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tip not attenuated ; antitragus separated by an obtuse notch, short, 

 evenly convex ; nose-leaf not concealing the muzzle, divided by a 

 simple notch in front ; horizontal plate of the sella with semicircular 

 sides m.uch broader than the vertical process, which is slightly nar- 

 rower in the middle and similar to that in Kh. ferrum-equinitm, its 

 summit rounded-offi above, considerably surpassed in height by the 

 crest of the connecting-process, which forms an acute thickened pro- 

 jection ; terminal leaf rather short and acute ; horseshoe-shaped 

 nose-leaf not concealing the sides of the muzzle. 



Wings from the tibice slightly above the ankles ; last small caudal 

 vertebrae projecting. 



Fur sulphur-brown above, beneath canary-colour. 

 First upper premolar in the tooth-row in immature specimens ; in 

 adults closely wedged in between the adjoining teeth. 



Length (of an adult 5 ), head and body 1""75, tail 0"-95, head 0"-8, 

 ear 0"-65, nose-leaf 0"-45x0"-28, forearm l"-75, thumb 0"-3; third 

 finger — metacaxp. l"-2, 1st ph. 0"-55, 2nd ph. 1" ; fourth finger — 

 metacarp. 1"'3, 1st ph. 0""28, 2nd ph. 0"'65 ; fifth finger — metacarp. 

 l"-25, 1st ph. 0"-38, 2nd ph. 0"-55 ; tibia 0"-7, foot 0"-4. 

 Bab. N.E. Africa (Kordofan). 



This species is very closely allied to Rh. landeri and to Sh. 

 ferrum-equinuni. It is distinguished from the former by the form 

 of the upper margin of the posterior connecting-process of the sella, 

 by the smaller size of the horseshoe-shaped membrane, and by its 

 larger feet ; from the latter by the form of the ears and of the upper 

 margin of the same connecting-process, by the position of the 

 first upper premolar in the tooth-row, and by its conspicuously 

 smaller size. 



fl. J & 2 imm., al. Kordofan. Dr. Riippell [C.]. 



b. $ ad., al. ? Europe. Dr. Heckel [P.]. 



c. ad. sk. North Africa. Frankfort Museum. 



23. EMnolophus capensis. 



Rhinolophus capensis, Lichtenstein, Vers. Zool. Mus. Berl. p. 4 (1823) 



Keys. SfBlas. Wiegm. Archiv, v. p. 328 (1839) ; Peters, MB. Akad. 



Berl. 1871, p. 310. 

 Rhinolophus geoflroyii, Smith, Zool. Journ. ii. p. 433 (1829). 

 Rhinolophus clivosus, Smith {non RiippeU), African Zoology, part i. 



Mammalia, p. 23 (1834). 

 Rhinolophus auritus, Victorin, Swndevall, Vetensh. Akad. Handl. 



Stockholm, p. 13 (1858) {vide Peters, I.e.). 



Ears as long as the head, broad, subacutely pointed, not attenuated 

 near the tips as in Rh. ferrum-equinum ; the inner margin of the 

 ear-conch convex in its upper third, the outer margin concave for 

 a short distance immediately beneath the tip, then convex ; the anti- 

 tragus separated by a very shallow notch ; horizontal horseshoe- 

 shaped membrane not concealing the muzzle though covering it 

 anteriorly, the remaining parts of the nose-leaf similar to those in 

 Bh. ferrum-equinum (Plate YII. fig. 11). 



