RHINOLOPHUS 151 



Specimens examined. — One hundred and seventeen, from the following 

 localities: — 



France : Dions, Gard, 1 (Mottaz) ; St. Gergues, Haute-Savoie, 1. 



Germany : Strass, near Burgheim, Bavaria, 3 ; Mainz, 1 (Strassburg) ; 

 Bitsoh, Alsace, 1 (Strassburg). 



Austria-Hungary : Hatszeg, Hunyad, Hungary, 1. 



Switzerland: Near Geneva, 94 (B.M., U.S.N.M. and Mottaz); St. 

 Moritz, 1 ; Thayngen, Schaffhausen, 2 (U.S.N.M.) ; Roggwil, Thurgau, 

 7 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; Canton Thurgau, 5 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.). 



£. St. Cergues, Haute-Savoie, A.Robert (c &p). 5.4.9.1. 



France. 



2 9. Burgheim, Bavaria, 375 m. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 117- 



Germany. 118. 



<J. Hatszeg, Hunyad, Tran- C.G.Danford(c). 8.11.8.1. 



sylvania. 



3 6. Grand Pre, Geneva, Swit- C. Mottaz (c & i>). 6. 2. 6. 1-3. 



zerland. 

 1. St. Moritz, Grisons. Leon 0. Galliard 75. 9. 20. 3. 



(o & p). 

 3 6, 2 9, imm. Roggwil, Thurgau. (E. H. 0. Thomas (p). 2. 8. 4. 4-9. 

 ZolUkofer.) 

 ?al. Thurgau. (E.H. ZolUkofer.) 0. Thomas (p). 2.8.4.55. 



Rhinolophus hipposideros minimus Heuglin. 



1861. Rhinolophus minimus Heuglin, Nov. Act. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., 

 xxix, Abhandl. vin, p. 6 (articles separately paged) (Keren, 

 Abyssinia). 



1863. [Rhinolophus hipposideros'] y var. pallidus Koch, Jahrb. des Vereins 

 fiir Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau, xviii, p. 531 (Mediter- 

 ranean region). 



1904. Rhinolophus phasma Cabrera, Mem. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, 

 ii, p. 252 (Madrid, Spain). 



1904. Rh[inolophus] h[ipposiderus] minimus Andersen, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 7th ser., xiv, p. 456, December, 1904. 



1905. Rhinolophus hipposiderus minimus Andersen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



London, 1905, n, p. 140, October 17, 1905. 

 1910. Rhinolophus hipposiderus minimus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. 

 d'Europe, p. 10. 



Type locality. — Keren, Abyssinia. 



Geographical distribution. — Mediterranean region. 



Diagnosis. — Forearm usually 34 ■ 7 to 38 mm. ; greatest 

 length of skull, 14-5 to 15 ■ 5 mm. 



Measurements. — The following measurements of forearms are 

 given by Andersen (I.e. p. 141) : Keren (type), 36 • 3 ; Cyprus (6), 

 34-7 to 37-7; Malta (8), 36 to 37; Ostia, Italy (2), 35*7' to 

 36-8; Corsica (1), 37-7; Balearic Islands (7), 36-2 to 37-6; 

 Seville, Spain (1), 37-7; Cintra, Portugal (1), 36-2. Specimens 

 in U.S. National Museum : Ficuzza, Sicily ( $ ), 35 • 2 ; Rome ( <J ), 

 36-4; Siena (3 $ ), 36 '8 to 38; Marseilles, France (?), 38; 

 Dions, Gard, France ( <J ), 34 ■ 8, ( ° ), 36 • 6 Two females from 

 Ax-les-Thermes, Ariege, France, 36 ■ 6 and 38 '4. Two males 

 from Silos, Burgos, Spain, 36 and 37. Female from the same 

 locality, 38. Five males from Ticino, Switzerland, 37 - 

 (36 '2-38). Mottaz collection: St. Genies, Gard, France (15, 



