1S88.J OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 477 



Anthops, Thos. 



Anthops, Thos. t. c. p. 156 (1888). . 



Like Hipposiderus, but with the tail rudimentary, consisting 

 merely of three or four vertebrae hidden in the base of the inter- 

 femoral membrane and not reaching halfway towards its posterior 

 margin. Nose-leaf (Plate XXII. fig. 1) very complicated, its upriglit 

 transverse portion e.narginate above, the projections, however, not 

 thickened and pointed as in Asellia, but rounded and hollowed out 

 behind and their substance quite thin. Premolars |. 



11. Anthops ornatus, Thos. /. c. (Plate XXII. fig. 1.) 



a-f. (S ? • Aola. 



Posterior nose-leaf tridentate, the projections each forming a little 

 spherical cup, opening backwards ; front surface of the leaf divided 

 into four compartments by three very distinct vertical ridges, each 

 running up to the lower side of one of the cups above. Sella with 

 a blunt projecting central point. Horizontal horseshoe-leaf narrow, 

 not emarginate anteriorly ; sides of the muzzle with two secondary 

 leaves, the upper very short, the lower long, extending backwards to 

 join the outer corners of the posterior erect leaf. Centre of upper 

 lip notched below. Supraorbital projection distinct. Frontal gland 

 transverse, very small and almost rudimentary ; a peculiar fleshy 

 point, about 2 millim. long, projecting upwards from its centre. Ears 

 large, laid forward they reach quite to the end of the muzzle, their 

 inner edge evenly convex, their tip sharply pointed, their outer edge 

 slightly concave above, strongly convex below. Limbs and mem- 

 branes naked. Wings from the ankles. 



Fur long, soft, and silky. Colour, so far as can be judged from 

 specimens in spirit, greyish buff, the bases of the hairs slaty grey, 

 tlieir terminal halves buff, their extreme tips brown. 



Dimensions of a pair, male and female, of which the female was 

 the one originally selected as the type : — 



6- ?. 



Head and body - 53 51 



Head 22 21 



Muzzle to eye 7 6"8 



Ear, above crown 16"5 17 



Forearm 50 51 



Index-finger 41 40 



Third finger, metacarpus 37 37 



,, ,, 1st phalanx 18 18 



2nd phalanx 19 18 



Lower leg 23 22-5 



Foot 9-3 9-5 



Calcaiieum 9-0 S'O 



Interfemoral membrane, depth in centre .... 20 20 



The forearms of the other four specimens are 48'0, 48'5, 49"0, and 

 49'4 millim. respectively. 



Skull (d): — Basal length 15'1, greatest length 19"7 ; greatest 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1888, No. XXXIII. 33 



