1905.] OF THE GENUS RHINOLOPHUS. 131 



Blytih's Rh. siohhadius (1844) from Nepal, erroneously believed 

 by himself to be the same as Hodgson's V. subbadia, is a genuine 

 Rhinolo'phtijS. The following analysis of the original description 

 will malce it evident that it is the species here under consideration : 



(1) The connecting process is stated to be " conspicuously deve- 

 loped, and pointed " ; one of the chief characters of subbadms. 



(2) The lancet is but " slightly emarginated towards the point " ; 

 also one of its principal characters ; for the salient point in the 

 sentence is the word " slightly," as proved by a comparison with the 

 immediately subsequent description of lejndus, in which the lancet is 

 called " considerably emarginated towards the tip." (3) Forearm 

 " 1| inches" (34"8 mm.) ; third finger " 1|- inches" (47"6 mm.); 

 these measurements, as being smaller than in any other species, 

 and like those of the individual before me (forearm 34"2, third 

 finger 46"4 mm.), settle the identification beyond ail doubt. 



JRh. garoensis. — Dobson's Rh. garoensis (1872) is evidently the 

 same species as Blyth's Rh. subbadius'* (to which there is no 

 reference in Dobson's '■ Monograph ' or ' Catalogue '). The two 

 authors emphasise the same points : — (1) The connecting process 

 is described by Dobson as " forming an acutely pointed elevation." 

 (2) The lancet is a " broad, triangular, pointed process," or, as he 

 says in his ' Monograph,' " almost an equilateral triangle " ; both of 

 these features are the same as already pointed out by Blyth. (3) The 

 Bat is sa,id to be " probably the smallest known species of the 

 genus," the forearm measuring only 1'3 in. (33 mm.). (4) Width 

 of horse-shoe 0"2 in. (5"1 mm.); a very narrow horse-shoe is also 

 characteristic of the species (5*5 mm., as measured by myself). 

 In the type of garoensis p, is, according to Dobson, in the tooth- 

 row ; this is of no importance for the identification ; the position 

 of this tooth is " vacillating " in the whole lepidtts section. 



22. liHINOLOPHUS MONOCEROS, Sp. n. 



Diagnosis. Subbadius-type. Larger : forearm, in a 7Wt full- 

 grown example, 38*2 mm. 



Details. Connecting process (text-fig. 22 c, on p. 121) and lancet 

 as in svMadius. Horse-shoe markedly broader. General size 

 considerably larger. Tail proportionately longer. 



The type, and only specimen known to me, is not fnll-grown 

 (supraorbital crests still separated posteriorly ; no saggital crest ; 

 metacarpals far from having acquired their full length). In the 

 table p. 132 I give only those measurements which may be of 

 some use for comparison with Rh. sttbbadius. 



Dentition, p^ external, p., and p^ in contact, p^ in row ; cusp 

 very minute. 



Type. 2 i^^'^'- (ii^ alcohol). Baksa, Formosa; June 5th, 1893. 

 Collected by Mr. P. A. Hoist. Presented by Henry Seebohm, 

 Esq. Brit. Mus. no. 94.2.4.1. 



* This view was beld by the late Dr. Blanford, who, however, put the names 

 clovfii as sj'nonyms of EJi. minor (J. A. S. B. Ivii. pt. ii. no. 3 (1888) p. 262; Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Mamm. pt. ii. (1891) p. 277). 



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