110 RHINOLOPHID^. 



additional grooves in the lower lip, and by the very different quality 

 of the fur, which is not longer than in RJi. ferrum-equinum. 



a. ad. sk., in al. Manilla. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. ad. sk. Manilla. J. Gould, Esq. 



c. f^ imm., al. Philippine Islands. 



(Labelled Mlnnolophtis arcuatus, Peters.) 



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9. EMaolophus macrotis. 



Rhiuolophus macrotis {Hodgson), Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 485 ; 

 Dohson, Monoffr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 45, figs, a, h (1876). 



Ears very large in proportion to the size of the animal, subacutely 

 pointed ; outer margin slightly concave immediately beneath the tip, 

 then convex, separated below from the well-developed antitragus 

 by a moderately deep notch ; nose-leaf large, horseshoe portion con- 

 cealing the upper lip, as in B,h. luctus ; anterior flat surface of the 

 central leaf broad, maintaining the same breadth from the horizontal 

 part between the nostrils to its rounded termination above ; upper 

 edge of the posterior vertical process obtusely conical, equalling or 

 scarcely exceeding in height the anterior process ; terminal process 

 of the posterior nose-leaf ovate, subacutely pointed. 



Wing-membrane from the ankles ; interfemoral membrane square 

 or slightly triangular behind ; extreme tip of tail free. 



Length (of an adult S preserved in alcohol), head and body 1"'7, 

 tail 0"-8, head 0"-75, ear 0"-85 x 0"-55, antitragus 0"-25, nose- 

 leaf 0"-5x0"-3, forearm l"-6, third finger 2"-2, fifth finger 2", 

 thumb 0"-25, tibia 0"-7, foot 0"-35. 



Hah. Himalaya (Nipal, Masuri). 



The ears and nasal membranes are in this smaU species larger in 

 proportion to the size of the animal than in any other species of the 

 genus. 



Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



a. S ad., al. Nipal. ? B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



10. Khiuolophus megaphyllus, 



Ehinolophus megaphyllus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1834, p. 52 ; Append, to 

 Grey's Journal of two Expeditions in Australia, p. 405; Gould, 

 Maimnak of Australia, iii. pi. 33 (1853) : Peters, MB. Akad. Berl, 

 1871, p. 307. 



Ears equal to the head in length, subacutely pointed ; the extre- 

 mity of the ear not attenuated, outer margin concave for a short 

 distance beneath the tip, then slightly convex ; antitragus large, 

 separated by a deep notch. Horseshoe-shaped membrane broad, 

 concealing the muzzle, with a small notch in front, behind which a 

 slightly raised narrow ridge extends backwards to the base of the 

 sella ; anterior vertical process of the sella slightly narrowed above 

 the middle, rounded off above ; summit of the connecting-process 

 rounded, scarcely exceeding the anterior vertical process, and clothed 



