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KHINOLOPHID^. 



Slightly larger thau any of the four preceding species, and with 

 longer and narrower ears, owing to the less convexity of their inner 

 margins ; upper third of the inner margin of the ear-conch slightly 

 convex, almost straight, tip narrowly rounded-off or subacutely 

 pointed, not projecting outwards ; upper third of the outer margin 

 equally concave, lower two thirds convex, with a small but very 

 distinct spine-like projection at the commencement of the lower 

 third ; horseshoe-shaped horizontal nose-leaf narrow, with three 

 parallel leaflets on the muzzle on each side ; transverse terminal leaf 

 broader than the sella, upper margin regularly convex, front concave 

 surface with three very distinct vertical ridges, whereof the centre 

 one is longest ; a large frontal sac in male, with a transverse aper- 

 ture and swollen margins, in female much smaller (see figures in 

 ' Monograph Asiatic Chiroptera,' referred to above). 



Wing-membraue from the tibia near the ankle ; interfemoral short, 

 square behind ; the last osseous caudal vertebra and half the ante- 

 penultimate vertebra free. 



Fur, above, brown, white at the base ; beneath, similar but 

 paler. The shade of brown varies considerably in different indi- 

 viduals. 



Length (of an adult cJ), head and body 2"-4, tail 0"-85, tail free 

 from membrane 0"-12, head 0"-85, ear 0"-7x0"-5, forearm 2"-05, 

 thumb 0"-3, third finger 2"-75, fifth finger 2"-25, tibia 0"-9, cal- 

 caneum 0"-5, foot 0"-38. 



Hah. The Oriental Region (Peninsula of India, Ceylon, Burma, 

 Java, and jjrobably the other islands of the Malay archipelago in the 

 Indo-Malayan Subregion). 



If this species be really an inhabitant of the island of Tahiti, as 

 the name given by Zelebor implies, it has by far the widest geo- 

 graphical distribution of any species of the genus. 



a, h. ad. sks. India. 



c. $ ad., al. Lingasugiir, Dec- G. E. Dobson, M.B. [E.]. 



can, India. 



(i-A. ad. sks. Madras. Sir Walter Elliot fP." . 



I. d' ad., al. Madras. Sir Walter EUiot [P/. 



j. 2 ad., al. Madras. Sir Walter EUiot [P.]. 



l(r-q. cJ & 2 juv. & ad., al. Capt. Sir E. Belcher [C,]. 



r-M. ad. sks. Trincomalee. Dr. Kelaart [P.]. 



(Types of Hipposideros aureus, Kelaart.) 



V. ad. sk. India. Purchased. 



w-a'. cJ & 2 ad., al. India. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



V, (/. d juv. & 2 ad., al. India. Purchased. 



d-f. ad. sks. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart [P.]. 



(Types of Hipposideros templetonii, Kelaart.) 



5^', A', ad. sk. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart [P.]. 



*■',/• d & 2 ad., al, Ceylon. Mr. Cuming^s Coll. 



k'-m'. ad. sk. Java. E. I. House CoU. 



n'-p'. c? & 2 ad., al. Sir A. Smith [P,]. 

 y'. ad. sk. 

 r'. ad. sk. 



s'-u\ skulls. Madras. Sir Walter Elliot [P.]. 



