290 EHINOLOPniDiE. 



Distrihution. The Oriental region, and part of the Australian, 

 Throughout India from Sind, the Punjab, and North-west Hima- 

 layas, below about 5000-0000 feet, to Cape Comorin ; also in 

 Ceylon, Assam, Burma, &c. 



Varieties. Dobson recognizes four varieties, chiefly distinguished 

 by the size of the ears. One of these, however, JI. amhoinensis, 

 with the shortest ears of all, is altogether smaller in size, and must 

 I think, from its distribution throughout the same area, be kept 

 distinct. Of the other varieties, one, H. arucnsis, is not Indian ; 

 whilst the 1y])ical //. bicolor, with ears as long as the head, has only 

 been found within our area in the Nicobar Islands ; II. fahms, with 

 ears longer than the head, being the common Indian and Burmese 

 form. 



Habits. Scarcely any information is available. This species lives 

 during the day in caves, old tombs, and other buildings, like most 

 members of the family. If Dobson's suggestion be correct, the 

 golden colour observed in some members ot: this species is assumed 

 during the breeding-season only, and, if so, it is a manifest 

 corollary that the season must vary in different individuals. A 

 similarly brilliant coloration is occasionally found in H. sj^eoris and 

 some other species and in the smaller Ithinolophi. This was noticed 

 as long ago as 1852 by Blyth. 



167. Hipposiderus amboinensis. The little leaf-nosed Bat. 



? llhinolopbus subbadius, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 486, nee Bhjth. 

 Pbyllorbina amboinensis, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1871, p. ■'>'2-) ; 



iJobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 72 ; id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 150 ; I'^vid/i/, 



J. A. S. B. Ivi, pt. 2, p. 249. 

 Pbyllorbina micropus, Hntton, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 703. 



Ears when laid for\\ard not extending to the end of the muzzle. 

 Nize considerably smaller, and projecting extremity of tail longer. 

 In other respects this species agrees with //. bicolor, to which it 

 was united by Dobson. 



Dimensions. Head and body 1*7 inches, tail 0-05, ear from crown 

 0'45, forearm 1*4. 



iJistribution. This bat has been found at Mussoorie and Kat- 

 mandu in the Himalayas, and at Lingasugiir, N.N.W. of Bellary 

 in the Deccan ; also in Amboyna. 



//. stoliczhinus (I'hi/llorJdna trifula, Peters), a small species with 

 the posterior nose-leaf very peculiarly formed, is found in Penang. 

 Although the type of P. trifida was said to be from Burma 

 (P. Z. !S. 1871, p. 513), the form has not j-et been obtained except 

 at the original locality. 



Genus CCELOPS, Blyth (1S4S). 



IVose-leaf w dl dcvcldped, consisting of tln'ee parts. Antei'ior 

 leaf bilid, composed of two distinct lappets, one on each sidi', from 



