1905.] OF THE GENUS RHINOLOPHUS. 123 



(2) The oninor-type. — Chief characters : skull, also propor- 

 tionately, very small ; width of brain-case about 6"8-7"2 mm. ; 

 connecting process of the lepichts-tj^e (text-fig. 22, b, p. 121). 



Description, based on lih. cormoUos pumilus (Loo-choo Islands). — 

 Nose-leaves as in the lepidus-type, but : sella narrower ; height 

 about 2-8 mm. ; width at base, at constriction, and at summit : 

 1-7, 1-5, and 1*1 mm. Connecting process slightly higher, slightly 

 more acute, but of the same general shape. 



The other external characters as in the lejndics-type. 



/Skull. Considerably smaller ; nasal swellings narrower. Teeth 

 smaller. 



Dentition. As in lejndus. 



Species. Rh. minor, cornutus, " minutics " (Miller, nee Montagu), 

 gracilis. 



(3) The sitbhadius-type. — Chief character : connecting process 

 long, slender, very sharply pointed, curved forwards, projecting 

 like a small, curved " horn " (text-fig. 22, c, p. 121). 



Nose-leaves, and other external characters, mrich as in 'minor, 

 but connecting process as described above ; lancet more or less 

 approaching the shape of an equilateral triangle ; length of sella 

 about 2-4 mm. ; width at base, at constriction, and at summit : 

 1"7, 1'3, and 0'9 mm. 



Skidl. To judge from fragments, and the skull of a quite young 

 individual, much of the minor-tj^e. 



Dentition. As in lepidus and minor. 



Species. Rh. subhadius, monoceros. 



15. Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth. 



Rhinolophus lepidtts Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. pt. i. (June 1844) 

 p. 486. 



Rhinolophits miliar (partim, nee Horsf.) Dobson, Cat. Chir. 

 Brit. Mus. (1878) p. 114. 



Diagnosis. Skull and external characters : lepidics-type. Larger : 

 forearm 41 •8-42 mm. 



Details. This species difiers from Rh, monticola in its broader 

 nasal swellings, larger size, and considerably longer metacarpals. 



Colour. Ad., skin : Ganges Valley ; teeth almost unworn ; two 

 S ad., in alcohol : Wynaad ; teeth unworn. General colour above 

 between " wood-brown " and " cinnamon," lighter on the anterior 

 part of the back ; base of hairs veiy light " ecru-drab"; under side 

 " wood-brown " or tending to " ecru-drab." 



De7itition (three skulls). Pg external, p., and p^ separated, or 

 almost or quite in contact, p- in the tooth-row, with a well- 

 developed cusp, pointing inwards. 



Measi(,renients. On p. 125. 



Distribution. Indian Peninsula : Wynaad (Mysore) ; Ganges 

 Valley. 



Technical name. I identify this Bat with Blyth's Rh. lepidtos 

 (to which I find no reference in Dobson's ' Catalogue '), for the 

 following reasons : — (1) lepidus belongs to this group of the genus. 



