164 CHIROPTERA 



leaf with cuneate sella and very high, sharply pointed connecting 

 process ; fourth finger with first phalanx more than half as long 

 as second ; no marked contrast between crown areas of anterior 

 and posterior lower premolars, a character unique among the 

 European members of the genus! 



Colour. — The only skin of this species which I have examined 

 is in bad condition. It indicates that the colour is not essentially 

 different from that of Rhinolophus euryale. 



Skull. — In general the skull resembles that of Rhinolophus 

 euryale, with which it agrees in size and in the form of the nasal 

 swellings as well as in that of mesopterygoid fossa and posterior 

 portion of palate. Constriction at front of interparietal more 

 pronounced than in any of the other European species, noticeably 

 marking off the occipital region from rest of brain-case. 



Teeth. — Incisors, canines and molars as in Rhinolophus euryale. 

 Small upper premolar slightly less reduced, perfectly in the 

 tooth-row, but showing no tendency to develop a cusp. Large 

 upper premolar with anterior and posterior margins of crown 

 essentially parallel, the posterior border nearly straight. Lower 

 premolars differing from those of all the other European members 

 of the genus in the approximately equal crown areas of the two 

 larger teeth, the anterior subterete, the posterior with trapezi- 

 form section ; shaft of posterior tooth with diameter in axis of 

 tooth-row much less than transverse diameter, the cusp when 

 viewed from the side appearing to rise from middle of crown with 

 noticeable flat area before and behind it. 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of four females from 

 Cyprus: head and body, 48-4 (44-51); tail, 24-7 (24-25); 

 tibia, 19-3 (19-20); foot, 9-7 (9-4-10); forearm, 45-3 (44-6- 

 47) ; thumb, 7 '5 (7-8) ; third finger, 70-3 (69-72) ; fifth finger, 

 57'7 (56-60); ear from meatus, 19 -7 (19-20) ; ear from c'rown, 

 15-5 (15-16-4); width of ear, 14-7 (14-15). Adult from 

 Nauplia, Greece : tibia, 18 • 8 ; foot, 9 ■ 6 ; forearm, 44 • 6 ; thumb, 

 8 ; third finger, 69 ; fifth finger, 57. For cranial measurements 

 see Table, p. 163. 



Specimens examined. — Five, from the following localities : — 

 Cyprus : No exact locality, 4. 

 Gbeecb : Nauplia, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



lieimirkt. — This species is so readily distinguished from the 

 other European members of the genus by the peculiarities of its 

 noseleaf and lower premolar as to require no special comparisons. 

 Its range appears to be strictly confined to the eastern portion 

 of the Mediterranean region, not extending west of Italy. 



