4. PHYLLORHINA. 131 



b. Ears united by a low band ; premolars gEg' 

 22. Ears ovate (as in Ph. bicolor, var. 

 fulva) ; calcaneum shorter than 

 the foot ; forearm 1"'4 Ph. megalotis, p. 161. 



1. Phyllorhina tridens. 



Rhinolophus tridens, Geoffroy, Descr. de VEgypte, ii. p. 130 (1812). 



Asellia tridens, Oray, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 82. 



Phyllorhina tridens, Peters, MB. Akad. Bed. 1871, p. 314. 



Ears nearly as long as the head, suhacutely pointed ; lower two 

 thirds of the inner and outer margins of the ear-conch almost equally 

 convex, the outer margin concave immediately beneath the tip, the 

 remaining part convex ; upper margin of the transverse erect nose- 

 leaf divided into three thickened projections, the concave front 

 surface beneath divided by three longitudinal bands ; sella cordate, 

 prominent ; horseshoe-shaped membrane circular and raised in front, 

 not divided ; two secondary leaves on the sides of the muzzle parallel 

 to the horseshoe (Plate VIII. fig. 3). 



Wings from the lower third of the tibiae ; interf emoral membrane 

 short, square behind ; the last osseous caudal vertebra and half the 

 antepenultimate vertebra free. 



Fur,- above, pale yellowish white with brown extremities ; beneath, 

 wholly yellowish white or pure white. 



The first minute upper premolar deciduous. 



Length, head and body 2", taU 0"-75, head 0"-7, ear 0"-65 x 0"-5, 

 forearm l"-75, thumb 0"-3 ; third finger — metacarp. 1"-15, 1st ph. 

 0"-5, 2nd ph. 0"-6 ; fifth finger— metacarp. 0"-9, 1st ph. 0"-4, 2nd 

 ph. 0"-3 ; tibia 0"-65, foot 0"-35. 



ffab. Africa (Egypt, Zanzibar). 



2. Phyllorhma tricuspidata. 



Rhinolophus tricuspidatus, Temminck, Monogr. Mammal, ii. p. 20, 



pi. xxix. tig. 4. pi. xxxii. figs. 11 & 12. 

 Phyllorhina tricuspidata, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1871, p. 314; 



Dohson, Monogr. Asiat, Chiropt. p. 59 (1876). 



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