28 EHnroiiOPHiKj;. 



on the outer margin ; facial membrane complicated ; muzzle short ; inter- 

 femoral membrane, narrow, square, enclosing the tail, the half of the last 

 joint alone free; body short, thick, of variable color; sometimes light 

 mouse color, paler beneath; at times, fulvous-brown; at other times, 

 bright rufo-ferruginous or golden fulvous. 



Length of a male about 3-^ inches, of which the tail is 1 ; forearm 

 2 ; tibia ^^oths ; expanse 13 ; ear y'o^ths. The females are a little smaller. 



Sykes' species has generally been considered the same as speoris, but 

 I see that Wagner separates it, and Blyth states that " the races from 

 different localities may yet prove to be distinct however closely affined." 



It inhabits India, Ceylon, Malayana, as far as Timor, &c. ; and is far 

 from rare in Southern India, inhabiting old buildings, wells, &c. It has 

 been sent from Deyra Doon. I procured it at Madras, Nellore, and in the 

 Deccan. 



27. Hipposideros murinus. 



Rhinolophus apud Elliot, Cat. 8. — R. fulgens, Elliot, Cat. 9. — Blyth, 



Cat. 80. 



The Little Hoese-shoe Bat. 



Descr. — Ears, large, erect, rounded ; muzzle, short ; a transverse frontal 

 leaf and sac ; in front a simple membrane round the nostrils ; inter- 

 femoral membrane, large, including the tail all but the extreme tip ; body 

 short and thick ; color, dusky-brown or mouse color, sometimes light fawn 

 or ferruginous ; wing membranes blackish. 



Length to end of tail, 3^^^ inches, of which the tail is 1^ ; expanse 

 lOJ ; forearm 1^^; tibia -^ths ; ear .j^ths. 



This small bat has only been obtained, in our limits, in Southern India ; 

 but it also occurs in Ceylon, in Burmah, Malayana, and the Nicobar islands. 



The mouse-colored race is common in the Camatic, but I have only 

 seen the light rufous race on the Neelgherries, at Kaitee, and Eallia. Mr. 

 Elliot obtained both races in the Southern Mahratta country. Blyth 

 considers that a dark race of this bat was named EMmlopus ater by 

 Templeton, and H. atratus by Kelaart. 



28. Hipposideros cineraceus. 



Blyth, J. A. S. XXII. 410, and Cat. 79. 



The Ashy Hokse-shoe Bat. 

 Desor. — Similar to H. murinus in structure, but larger ; above, ashy gray, 

 the hairs whitish at the base, dusky gray at the tip ; beneath whitish. 



