SYNOPSIS OF THE 



teeth, ^, furnished with sharp points, = 30. Nose furnished 

 with a crest, shaped like a horse-shoe, and surmounted with a 

 leaf. Ears distinct. Interfemoral membrane large. Two 

 pectoral mammtB, and two warts on the pubes, having the ap- 

 pearance of mammcB, but destitute of lactiferous* glands. Tail 

 long, free. 



215. 1. i?. i^«?rrz^m jE^'Mmww (Horse-shoe Rhinolphus Bat.) 

 Ash colour, mixed with red above ; yellowish-gray beneath ; 

 membrane black ; ears long and pointed ; the anterior nasal 

 membrane like a horse-shoe, the posterior assimilated to a 

 lance head ; the length of body about three inches ; expanse 

 of wings sixteen inches. 



Vespertilio Ferrum Equinum, var. A. Lin. Noctilio Fer- 

 rum Equinum, Kuhl, Deutsch. Fledermaus. Rhinolophus 

 Major, and R. Unihastatus, Geoff. Collection du Mus. ^c. 

 Ann. Mus. torn. xx. Vespertilio Hippocrepis. Herman, 251. 

 Obs. Zool. 



Grand Fer-a-Cheval, Daubenton, Mtm. de VAcad. 1759. 



Icon. Buffon, torn. viii. pi. 20. fig. 1 and 2. Head, 

 Horsfield\ Java, No. 6. 



Inhabits Europe. 



Obs. This and the succeeding, have generally been 

 treated, especially lately, by Dr. Kuhl, as mere varieties. 

 Geoffroy St. Hilaire, however, considers them as distinct, 

 both by the nasal membrane, and the form of the ears. 



216. 2. R. Fenum Equinum Minor (the Lesser Horse-shoe 

 Bat.) Similar to the last, but the appendage forming a 

 double spear head, and less in dimensions, 



Vespertilio Ferrum Equinum, var. B. Lin. V. Hipposi- 

 deros, Bechstein, Leach, Zoological Miscellany. V. Mi- 

 nutus, Mo?itagu, Linncean Tra?isactions, ix. 163. Rhi- 

 nolophus Bihastatus, Geoff. Ami. Mus. xx. 295. 



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