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Catalogue of Mammalia 



fJULT 



Dentition,incisors f- ; canines 1 ± 5 molars * f. 28 ; whereas in Geoffroy's 

 group the molars are A |, a nd the total number 30. But Temminck 

 makes them vary from -f- to J. The upper incisors are distant, placed 

 near the canines and triangular, broad at the edge and sloping back to the 

 root, the lower ones are close together, crenelate at the edge, each 

 having three points. In all other respects, the characters are the same 

 as Rhinolophus. Nose furnished with a complicated crest, .bars dis- 

 tinct, marked with transverse distant wrinkles. Interfemoral membrane 

 large. Warts on the pubes. 



7. — Rhinolophus Speoris ? — R. Crumenfere, Peron.~JB. Marsu- 

 tpialis, Geoff. — R. Dukhunensia, Sykes. 



Ears large, erect, acuminate,- rounded to the base. Muzzle short, 

 crest very complicated, consisting of a simple transverse membrane, or 

 leaf extending between the eyes, behind which is the circular sac. In 

 front is a cavity, in which are pierced the complicated nostrils, and sur- 

 rounded by another smaller membrane ; the upper portion next the 

 frontal leaf thick and f e-hv, the low r er, above the lip, fine. On either 

 side without this are three smaller pat all el memhranes or fringes, reaching 

 from the eyes downwards. Body short, thick, of a light mouse colour. 

 Interfemoral membrane, narrow, square, including ihe tail, which consists 

 of about four joints, the half of the last joint being free at the point. 

 Pubes naked, large, with one or two warts. Two pectoral mammee, tw T o 

 inginual.* Females with the frontal sac less developed. 



On a comparison of about 18 specimens, the measurement of the 

 largest was — 



Male. Female. 



Length finches 2 T 2 5 



of tail 1 1 



Total 3 T i 3,1 



• of exsertedportion of tail l^-lOths. 



■ of ear _e_ 



. Tig 



« of carpus 2 



of tarsus , 



Expansion of wings 13 l2i 



Weight 6drs. I3grs 6 drs! 



Found in old buildings, wells, &c. 



The Dukhunensis of Sykes is said to differ from Speoris in the length 

 of ihe carpus, but in Temminck,Monog. de Mam. T. II. p.l7,the forearm 



• Whether the latter are false or real is doubtful. It has been said they hare no lacteal 

 glands, but I have constantly remarked them, and that they are smaller in the youn<* 

 female. 



