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[No. 4, 



List of Chiroptera inhabiting the Khasia Hills, with description 

 OF A NEW species. — By Gr. E. DoBSON, B. A., M. B., F. L. S. 



To Major H. H. Godwin-Austen we cliieflj owe our knowledge of the 

 fauna of these little known hill tracts, and the following list has been almost 

 altogether made out from his collections presented to the Indian Museum. 

 Most of the species were new, or Himalayan forms, while one is a well 

 known European bat. 



Eam. BHINOLOPHID^, 



1. Ehinolophus luctus, Temm. 



This species has never, so far as I know, been found in the plains. In- 

 deed all the species of this genus appear to be fond of elevated lands far 

 from human habitations. The genus Hhinoloplius is the only genus of this 

 large family represented in the colder latitudes, and both species of leaf- 

 nosed bats found in England belong to it. The fur of all the species is 

 remarkably long and dense, evidently in relation to the temperature they 

 live in. In this respect they contrast remarkably with the species of the 

 allied genus, Pliyllorhma, which are almost confined to the plains and low 

 hill ranges of the tropical and sub-tropical parts of the Eastern Hemis- 

 phere. 



2. En. YUNANENSIS. 



Rh. Yunanensis, Dobson, J. A. S. B., 1872, p. 336. 

 ? Eh. larvattis, Milne-Edwards (non Horsficld), Mammif. du Tibet, 1872, p. 248. 



Milne-Edwards' species is most probably identical with this, which will 

 probably be found generally distributed throughout the Himalayas and 

 adjoining mountain ranges. A dried specimen in the Indian Museum from 

 Tupai Mukh, collected during the Lushai expedition, belongs to this species. 



3. Phyllorhina armigera, Hodgson. 



This fine species, first discovered by Mr. Hodgson in Nipal, is almost 

 the only hill- dweller among numerous and widely distributed species of the 

 genus. It is alone surpassed in size by the African Ph. Gommersonii (Ma- 

 crojiycf er is ffiyas, Gray), SiYid is the largest Asiatic leaf-nosed bat yet dis- 

 covered. It extends along the Himalaya into China, and has been found 

 by Mr. Swinhoe at Amoy. 



The Khasia Hills are a new locality for this species. 



4. Ph. leptophylla, n. sp. 



Ears rather large, broad and triangular with subacute tips, the outer 

 margin slightly concave beneath the tip. The upper transverse nose-leaf 



