CATALOGUE 



MAMMALS AND BIRDS 



NEW GUINEA. 



MAMMALIA. 



Fam. Vespertilionidje. 



HlPPOSIDEROS. 



AsM. Bonaparte has given the name of Phyllorhina to the Euro- 

 pean Horse-shoe Bats, the genus Bipposideros may be confined to 

 those species of the larger genus which have a large cavity opening 

 with an expanding pore on the forehead behind the transverse hinder 

 part of the nose-leaf (they have distinct pubal teats), thus restrict- 

 ing Phyllorhina to those which have a simple forehead without any 

 pore. 



HlPPOSIDEROS ArUENSIS. 



Hipposideros Aruensis, J. E. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858. 



Sooty-brown ; the lower half of the hairs of the back paler ; the 

 hairs of the under side more uniform, or with rather paler tips ; the 

 ears large, broad, rounded at the ends, with two hairy lines on the 

 inner side of the front edge ; face and chin rather bristly, without 

 any membranaceous ridges on the sides outside of the nose-leaf. 



Hah. Aru Islands (Wallace). 



a. Male. Aru Island. 



Length of head and body 2" ; tail -J ; expanse of wings 5^- ; 

 length of upper arm bone 1^ ; length of shin bone | inch. 



The ears sooty-black ; the front margin of the ears is broad, with 

 a rounded lobe on the basal part near the forehead ; wings broad, 



