RHINOLOPHUS LARVATUS. 



interior of the nose is naked, exhibiting a plane glandular surface, bounded by a 

 ridge parallel to the transverse membrane, having a small groove at its upper margin. 

 A few long, slender bristles are dispersed over the surface of the membranaceous 

 apparatus. 



The eyes are of moderate size, and situated somewhat anteriorly, between the 

 upper part of the nasal membrane and the base of the ears. The lips are distended, 

 and closely covered with long bristly hairs, having a direction downward, and consti- 

 tuting a pendulous beard. 



' The deviations of the teeth, from the description already given in the natural 

 character, are very inconsiderable in the Rhinolophus larvatus. The front teeth are 

 somewhat converging and distended on the interior margin, and very obscurely 

 notched. The first grinder is comparatively obscure ; the projecting point of the 

 second grinder is long. In the lower jaw the two intermediate front teeth are 

 marked with deep notches, and they are comparatively robust. Of the two simple 

 anterior grinders, the point of the second is acute, and considerably projecting beyond 

 the other teeth. The third, fourth, and fifth grinders form a perfectly regular series, 

 and along the outer ridge, the anterior point projects a little beyond the others. 



The body is broad across the thorax, and being gradually attenuated, has an 

 abrupt termination posteriorly, where it forms a broad, obtuse surface, from which 

 the taU. proceeds in the middle, and the thighs laterally. The two pectoral mammas 

 have the usual form and disposition ; immediately above the union of the ossa pubis, 

 about one-fourth of an inch from the anus, and two lines distant from each other, 

 are situated two cylindrical warts or papillary tubes, above a line in length, regarding 

 the purpose of which, the opinion of the most eminent naturalists is still divided. 

 Among the various Javanese species, these organs are particularly prominent and 

 conspicuous in the Rhinolophus larvatus, and a careful and accurate view of them is 

 given on the Plate. They became obvious only in this species, after removing the 

 covering of the body. This consists of very long, close, silky hairs, very soft to the 

 touch, and closely investing the body, both above and underneath. Its greater thick- 

 ness on the neck and breast forms a peculiarity among the Javanese species, in our 

 animal, and in the Rhinolophus nobilis. 



The length of the anterior extremities is moderate, and the membrane presents 

 nothing peculiar ; the thumb is provided with a sharp claw, and the index is 

 without a phalanx. The form of the interfemoral membrane is regulated by the 



