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appears to be of the same species ; but has the upper-parts much 

 more fully covered with brown fur, darkest upon the crown, and a 

 whitish collar round the lower part of the neck. The hair on the 

 sides of the neck is longish and directed forward. Length of radius 

 3£ in. The difference partly depends, no doubt, on the season in 

 which the specimens were obtained : and the only other frugivorous 

 Bat known to inhabit India is Pt. Dussumieri, Is. Geoff, (vide 

 J. A. & XII, 176). 



Taphozotjs longimanus, (Hardwicke), is a species and genus 

 added by Dr. Kelaart to the fauna of Ceylon.* 



Megaderma lyra, Geoff, (v. M. carnatica, Elliot, et M. schista- 

 cea, Hodgson), appears to be common. 



The species of Rhinolophinje would seem to be numerous. Of 

 true Rhinolophus, Mr. Waterhouse gives Rh. insignis, Horsfield, 

 with a mark of doubt against the specific name, from Ceylon, in his 

 Catalogue of Mammalia in the museum of the Zoological Society 

 (1838) ; and we have seen no true Rhinolophus from the peninsula 

 of India, unless Rh. mitratus, nobis (J. A. S. XIII, 483), from 

 Chaibasa be deemed an exception.f But of Hipposideros, Gray, 

 there appear to be many species in Ceylon. Of the three noticed in 

 Mr. Elliot's Catalogue of the mammalia of the S. Mahratta country 

 (Madr. Journ. X, 98), viz. H. speoris, H. murinus, and H. 

 fulvus (vide, J. A. S. XIII, 489), the first two are common ; and H. 

 ater, Templeton, is a third described in J. A. S. XVII, 252. The 

 last we have not seen; and Dr. Kelaart now sends two species additional 

 to a specimen of H. murinus. These are probably H. vulgaris, 

 (Horsf.), apud Gray, of India, and H. pusillus, (Tern.), of India, the 

 specific name given with doubt by Mr. Waterhouse (Catal. Zool. Soc. 

 Mus.). The first, though nearly affined to — is certainly not identical 

 with — Rh. vulgaris apud nos, J. A. S. XIII, 488, from Arakan. 

 Length about 3 in., of which the tail is \^ in. ; expanse about 12 in., 

 or nearly so ; radius 2 in. ; tibia |- in. ; ear-conch \ in. The membrane 

 surmounting the frontal pits exhibits three distinct small longitudinal 



* T. brevicaudus, nobis, J. A. S. X, 970, is another species likely to occur, 

 as it was described from a specimen procured in Travancore. 



f In a letter, Dr. Kelaart informs us that he has now obtained a very large Hip- 

 posideros, and likewise a Rhinolophus as this genus is at present restricted. 



