RHINOLOPHUS NOBILIS. 
Ord. Ill™ Carnassiers, Cuvier. V? Famille, Les Cheiropteres 
Ord. I. Primates, Linn. Syst. 
Ord. XI. Volitantja, Illiger, Fara. 32. Chiroptera. 
RHINOLOPHUS, Geoffir. Cm. IRig. Desm, 
Vespertilio, IAnn. Erxleb. &c. 
Char. gen. — Dentium formula ; Primores -1, Laniarii -p Matures ~. Primores supra 
ossi intermaxillari inobili inscrti, infra breves trifidi ; matures supra exterius 
margine cuspidato, interius gradu obliquo abbreviate, superficie piano. Pros- 
thema maximum, membranaceum, complicatum. Auricula; maxima? sine oper- 
culo. Mammae duse pectorales lactiferae ; papilla etiam duae, absque glandulis 
lactiferis, in pubis regione disposita?, approximate, pelvi tendentes. 
# * Prosthemutis membrana superiors transversa porrecta. 
Rhinolophus supra canescente fuscus subtus dilutior, lateribus colli et abdominis 
axillis maculaque infra-scapulari albentibus, cauda pedibus longitudine a?quali, 
prostliemate supra membrana transversa porrecta infra acumine elongato, auri- 
culis erectis acutis magnis basi latissimis lobo utrinque subinvoluto. 
Ktbblck, of the Javanese. 
AFTER tbe general view of the Javanese species of Rbinolophus, which was 
exhibited in the Sixth Number of this Work, it is my intention to give the figures, 
and a more detailed description, of several of the most interesting species. For the 
present Number I have selected the Rhinolophus nobilis, the largest in the 
Honourable Company's Museum. It is equal in size to the Rhinolophus Diadema, 
which was discovered by MM. Peron and Lesueur in Timor, and it lias the same 
character in the nasal membrane, and a similar habit and proportion of parts ; but it 
differs essentially in colour. Two principal modifications are observed in the Javanese 
Rhinolophi, as far as regards the external covering: several have the brilliant golden 
lustre, which, in the opinion of M. Geofrroy Saint Hilaire, becomes more intense 
