PHYLIiORHINA. I 



Length.— Read and body 2", tail 0" 75", head 0' 7', ear 0-65* x 0-5*. 

 forearm 1'75*, thumb O'S", third finger metacarpal I'lS", first phalanx 

 0'5", second phalanx O'Q', fifth finger metacarpal 0'9"j first phalanx 

 0-4*, second phalanx O'S", tibia 0'65", foot 0-35". 



Rab. — Sind (Knrrachee) in swarms during April, just at dusk, and 

 N. E. Africa (Egypt, Zanzibar). 



Var Murraiana — Anderson, Cat. Mam. hid. Mus. p. 113. 



Dt. Kudievson (Gat. Mamm. Indian Mttseum 1881) says: — "This is 

 distinguished from typical P. tridens by its somewhat shorter, broader, 

 and less pointed ears, but which otherwise conform to the characters 

 of the ears of P. tridens. The projections from the upper noseleaf 

 are more marked than. in P- tridens from Egypt. The interfemoral 

 and wing membranes are prolonged somewhat further down the 

 tibia than is the case in bats of this species from Egypt, and the 

 former membrane reaches the proximal end of the penultimate osseous 

 caudal vertebree. 



It attains to a larger size than any from Egypt. Measurements of 

 an adults,— total length of body 2-30"; tail 1", head 0-80", ear 0-70*, 

 breadth of ear 0'68", forearm 2"07'', thumb 0"32", third finger metacarpal 

 1"46*, first phalanx 0*64", second phalanx 0"66"; fifth finger metacarpal 

 1-16*, first phalanx 0-60", second phalanx 0-45"; tibia 0-74", foot 0-40". 



Sah. — Sind (Knrrachee) and the Persian Gulf. 



Phyllorhina speoris— Peters, M. B. Alad. Berl. 1871, p. 320 ; 

 Dobson, Monog. As. Cliir. p. 67, fig. a. b. ; Cat. Chir. Br. Mus. p. 143 ; 

 Anderson, Cat. Mam. Ind- Mus. p. 116. Vespertilio speoris, Schn. Schreb 

 Saugeth. pi. 59; Hipposideros speoris, Blyth Jour. As. Soc.Ben.lSH, 

 p. 489. Hipposideros speoris et templetonii, Kelaart, Prod. Faun. Zeyl. 



Slightly larger than Phyllorhina tridens and with long 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 ofE or sub-acutely 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 the male, with a transverse aperture and swollen margins : in 

 females much smaller. 



Wing membrane from the tibise near the ankle, interfemoral mem- 

 brane short, square behind ; the last osseous caudal vertebrte and 

 half of the antepenultimate vertebra free. Fur, above, brown ; white 

 at the base ; beneath, similar but paler. The shade of brown varies 

 considerably in different individuals. 



Length. — Head and body 2'4*, tail 0'85'', tail free from membrane 

 0'12*, head 0-85", ear 0-7" X 0-b', forearm 2-05*, thumb 0-3*, third finger 

 2-75'', fifth finger 2'25*, tibia O-Q", caloaneum O-o", foot 0-38*. 



