1. RHINOLOPHUS. Ill 



18. Rhinolophus blasii. 



Rliinolophus clivosus, Blasius {non Cretzschmar) , Fauna Deutschl. 



p. 33, tigs. 10, 11 (1867). 

 Eiinoloplius blasii, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1866, p. 17, and 1871, 



p. 309 ; Dobson, Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 61 (1876). 



Ears shorter than the head, acutely pointed, slightly attenuated 

 towards the tips, hut much less so than in Rh. ferrum-equinum ; 

 antitragus separated from the outer margin by a very shallow emar- 

 gination. Horizontal horseshoe-shaped membrane small, leaving 

 the front and sides of the muzzle uncovered; vertical process of 

 the^ sella short, abruptly narrowed at half its height, and termi- 

 nating in a subacute point, its upper half thus presenting a trian- 

 gular surface anteriorly ; u]3per margin of the posterior connecting- 

 process forming a long narrow acutely pointed projection, extending 

 high above the summit of the vertical process of the sella; ter- 

 minal nose-leaf moderately large, sides of the terminal triangular 

 process slightly concave (Plate VII. fig. 7). Lower lip with a single 

 groove. Wings from the anHes ; interfemoral membrane square 

 behind ; extreme tip of tail projecting. 



Fur reddish brown above, light greyish bro'mi beneath. 



Length (of an adult c? preserved in alcohol), head and body l"-9, 

 tail 1", ear 0"-7, antitragus 0"-3, forearm l"-8, thumb 0"-28 ; third 

 finger — metacarp. 1"-15, 1st ph. 0"-55, '2nd ph. 1" ; fifth finger — 

 metacarp. l"-25, 1st ph. 0"-4, 2nd ph. 0"-5 ; tibia 0"-75, foot 

 0"-35. 



Hab. Europe (south of the Alps) ; Northern Africa ; Asia Minor 

 (Palestine). 



Type in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 



a-c. (J & 2 ad.,al. Cave of Adullam, Palestine. Canon Tristram 

 d. skeleton. Cave of Adullam, Palestine. Canon Tristram 



m 



19. Ehinolophus Mpposideros. 



Noctilio hipposideros, Bechstein, Naturg. Deutschl. p. 1194 (1801). 

 Vespertilio hippocrepis, Hermann, Observ. Zoolog. p. 18 (1804). 

 Rhinolophus bihastatus, Geoffroy, Descript. de I'Egypte, ii. p. 132 



(1812). 

 Rhinolophus pusillus, Temminck, Monogr. Mammal, ii. p. 35 (1835- 



41)*. 

 Rhinolophus hipposideros, Blasius, Fauna Deutschl. 1867 ; Peters, 



MB. Akad. Berl. 1871 ; Dobson, Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 52 



(1876). 

 Rhinolophus minimus, Heuglin, Sdu^eth. N.Ost-Afi-ika' s, p. 6 (1801). 



Ears nearly as long as the head, very acutely pointed ; outer mar- 

 gin of the conch deeply concave beneath the tip ; antitragus separated 



* The types oi Rhinolophus pusillus, Temm., in the collection of the Leyden 

 Museum are, undoubtedly, examples of this species. 



