uuiNoi.opuuF!. 27!* 



Colour of I'ur above redilitsh brown \\\[\\ a gir\i.sli tiiii;(', bcnealli 

 pale grey, almost while. 



Dimensions. Head and body 2-35 inches, tail 1-5"), ear from 

 anterior base O*'.), from crown of head 0-75, forearm 2-2.5. 



Distribution. Europe, Africa, and Asia north of Ihe Himalayas, 

 not ranging quite so far north as 7i*. Jdji/Msidcrus, but extending 

 to the Cape of Good Hope. Within Indian limits this species 

 has, lil<e E. hij^iosiderus, only been found in Gilgit. 



IJabits. In the day the. greater horseshoe-bat hides in drv c;t\es, 

 outhouses, ruins, and similar places, like so many of llie other 

 Wiinohphi ; it appears vatlier late in 1 lie evening, tlies low, and 

 keeps much about trees, its ilight is less well sustained than 

 that of /i. hippihsidcrus. Scully found it very couunon in the low 

 hot valleys of CJilgit from about ilie mitldleof April to ihe end of 

 September, its vertical range being from about 1500 (o 5-500 feet. 



157. Rhinolophus tragatus. Ilvlijson's llorsosltoc-But. 



Iiliinolophus tragatus, Ilodr/son, J. A. S. B. iv, p. (509 (18.'{5) ; Bli/tli, 

 J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 484, xxii, p. 400, note ; id. Cat. p. 24 ; Jcrdon, 

 Mam. p. 24 ; W. Blanf. J. A. *. B. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 208. 



Rhinolophus ferruni-oqiiinuni, Dot^son, P. A. S. B. 1872, p. 208 ; 

 id. Mon. As. C/tir. p. r,:] ; id. Cat. Odr. B. M. p. 110, partini ; 

 Hut ton, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 698 ; Anderson, Cat. p. Ill, paitim 

 Scully, J. A. S. B. Ivi, pt. 2, p. 2\5 ; ncc Schrelwr. 



? Rhinolophus brevitarsus *, Blyth, Cat. p. 24, no description. 



This species, which was by Dobson wmie&to II. ferrum-cquinum, 

 resembles that bat closely in all characters except in having three 

 grooves instead of one on th(^ lower lip, as was observed by Elytli 

 (J. A. S. B. xxii, p. 409). The nose-leaf is considerably broader as 

 a rule, but there is some vai-iation in this respect. In structure, 

 with the above exception, colour and dimensions the characters 

 of the last species apply to the present. Pubic teals greatly 

 developed. 



Distrilufion, The Himalayas from Rlussoorie to Sikhim, and from 

 a moderate elevation to GOOO or 7000 feet. 



IJahits. According to Hodgson this bat emerges from the rock- 

 cavities in which it ])asses the day sooner in the evening than the 

 Vespcrtilionida' and always in considerable numbers. It is not 

 migratory and does not hibernate. It breeds once in the year 

 towards the close of summer and produces two young. 



The only Asiatic J\Jiinol.op/ii not found in India are two AVestern 

 forms, 7»*. euryale and Ji. Idasii, ]{. acumhuttus known only from 

 Java, and two Philippine species. The remaining members of the 

 genus are African or Australian, mostly the former. 



* Foimdcrl on a dried specimen in bad CDnditiun, perliaps rpfcrable tu R. 

 minor (see Dobson, Cat. As. C'hir. p. 1*.)7, no. 107). 



