274 iniiNOLOPHiD.i;. 



150. Rhinoloplius aflSnis. The allied HorsesJwe-Bat. 



Rliiiioloplms ailinis, Hoisfield, lies. Java (1824) ; ? Cantor, J. A. S. B. 



XV, p. 181 ; Bli/th, J. A. S. B. xxi, p. 34(j ; id. Cat. p. 24 ; id. Mam. 



Birds Burma, p. 20; Jerdoii, Mam. p. 25 ; Ilutton, P. Z. S. 1872, 



p. GDO; Bobsan, Mon. As. Chir. p. 47 ; id. Cat. Cliir. B. M. p. 112; 



Anderson, Cat. p. lOl) ; Sculli/, J. A. S. B. hi, pt. 2, p. 242 ; W. 



Blanf. J. A. S. B. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 2G1 . 

 lihiuolopluis roiixii, Temm. Mon. Mam. il. p. 30 h (1835) ; Bhjth, 



It. CO. ; Jerdon, I. c. ; Hntton, I. c. p. 0'J7. 

 lihiuolophus nibidus, R. ciuerasceus, and R. rammauika, Kelaart, 



P/w/. pp. 13, 14. 

 Rhinoloplius rubidus {errore fiilvidus) and E. n. s., Kelaart, apud 



Bhjth, J. A. S. B. XX, pp. 182-3. 



Ears shorter than the head, sharply pointed, the outer margin 

 nearly straight, separated from the large antitragus hy a moderately 

 deep angular notch. 



Anterior nose-leaf not quite large enoiigh to conceal the muzzle 

 when viewed from above, but very broad between its own outer 

 and inner margins ; sella moderately broad in front between the 

 nostrils, the erect transverse portion of the same breadth through- 

 out as that between the nostrils and rounded above, the longi- 

 tudinal lamellar buttress-like process behind being of the same 

 height or slightly higher, and with a rounded upper surface from 

 which a few long hairs arise (fig. 80 A, p. 2GS) ; posterior leaf 

 longer than broad, ^\•ith concave margins, the tip elongate, acu- 

 minate, and rather blunt. Lower lip with three grooves. 



Wing-membrane broad, variously attached to the tarsus, the 

 ankle, or to the tibia above the ankle. Interfeuioral membrane 

 nearly straight behind or projecting angularly in the middle. Eur 

 dense, soft, moderately long. 



Colour very variable, from dark sooty brown or even dark ashy 

 to bright ferruginous or golden orange-brown, the hairs darker 

 towards their extremities. 



Dimensions. Head and body 2-3 inches long, tail 0-9, oar from 

 liead between ears 0-6, from base of inner margin U'7"^ forearm 

 2-1, thumb 0-35. 



Distribution. Peninsula of India from the Himalaya 1o Cape 

 Comorin, ascending the Himalayas to 7000 feet (Mussoorie, ISepal, 

 Dai'jiling), Ceylon, Burma, Cochin China, Sumatra, Java, and 

 Borneo. Probably chiefly found in those parts of India that 

 have a heavy rainfall; no s])ecimens ap])ear to be recordi^l from 

 the Central Provinces, Coromanihd Coast, N.W. Provinces, or 

 Punjab. Dobson states that ihis bat inhabits the hill-tracts, hut 

 s])('ciniens are recorded by Blyth from CalcuUa and ]?arra('k])ur, 

 and from a cave near Colgong on the (ranges, and by Jerdon I'rom 

 T(;llicherry. 



JJabits. The only account I can find is given by llutlon, who 

 says : — "This species is early on (ho wing and may be seen in llie 

 evening twilight coursing slowly round I ho 1 roc^s in searcli of in- 

 sects, crunching Ihe liard-w inged boolios as il Hies, wilh a sharp 



