1851.] species of Birds inhabiting Ceylon, 183 



of the complicated nasal processes, as all the specimens received were 

 dried and imperfectly preserved. This beautiful Bat is seen at Kadoo- 

 gavana (2000 feet), only for a few days in the month of August." 



The other he does not name, but describes as follows : 



" Rh. — n. s. ? Rufescent-brown — face slightly fulvous. Round 

 the ear and on the sides of the posterior half of the body bright ful- 

 vous. Tail enclosed in the interfemoral membrane. Head and body 

 2\ in.; tail 1 in.; expanse 11 in. Only one dried specimen, pro- 

 cured by my brother from Kadoogavana — none seen since." 



Of Hipposideros, Dr. Kelaart gives three species in his catalogue, 

 viz. 



"H. lankadiva, Kelaart, n. s.* Length, of a full grown male, head 

 and body 4y^ in. ; tail 2 in. ; fore-arm 3 in. ; tibia 1^ in. ; carpus If 

 in. ; tarsus t% in. Ears if in. broad, and nearly as long ; space 

 between them f in. Weight 2 oz. 3^ dr. Ears large, acuminate, and 

 emarginated externally near apex ; with transverse striae on their inner 

 surface ; naked, with the exception of the inner edg?. Muzzle short, 

 but face rather elongated. Body long, covered with soft dusky rufous- 

 brown fur, which is greyish at base. Head, neck and beneath, of a 

 lighter brown colour : pubis hairy. Interfemoral membrane acumi- 

 nated to tip of tail, which is not exserted. No frontal sac, but two 

 tubercular points from which grow stiffish hairs. This Bat is found 

 in great abundance in and about Kandy. I have seen several from 

 the Kornegalle Tunnel, which swarms with them. It is the largest of 

 all the Rhinolophin^e hitherto seen in Ceylon." 



The other two are described as H. Tjempletonii, Kelaart, (Rh. 

 voulha, Templetonf), which is no other than H. speoris, — and H. 

 atratus, Kelaart (Rh. ater, Templeton), which is the supposed varie- 

 ty of H. murinus noticed in p. 157. Besides the latter, as before 

 stated (p. 156), Dr. Kelaart forwarded to Calcutta a specimen of what 

 we presume to be H. vulgaris, (Horsfield), apud Gray, of India, — and 

 one of indubitable H. murinus, (Elliot). We accordingly recognise 



* No doubt this is the dubiously cited Rh. instgnis of Mr. Waterhouse's 

 Catalogue, — insignis being a true Hipposideros, while pusillus is a restricted 

 Rhinolophus, and the latter therefore cannot be the small Indian Hipposideros 

 noticed in p. 156. 



f " Voulha is a very vague term for a species of Bat, as it is the Cinghalese 

 word applied to all Bats." — Kelaart. 



