

KHINOLOPHra, 277 



? Rliiuolophus lepidiis, Bh/fh, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 48G (1844). 

 Rhinolophus subbadiiis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 486, xxi, pp. .■}47, 



361 ; id. Cat. p. 23 ; Jenhn, Mam. p. 26, nee Hud//son. 

 Ilhinoloplius pusillus, Dobson, P. A. 8. B. 1872, p. 155; Bhjth, . 



31am. Birds Burma., p. 20, nee Temminek. 

 Rliinolophus gavoensis, Duhson, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 387 ; id. Mmi. 



As. Chir. p. 48 ; id.Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 115 ; Anderson, Cat. p. 110. 



Ears a little shorter than the head, suhacutely pointed, outer 

 niargiu concave just below the tip. 



Anterior nose-leaf deep from outer to inner margin, but not 



large enough to conceal the muzzle when viewed 



from above ; sella somewhat broader in front, the 



erect transverse process a little narrower than that 



between the nostrils, and. rounded off above, the 



longitudinal buttress-like lamella behind much 



higher than the transverse process, and pointed 



above (more pointed in some specimens than in 



others) ; posterior leaf longer than broad in general, 



and with the sides concave and the tip acuminate, 



F{(T 84 —Nose- ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ variable also, and in one variety (1^. 



leaf of B. garoensis, fig. 84) the posterior leaf is almost an 



minor, var. equilateral triangle with straight sides. Lower lip 



(Dubson, Mon. ^^ith three grooves. 



As. Chir.) Wings from the ankles. Interfemoral membrane 



straight or nearly so behind, but somewhat variable. 

 Fur moderately long. 



The second lower premolar is sometimes in the tooth-row, more 

 often, as in most other species, external, wedged in between the 

 outer angles of the adjoining teeth. 



Colour of fur light brown above, greyish brown below, varying 

 in tint as usual. 



Dimensions. Head and body l'7o inches, tail 0"75, ear from 

 crown of head 0-45, from base 0-55, forearm 1 -45. 



Distribution. The Himalayas (Mussoorie, Nepal), Giiro hills, the 

 "Wynaad and Malabar Coast, and probably the neighbourhood of 

 Calcutta (B. lepidns), Burma, iSiam, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and 

 Japan. Apparently rare in the Peninsula of India. The Hima- 

 layan and Giiro form is that with the triangular [)osterior nose- 

 leaf, fig. 84 (it!, subhadius, Blyth, or garoensis, Dobson). 



155. Ehinolophus hipposiderus. The lesser Horseshoe-Bat. 



Noctilio hipposideros, Bechstein, Naturg. Deutschl. edit. 2, i, p. 1104 



(1801). 

 Illiiaolophus hipposideros, Dobso7i, Mon. As. Chir. p. 52 ; id. Cat. 



Chir. B. M. p. 117 ; Scully, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 198. 



Ears nearly as long as the head, very pointed, the outer margin 

 deeply concave and separated from the large antitragus by a deep 

 angular notch. 



