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RHINOLOPHIDJE. 



and foot small, as iu Ph. eaffra ; wings from the metatarsi * ; inter- 

 femoral membrane large, triangular behind ; extremity of the tail 

 projecting slightlj'. 



Fur, above, light brown at base, the terminal third of the hairs 

 dark reddish brown, the extreme tips paler ; beneath similar but 

 somewhat paler. The fur on the shoulders and along the spine 

 darker. Ears and wing- and interfemoral membranes very dark 

 brown. Specimens in colourless alcohol appear very dark brown 

 throughout. A specimen from Sarawak has the fur bright ferru- 

 ginous. 



The inner side of the ear-conch along the inner margin is thickly 

 covered with hair, and the back of the ear, except a small por- 

 tion below the tip and along the upper half of the outer margin, is 

 covered. 



The second upper premolar is separated from the canine by a wider 

 interval than usual in this genus ; in the midst of this space, but 

 rather to the outside, the small, scarcely distinguishable first pre- 

 molar is placed. 



Length, head and body 2", tail l"-4, ear 0"-55 x 0"-55, forearm l"-75, 

 thumb 0"-25 ; third finger — metacarp. l"-35, 1st ph. 0"-55, 2nd ph. 

 0"-8 ; fifth finger — metacarp. 1"-15, 1st ph. 0"*5, 2nd ph. 0"-5 ; tibia 

 0"-72, calcaneum 0"-3, foot 0"-3. 



Hah. Peninsula of India (Deccan) ; Pinang ; Java; Labuan. 



This species appears to vary in the size of the nose-leaf, in the 

 length of the tail, and in the place of origin of the wing-membrane 

 from the hinder extremities. Thus, although not differing iu struc- 

 ture, the nasal membranes in the type specimen from Pinang appear 

 much larger than in specimens from other localities (which agree 

 with it almost exactly in general measurements), and the type of 

 Ph. longicauda, Ptrs., from Java has the tail considerably longer. 

 Intermediate forms, however, occur, such as those described as Ph. 

 lahuanensis. Tomes, from Labuan Island, and Ph. hrachyota, Dobson, 

 from Central India. 



a. ad. sk. Singapore. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.^ 



b. ad. sk. Sarawak. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C' 



(Labelled " Phylhrhina labuanends " by Tomes.) 

 e. ad. sk. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart [P.]. 



d. $ ad., al. I^ingasugur, Dekkan. G. E. Dobson, M.B. [E.]. 



14. Phyllorhina cerviaa. 



Rhinolophus cervinus, Gould, Mammals of Australia, iii, pi. xxxiv. 



(1853). 

 Phyllorhina cervina, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1871, p. 321 (excl. 



syn.). 



In general form and size very similar to Ph. galerita, but distin- 

 guished by the much smaller and narrower nose-leaf, by the larger 



* Iu the type specimen the wings appear to arise from the ankles ; but this 

 may have been caused by shrinking of the membrane in the drying-process. The 

 point of attachment of the wing-membrane to the legs and feet varies so much 

 in this genus that it cannot be depended upon in distinguishing species. 



