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"l Length, head and body, 2| inches; ear, l^ths. Wagner, in his sup- 

 plemental volume to Schreber, makes Hodgson's species schistacea, as 

 synonymous with this one ; and as part of his description is apparently 

 taken from Hodgson, I can give no other characters than those above, 

 I have not seen a specimen. It is stated to have been found in Kashmir 

 by Baron Hiigel. 



Two other species are recorded from the East, M. Horsfieldii, Blyth, 

 from Tenaserim; and M. spasma, L. from Malayana and Ceylon. Dr. 

 Cantor states that in the latter species he found a small coecum, ^\th of 

 an inch long. 



One species, M. from, is from Egypt. \ 



Snb-fam. EHiNOLOPHiNiB. 



Nasal leaf, complicated, membranous. Forefinger of a single joint j 

 wings, largely developed. Females with pubic warts simulating mammae. 

 This family is greatly developed in India and Malayana. 

 Gen. Rhinolophus, GeofTroy. 



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Char. — Incisors, -j , oi — ; the upper ones small and distant ; mo- 

 lars, ■ or o — ; or — — — ; nose furnished with a complicated appa- 

 0^—5 0— — o — b 



ratus, consisting of a cordate or semi-orbicular leaf, bilobed in front of 

 the nostrils ; a longitudinal crest along the nose, and an erect frontal leaf 

 posteriorly, more or less lanceolate. Ears, large, not joined at the base, 

 without a tragus, but often with a lobe at the base of the outer margin. 

 Tail long, connate with the membrane. Wings, long, ample. 



These bats are said to hang with their body rolled up in their wings as 

 in a mantle. 



17. Rhinolophus perniger. 



Hodgson, J. A. &. XII. 414. — Blyth, Cat. 62. — B. luctm, Tbmminck ? 



The Large Leaf-bat. 



Descr. — Ears, very large, much longer than the head, broad, acutely 

 pointed ; nasal apparatus, very complicated, the lower leaf very large, con- 

 cealing the upper lip like a door-knocker ; the upper leaf like a graduated 



spire; ears, transversely striate ; a rather large semi-circular lobe at base of 



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ear ; lower lip with two warts ; molars, ■. Fur, long, dense, soft, and 



