1. BHINOLOPHTJS. 119 



but much broader at its base and much shorter than in Eh. euryale ; 

 posterior leaf rather short and acutely pointed (Plate VII. fig. 9). 



"Wings from the ankles or from the tibia close to the ankle-joint. 

 Interfemoral membrane short, slightly triangidar behind. 



Fur varying from deep ferruginous brown, above and beneath, to 

 sulphur or pale yellowish brown. 



The first upper premolar blunt, in the tooth-row, but closely ap- 

 pressed between the canine and second premolar. 



Length (of the type specimen), head and body l"-6, tail 0"-8.5, 

 ear 0"-65, nose-leaf 0"-45 x 0"-28, forearm l"-7, thumb 0"-28 ; third 

 finger — metacarp. 1"-15, 1st ph. 0"-5, 2nd ph. 0"-9 ; fifth finger — 

 metacarp. l"-2, 1st ph. 0"-3, 2nd ph. 0"-55 ; tibia 0"-65, foot 0"-3. 



Hub. Africa (Fernando-Po Island, Gaboon, Damara Land). 



n. 5 ad., al. (type). Fernando Po. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



b. $ ad., al. Elloby district, Gaboon. H. A. Ansell, Esq. 



5 ad., al. Dr. Livingstone [0.]. 



c, 



21. Rhinoloplius ferrum-equinum. 



Vespertilio ferrum-equinum, Schreb. Sdugeth. i. p. 174 (1775) ; Erxleh. 



Syst. Reg. Anim. p. 154 (1777) ; Gm. Lin. p. 60 (1788). 

 Rhinolophus unihastatus, Geojfroy, Ann. du Museum, xx. p. 257. 

 Ehinolophus geofii'oyi. Smith, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 433. 

 Rhiuolophus ferrum-equinum, Leach, Zool. Miscell. iii. p. 2 ; Jenyns, 



Brit. Verteh. p. 19 ; Bell, British Q-dodrup. p. 68 (wdct.) (1837) ; 



Blasius, Fauna Deutsch. p. 31 (1857) ; Peters, MB. Akad. Berl, 



1871, p. 310 ; Dohson, P. A. S. B. 1872, p. 208 ; Monogr. Asiat. 



Chiropt. p. 63 (1876). 

 Rhinolophus nippon, Temm. Monogr. Mammal, ii. p. 30 a (1835-41), 

 Rhinoloplius tragatus, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. iv. p. 699. 

 Rhinolophus fumigatus, ItUppell, Mus. Senckenherg. iii. p. 132 {vide 



Peters, I. c. 1871, p. 311) ; Peters, C. o. der Decken JReis. in Africa, 



Sdugeth. pi. 2. fig. 3. 

 Rhinolophus deckenii, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1867, p. 705. 



Ears slightly shorter than the head, very acutely pointed and 

 attenuated towards the tip, the outer margin of the ear-conch deeply 

 concave in its upper third, the inner margin slightly concave in its 

 upper fourth ; antitragus not much developed, separated posteriorly 

 by a shallow obtuse-angled notch. Nose-leaf rather small, the 

 horseshoe-shaped portion not concealing the sides of the muzzle; 

 vertical process of the sella narrow, concave on the sides, rounded- 

 off above, the summit as broad as the base, narrowest in the centre, 

 exceeded considerably in height behind by the superior margin of the 

 posterior connecting-process, which, viewed laterally, is obtusely 

 conical, and is clothed with a few fine straight hairs ; triangular ter- 

 minal portion of the posterior leaf emarginate on the sides towards the 

 apex, forming a narrow acutely pointed process (Plate VII. fig. 10). 



Wings from the ankles ; interfemoral membrane slightly tri- 

 an<mlar behind ; tip of the tail free ; calcanea well developed. 



Fur, above, reddish brown with a greyish tinge; beneath pale 

 grey, almost white. 



