1888.] W. T. Bl^niord—Noies on Indian Chiroptera. 261 



although I have not always been successful, I do not think there are 

 now many forms left unnoticed. 



Rhinolophus affinis. 



Besides the synonyms quoted by Dobson, the It. rouxi of Jerdon* 

 and, in part, of Blyth must be referred to this species. The latter 

 indeed was practically identified in Dobson's Catalogue of specimens in 

 the Indian Museum, printed at the end of his Monograph of Asiatic 

 Chiroptera. But Blyth, in his Catalogue of Mammalia, included hia 

 R. lepidus under R. rouxi, and I believe R. lepidus to be U. minor, with 

 which it agrees in description and measurements. I shall have some 

 further remarks to make on this when I come to R, minor. 



Besides the R. ruhidus and R, cinerascens of Kelaart (Prod. Faun. 

 Zeyl. p. 13) referred by Dobson to R. affi^iis, there appears no reason why 

 the R. rammaniha of Kelaart (ib. p. 14) should not be assigned to the 

 same species. Blyth in his catalogue placed R. rammaniha, with, how- 

 ever, a mark of doubt, under his R. rouxi. 



In both the Monograph of Asiatic Chiroptera and the British 

 Museum Catalogue of Chiroptera a Rhinolophus fulvidus, Kelaart, is 

 mentioned, and, in the first named work, the measurements of the type 

 are given. I cannot discover any species of this name described by 

 Kelaart, and, from Blyth's mention of R. fulvidus in J. A. S. B. XX, 

 p. 182, it is probable that this term was a mistake or MS. name for 

 R. ruhidus. The new and unnamed species referred to in the next page 

 (183) by Blyth was clearly that subsequently described by Kelaart as 

 R. raminanika. 



Rhinolophus petersi. 

 This horse-shoe bat was originally described by Dobson from a 

 specimen of unknown locality (J. A. S. B. XLI, Pt. II, p. 337). The 

 species was subsequently obtained by Hutton at Masuri (P. Z. S. 1872, 

 p. 700). Recently another specimen has been captured by Mr. Davison 

 at Coonoor, Nilgiri Hills, Madras Presidency, and sent to the British 

 Museum, w^here it was identified by Mr. Thomas. 



Rhinolophus minor. 

 Mr. Scully, in his excellent account of the Chiroptera of Nepal, haa 

 identified Rhinolophus suhhadius of Hodgson and Blyth with R. minor. 

 So far as Blyth is concerned, this is precisely the same conclusion aa 

 that to which I had arrived independently, and, as Blyth's description 

 was taken from a supposed typical specimen sent by Hodgson, it would 



* Dobson classed B. rouxi of Temminck as a synonym of B, affinis and both 

 Blyth and Jerdon took the name from Temminck. 



