700 CapT.t. hxjtton on Himalayan bats. [June 4, 



do not quite tally with those given by Messrs. Hodgson and Blyth, 

 the species is undoubtedly correctly identified. 



9. Rhinolophus petersi. 



Rhinolophus peter si, Dobson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 18/1. 



This is a still smaller species than the last, and is found at 

 Mussooree at an elevation of about 5503 feet, and also in the 

 Dehra Doon. 



Colour brown ; membranes dusky black ; carpus of male 1-jL in. ; 

 tibia T 9 ^ in. ; ear T 9 g in. ; nose to tail 2\ in. ; tail -ff in. ; total 

 length 3 in. ; foot in both membranes to the ankle ; extreme tip of 

 tail exserted ; interfemoral short and straight. 



Another male differed much in having the colours light greyish 

 mouse-colour, rather lighter beneath. Carpus l-j% in. ; tibia \ in. ; 

 ear -]-§- in. ; nose to tail 2y 2 g- in. ; tail T 9 ^ in.; total 2-f^ in. ; long 

 finger rather more than 2 in. ; tip of tail exserted; interfemoral 

 narrow and straight ; vertical posterior nose-leaf narrow. 



It cannot be called a common species in the hills, and is found 

 only in the warm summer months. It flies high and rapidly like 

 the last, often coursing backwards and forwards over the same space 

 for many minutes. One, however, proved an exception to this rule, 

 being taken on the evening of the 23rd of August iu mistake for a 

 large Hawkmoth while skimming over a bed of flowers. 



A male that was captured in a net while issuing from a cave on 

 the 23rd August differed somewhat from the above, especially in 

 expanse of wings, which was only 7y§ in. ; carpus 1 y^ in. ; tibia j-£ in. ; 

 ear yf in. ; nose to tail 2 T 2 ^ in. ; tail yf in. ; total 2yf in. Colour 

 pale mouse-grey about the nape and upper part of the shoulders ; 

 hair brown on the back, beneath slightly hoary ; feet in the membranes 

 to the ankles ; tip of the tail exserted. On the whole I am not 

 satisfied that this last-mentioned individual is of the same species. 



10. Phyllorhina armiger. 



Rhinolophus armiger, Hodgson, J. A. S. iv. 699. 



Hipposideros armiger, Blyth, Cat. Mam. Mus. A. S. B. 



Hab. The lower Himalayas from Simla to Darjiling. 



This is a large species, and by no means uncommon at Mus- 

 sooree. The colour above is sooty brown, beneath smoke grey, 

 lightest at the vent ; membranes sooty black ; fur soft, dense, and 

 short; expanse of wings 21| in. ; humerus 2 in. ; carpus 3^ in.; 

 tibia 1§ in. ; from nose to tail 5| in. ; tail 2\ in. ; total /l in.; 

 ear 1| in., its inner edge with a thick band of hair; head large, 

 bluff, and full about the face ; ears pointed and transversely wrinkled, 

 having at the outer margin two strong longitudinal ribs ; foot large, 

 in the wing and interfemoral membrane to the ankle. 



The specific name was derived from a fancied resemblance between 

 the facial crest and an escutcheon or coat-of-arms. 



One specimen was captured at an elevation of 5500 feet, having 



