Families Rhiiiolophidse and Megadermatidae. 383 



IJ. speoi'is group. 



The subspecies ot" speoris : — 



a. Skull, length to foot of canines 19-20-3 mm. 



(averng^e of 108 specimens 19'7 mm.) ; fore- 

 arm 49-8-54: (average 52). (Ceylon, Kanara, 

 Bombay, Khandeish, Mysore.) s. speoris, 



b. Skull, length 18-19-8 mm. (average of 34 



specimens 18-8 ram.) ; forearm 4o-8-5r5 



(average 49 4). (Bellary.) s.imlchellus,&\xhs^.\\. 



Type of H. s. pukhellm :— Female. B.M. no. 13. 4. 10. 13. 

 Original number U73. Collected 27th July, 1912, at 

 Vijayanagar, Hellarj, by (jr. C. ShDrfciidge. Presented 

 by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



//. calcarattis group. 



H. cupidus, sp. n. 



Nearly allied to //. calcaratus, but with teeth considerably 

 smaller, canine to 7H^ 7*3-7'5 mm. as compared vvitli 8'2-8'3 

 in calcaratus. Forearm in the immature type 46'2 ; in an 

 adult from Jobi Island 49*2. 



Type. Immature male. B.M. no. 97. 12. 6. 4. Fiom 

 Eaga, British New Guinea. Collected by A. S. Anthony. 

 Presented by Lord Rothschild. 



Genus MeGADERMA. 



Subspecies of M. sj>asma : — 



a^. Tibia averagingshorter, 27-28 mm. (Celebes, 



Philippines.) M, s. sjnisma. 



b"^. Tibia averaging longer, 28-5-33-5 mm. 



«'. Length of skull 24-4-26-3 mm. ; lower jaw 

 16-9-18; c-wr' 9-5-10. Forearm 54-58-5. 

 (Java, Kangean, Sumatra, Borneo.) .... s. trifoUum. 



b. As tnfolium, but averaging perceptibly 



larger. Forearm 55-61-5 mm. (Malay 



Peninsula, S. Tenasserim.) s. Diedlum, subsp. n. 



c. Maximum of size in the species ; lower jaw 



17'8-19 mm.; c-?»' 10-10-8. Forearm 



62-63. (Lower Chindwin.) s. majus, subsp. n. 



d. As trifolium, but more delicately built; 



lower jaw 16-6-17"3 nun. ; zygomatic 

 breadth of skull 137-14-3 mm. (against 

 14-3-15-5), Forearm 53-5-50-5. (Siam, 

 Camboja.) s. mimts, subsp. n. 



