1. RHINOLOPHTIS. Ill 



with a few short hairs ; sides of the terminal process of the pos- 

 terior leaf concave. Lower lip with three grooves. Wings from 

 the metatarsus. Interfemoral membrane square behind or slightly 

 convex ; tail scarcely projecting. 



First upper premolar in the centre of the rather wide space 

 between the canine and second premolar, larger than in most other 

 species of the genus, and slightly internal ; second lower premolar 

 m.inute, in the tooth-row. 



Length (of an adult (S ), head and body 2", tail 1", head 0"-8, ear 

 0"-8, nose-leaf 0"-65 x 0"-35, forearm l"-9, thumb 0"-3, third finger 

 2"-75, fourth finger 2"-35, fifth finger 2"-45, tibia 0"-8, foot 0"-35. 



Hab. N.E. Australia (Peak Downs, Moreton Bay, Eichmond Eiver, 

 Clarence River). 



This species is closely allied to Bh. afftnis, and is evidently its 

 Australian representative. It is, however, easily distinguished by 

 the shape of the ears, the inner margin of the ear-conch maintains 

 its convexity from the base to the tip, which is consequently not so 

 acute nor so clearly defined as in Bh. affinis, in which the terminal 

 one sixth of the inner margin is flattened ; by the greater size of 

 the horseshoe-shaped portion of the nose-leaf, which quite conceals 

 the muzzle and is distinctly notched in front ; and by the attachment 

 of the wing-membrane to the metatarsus instead of to the ankle as 

 in Rh. affinis. 



(Figured in Voy. ' Erebus ' and ' Terror.') 



Australia. G. Bennett, Esq. [P.]. 



Peak Downs, Queensland. Godeffroy Museum. 



Gayndah, Queensland. Godeffroy Museum. 



Moreton Bay. Purchased. 



Clarence River, N. S. Wales. Purchased. 

 Richmond River, N. S. Wales. 



Var. a. 

 Rhinolophus truncatus, Peters, MB. AJcad. Berl. 1871, p. 307. 



Slightly smaller than specimens of Rh. megajphyllus from AustraHa, 

 and the summit of the vertical process of the sella is truncated, not 

 rounded off. 



Length, ear 0"-7, forearm l"-7, third finger 2"-6, fifth finger 2"-2, 

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



Hab. Batchian Island. 



a, b, c. ad. sks. Batchian Island. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.]. 



Var. /3. 



About the size of the precedmg, or even smaller, and the summit 

 of the vertical process of the seUa is broadly rounded off, much 

 broader than the base, and not exceeded m height by the low 

 rounded crest of the connecting-process. Wmgs from the ankles. 



