KHINOLOPHUS NOBILIS. 



Okd. III°° Carnassieks, Cuvier. Vf Famille, Les Cheiropt^res 



Ord. I. Primates, Linn. Syst. 



Ord. XI. VoLiTANTiA, IlUger, Fam. 32. Chiroptera. 



KHINOLOPHUS, Geoffr. Cuv. Illig. Desm. 

 Vespertilio, Linn. Erxleh. &c. 



Char. gen. — Dentium formula ; Primores |-, Laniarii \, Molares |-. Primores supra 

 ossi intermaxillari mobili inserti, infra breves trifidi ; molares supra exterius 

 margine cuspidate, interius gradu obliquo abbreviate, superficie piano. Pros- 

 thema maximum, membranaeeum, eomplicatum. Auriculce maximee sine oper- 

 culo. Mammce du£B pectorales lactifer^ ; papillas etiam duse, absque glandulis 

 lactiferis, in pubis regione dispositee, approximatte, pelvi tendentes. 



** Prosthematis membrana superiore transversa porrecta. 



Rhinolophus supra canescente fuscus subtus dilutior, lateribus colli et abdominis 

 axillis maeulaque infra-scapulari albentibus, cauda pedibus longitudine eequali, 

 prosthemate supra membrana transversa porrecta infra acumine elongato, auri- 

 culis erectis acutis magnis basi latissimis lobo utrinque subinvoluto. 



Kehhlek, of the Javanese. 



After the general view of the Javanese species of Rhinolophus, which was 

 exhibited in the Sixth Number of this Work, it is my intention to give the figures, 

 and a more detailed description, of several of the most interesting species. For the 

 present Number I have selected the Rhinolophus nobilis, the largest in the 

 Honourable Company's Museum. It is equal in size to the Rhinolophus Diadema, 

 which was discovered by MM. Peron and Lesueur in Timor, and it has the same 

 character in the nasal membrane, and a similar habit and proportion of parts ; but it 

 differs essentially in colour. Two principal modifications are observed in the Javanese 

 Rhinolophi, as far as regards the external covering : several have the brilliant golden 

 lustre, which, in the opinion of M. Geoffroy Saint Hilau-e, becomes more intense 



