1S39] 



in the Southern Mahro.Ua Country. 



97 



Ear (before) ]_*_ 



Carpus 2£ 



Tarsus 1 3^-10ths. 



Head 1£ 



Additional length") 

 of the interfe- V 1| 

 moral membrane J 



Weight loz, lOdrs Ioz.3drs. 10 grs. 



These were the largest dimensions ascertained from 14 females and 



7 males, obtained at various times. They are common in the Mulnad, in 



old temples, caves, &c. 



6. — Veyprtilio (Rhinopomn) Hardwick'ri. 

 Weight. ... 10 drs. Male ..8c is. 13 grs. Female. 



Length of body. 3 y T <L inches. 



tail 2-rV 



— ■■ ■ carpus v-jAj. 



tarsus 2 T V 



Expanse cf wings... 13. 



This is probably the species already described by General Hnrd- 

 wicke, but the means ate not at h*rid ol verifying his description. 



This species h*s the muzzle long, thick, truncated and surmounted 

 with a snja 1 leaf. Oreil : on oblong, bi- acuminated ; forehead concave, 

 with a fos>a or channel running down the centre. The nos'rils are 

 placed in rhe truncated plane of the nanzz'e, being covered with a mem- 

 brane slit transve selv, and with a small round pun lure in the middle of 

 the slit. Bv means of this apparatus the animal is enabled to oj<en or 

 shut its nostrils at ple<sure. The leaf-hl<e process rises from the same 

 plane of the muzzle. Found in old ruins to the eastward of the province- 



Rhinolophus, Geoff. 



This, and the two following species, seem to form a subdivision of the 

 section Rhinolophus (Oeoffroy), differing in the number of teeth and hav- 

 ing in common a remarkable peculiarity common to all, not included in 

 his specific characters, which mav be described as a circular cavity, or 

 sac, behind the nasal crest. This cavity the animal can turn out at 

 pleasure, like the finger of a glove : it is lined with a pencil of stiff hairs, 

 and secretes a yellow substance like wax. When alarmed, the animal 

 opens this cavity and blows it out, during which it is protruded and 

 withdrawn at each brea'hing. Temminck notices it under the name of 

 a syphon, or purse in R. Insignis and Speoris, 



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