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rufescent hue than those of ordinary N. Temminckii. The length 

 of fore-arm in N. Temminckii is very regularly 2 in., in N. luteus 

 2f in., and in N. Heathii 2£ in. Examples of N. Heathii from 

 Ceylon appear to be constantly a good deal darker than those from S. 

 India, unless perhaps from the more proximate districts of the continent. 



SCOTOPHILUS COROMANDELIANUS, (F. Cuv.) 



Vespertilio adversus (?), Horsf. Rather darker than a Cal- 

 cutta specimen referred to the same, which latter entirely resembles an 

 example procured at Penang. 



Kerivoula picta, (Pallas). 



Megaderma spasma, Geoffroy. A skin and entire specimen in 

 spirit. Identical in species with examples from Malacca and Java. 



Rhinolophus affinis (?), Horsfield : Rh. rubidus et fulvidus, 

 Kelaart, as also another supposed species referred to by the same 

 gentleman in J. A. S. XX, 182-3; perhaps, too, the doubtfully cited 

 Rh. pusillus from Ceylon of Mr. Waterhouse's catalogue of the mam- 

 malia in the Zoological Society's museum : but, it would seem, not 

 Rh. affinis of Dr. Cantor's Catalogue of the mammalia inhabiting 

 the Malayan peninsula (J. A. S. XV, 181). An extensive series of speci- 

 mens, both in spirit and skins ; and varying in hue from the most vivid 

 rufo-ferruginous in both sexes, to dusky-brown paler below and without 

 a shade of ferruginous or fulvous in either sex, — others again being 

 intermediate, — and one adolescent example is dingy cinereous above, 

 with here and there a slight admixture of rufous, and below chiefly of 

 the latter hue. In structure there is no diversity whatever, and those 

 of various colours were taken in company. The admeasurements of a 

 full grown male are as follow. Length of head and body 2| in. ; of 

 tail (additional) 1 in. ; alar expanse 10|- in. ; fore-arm If in. ; tibia J 

 in. ; ear-conch (posteriorly) barely -f in. Facial appendages typical. 

 Fur of mean length, somewhat dense, porrect, sinuous. A minute 

 pair of upper incisors, liable to be overlooked, in the fresh specimen. 



Hipposideros nobilis (?), Horsfield : Rhinolophus armiger, Hodg- 

 son ; H. lankadiva, Kelaart, vide J. A. S. XX, 183. Male and female 

 inspirit; another specimen now set upas a skeleton; and a skin. 

 Decidedly identical in species with Mr. Hodgson's armiger, and so far 

 as can be judged from the figures and descriptions, also with the 

 Malayan H. nobilis. 



