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three lateral fringes in front of the eye, which are wanting in my 

 specimens. 



12. Phyllorhina microptjs, Hutton, n.sp. 



If the last-mentioned species is distinguished from II. speoris on 

 account of the difference in size and absence of lip-fringes, still more 

 must the present form be distinct. It occurs in the summer months 

 both in the lower hills and Dehra Doon. One was taken on a warm 

 evening in September, having flown in to the lights in a room ; and 

 another was taken at the foot of the hills in the same way in October. 

 It is by no means common. 



A female has the carpus If in. ; tibia y^in. ; ear |^ in. ; nose 

 to tail 2g in.; tail \^ in. ; total 3\\ in. ; expanse i)^ in. Colour 

 above soft hair-brown, beneath dull ashy ; membranes and ears dusky 

 black ; feet small, free to the ankles ; ears closely ribbed transversely, 

 and with a fringe of fine hair inside the small obtuse antihelix ; ears 

 and feet conspicuously smaller than in the last. Facial crest smaller 

 than in Rhinolophus maerotis ; and the transverse rib behind the 

 nostrils is not three-lobed, but has one thick knob in its centre pro- 

 jecting forwards. The extreme tip of the tail is exserted beyond the 

 membrane ; no lateral fringes on the upper lip. 



Type in coll. India Museum, London. 



Genus Barbastellus. 



Characters. — Ears large, broad, subquadrate, slightly emarginate 

 near the tip, which is rounded ; outer edge of the ear rounded, and 

 coming well round to the front of the tragus ; tragus subtriangular, 

 the base broad and narrowing upwards to end in a rounded top ; ears 

 approximate over the forehead, touching at the base, but not joined ; 

 muzzle short, flat, and truncated, the end divided from the cheeks by 

 a deep groove, ascending in front from the edge of the upper lip, and 

 proceeding back on each side in a lunate form to the junction of the 

 ears in front, forming a pit on the upper surface of the muzzle ; 

 nostrils placed laterally at the top of the muzzle, not above ; tail 

 long : forehead rising immediately behind the ears, and well co- 

 vered with fur ; muzzle seminude and gibbous ; eyes placed at the 

 base of the ear, in front of the tragus, and almost within the ear. 



13. Barbastellus communis. 



Vespertilio barbastellus, Schreber; Gmel. 



Barbastellus communis, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ; Blyth, 

 Cat. Mam.Mus.A. S.B. 



Hab. Europe and Subhimalayan regions at Mussooree. 



I have taken this species as high as 6500 feet ; but it appears to 

 be far more numerous at the lower elevation of 5500 feet. Mr. 

 Hodgson does not appear to have met with it in Nipal. 



It is perfectly surprising to see into what very narrow holes and 

 mere crevices these animals can squeeze themselves, and where, but 

 for the litter below, they might remain undetected for ever. 



