APPENDIX. 
DESCRIPTION OF SOME NEW AUSTRALIAN 
ANIMALS. 
By J. E. Gray, Esa., F.R.S. , , 

I. It was formerly believed, that all the Mammalia 
inhabiting the Australian continent, but the wild dog, were 
marsupial ; but as the natural history of the country is 
better known, we are becoming acquainted with nearly as 
many native non-marsupial beasts as there are marsupial ; 
but they are certainly, generally, of a small size, such as 
bats, mice, &c., as compared to the kangaroos and other 
marsupial genera. 
Some years ago, in the Proceedings of the Geological 
Society, (iii. 52.) I described a species of Rhinolophus , 
from Moreton Bay, which was peculiar for the large size of 
its ears, hence named R. megaphyllus ; the one now about 
to be described, which was found flying near the hospital at 
Port Essington,by Dr. Sibbald, R.N., is as peculiar for the 
brightness and beauty of its colour, the male being nearly 
as bright an orange as the Cock of the rock ( Rupicolo ) of 
South America. 
The Orange Horse shoe Bat , ( Rhinolophus aurantius.) 
t. 1. f. 1. — Ears moderate, naked, rather pointed at the 
end; nose -leaf large, central process small, scarcely lobed, 
blunt at the top ; fur elongate, soft, bright orange, the 
hairs of the back with short brown tips, of the under side 
rather paler, of the face rather darker ; female pale yellow, 
with brown tips to the hair of the upper parts. 
