. Geoff. Egypt, ii. pi. 2. 



R. speoris, Desm. (Rkinolopc crumenifere, Peron and Lesueur 

 Vesp. speoris, Sclm.) Nasal leaf simple, with the terminal mar- 

 gin rounded ; a purse or cavity on the forehead. Island of Timor. 

 Peron, Voy. pi. 35. 



R. diadema, Geoff. Desm. Nasal leaf simple, terminal border 

 rounded ; no purse on the front ; tail the length of the leg ; body 

 about four inches long. Island of Timor. Ann. Mus. xx. pi. 6. 



R. Commersonii, Geoff. Cuv. Nasal leaf simple, the terminal mar- 

 gin rounded ; no pouch on the forehead ; tail one half less long 

 than the leg. A little smaller than the preceding. Near Fort 

 Dauphin, Madagascar. Ann. Mus. xx. pi. 5J 5 * 



R. affinis, Horsf. Yellowish brown above, yellow underneath, deep- 

 er on the throat and breast ; tail shorter than the legs ; septum of 

 the nose crooked ; ears large, with an accessory lobe at the base. 



R. minor, Horsf. Lead-colour or silvery above, gray below ; sep- 

 tum, tail, and ears like the preceding ; spread of wings 9 inches. 



R. nobilis, Horsf. Brown above varied, with gray underneath ; 

 nasal membrane extended across the nose in the form of a shelf ; 

 tail as long as the legs ; spread of wings 19^ inches. 



R. larvatus, Horsf. Deep-brown above, with a golden lustre ; 

 membrane blackish-brown with a yellowish tint, varying accord- 

 ing to the disposition of the light ; spread of wings 12 inches. 



