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but also, — in one genus especially, — quite as well developed as in the frugi- 
vorous. 
In every species of the genus Taphozous , Geoff., examined by me, I have 
found well developed post-orbital processes. In a skull of T. melanopogon, 
Tem., before me, a long and slender post-orbital process of the frontal extends 
more than half the distance between the frontal bone and the zygomatic 
arch, forming nearly one-third of the entire circumference of the orbit. 
Post-orbital processes of the frontals are also found in the genera Meja- 
derrna and Nycteris. In the latter genus the post-orbital process may be 
described as a triangular expanded lamina of bone, of which the base extends 
from the sagittal crest to the maxilla ; in the former it is short and blunt, 
and its base is perforated, as in Bteropus, by a supra-orbital foramen. 
In Vesperus pachypus, Tem., a small post-orbital process exists. 
The above examples show that in many species of insectivorous bats 
post-orbital processes of the frontals are present. In no species, however, 
have I succeeded in detecting corresponding zygomatic processes, as in the 
genus Bteropus. 
Bbiee descriptions op pive new species op Rhinolophine Bats, — 
by G. E. Dobson, B. A., M. B. 
The following short descriptions of new species of Rhinolophine bats in 
the collection of Chiroptera in the Indian Museum are intended as prefatory 
to more detailed descriptions, to be published hereafter with illustrations. 
1. Ehinodophds Yunanensis, n. sp. 
Ears large ; antitragus separated from the outer margin by a deep, an- 
gular incision. Nose-leaf large ; the horizontal horse-shoe shaped portion 
concealing the upper lip as in Bh. luctus. The upper edge of the central 
erect, anteriorly flattened, nasal crest meets, at the same level, the upper 
edge of the posterior vertical membrane. Lower lip divided by a single ver- 
tical incision. Wings from the ankles ; tail contained within the interfemo- 
ral membrane, with the exception of the extreme tip ; interfemoral mem- 
brane cut square behind, or slightly concave. 
Length, head and body, 27 inches ; tail 0 9 ; ear (anteriorly) TO ; nose- 
leaf 07 ; forearm 2'2 ; tibia IT. 
Sab. — Hotha, Yunan ; collected by Dr. Anderson during the Yunan 
expedition.* 
* Other new species of bats obtained by Dr. Anderson during the Yunan Expe- 
dition have been shortly described by the writer in the Proc. As. Soc. Beng. for Sept. 
1871. 
