286 



i^TiiNOLornTD.T;. 



a small bony process from the sympliysis of the niamlil)le, was 

 separated by Dobson as I'Ji t/llorJi inn mason i ; but in his British 

 Museum Catalogue he states that the differences are probably 

 merely individual peculiarities. 



Hahits. This species, like other mendiers of the genus, haunts 

 rocky caves, old tombs, and other buildings : Ivelaart found it 

 swarming in a tunnel cut through a rocky hill near Kandy. 



162, Hipposiderus nicoljarensis. Tlie Nicohar leaf-nosed Bat. 



PLvlhaljina incoLavensis, Ihbson, J. A. S. B. xl, ]). 262, pi. xx, fi?. 2 

 (1871) ; id. Man. A.i. CJiir. p. 03 ; id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 138 ; 

 Anderson, Cat. p. 115. 



"Ears large, acutely pointed, outer margin slightly concave beneath 

 the tip : no frontal sac behind the nose-leaf ; np])er margin of the 

 trans\erse leaf simple, forming an arc of a circle, folded back 



4 ,T' Tf° Ui 



Fig. 87. — Head of Ilipjxishleriis nicoharcnsis. (Dobson, Mon. As. Cliir.) 



(? forward) and overhanging the concave front surface, which is 

 divided into two cells only by a single central vertical ridge : in 

 front the margin of the horseshoe has three small points, 



" Wing-membrane from the base of the metatarsal bone of the 

 outer toe ; tail of six vertebra), the last free. 



" Fur above light brown at the base, then greyish bro\^•n, with 

 light brown extremities ; beneath pale brownish grey." 



Dimensions. Head and body 3 inches, tail 1*7, ear from origin 

 of outer margin 0-1), forearm 2-6, 



JJi.stnhiition. Nicobar Islands. The only specimen known was 

 procured by Dr. tSloliczka and is preserved in Ihe Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta, 



The above descriplion is copic^d from Dobson; the form re- 

 sem])]eH J/, diadin I a, hut is distinguished by the posterior leaf being 

 only divided into two cells, by the different allachment of the 

 wing-membrane, and by much smaller size. From the iignres it 

 a])])ears Ihat Ihere are three sii|)])len)en1ary leaves on each side of 

 Ihe liorseshoe, and the sella appears to have a prominent median 

 ridge. 



