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Show 1905.] OF THE GENUS RHINOLOPHUS. 123 (2) The minor-type.- Chief characters: skull, also proportionately, very small; width of brain-case about 6-8-7'2 mm. ; connecting process of the lepidus-type (text-fig. 22, b, p. 121). Description, based on Rh. cornutuspumilus (Loo-choo Islands).-- Nose-leaves as in the lepidus-type, but: sella narrower ; height about 2-8 mm.; width at base, at constriction, and at summit: 1*7,1'5, and 1-1 mm. Connecting process slightly higher, slightly more acute, but of the same general shape. The other external characters as in the lepidus-type. Skull. Considerably smaller ; nasal swellings narrower. Teeth smaller. Dentition. As in lepidus. Species. Rh. minor, cornutus, " minutus " (Miller, nec Montagu), gracilis. (3) The subbadius-type.--Chief character: connecting process long, slender, very sharply pointed, curved forwards, projecting like a small, curved " horn " (text-fig. 22, c, p. 121). ISTose-leaves, and other external characters, much as in minor, but connecting process as described above; lancet more or less approaching the shape of an equilateral triangle; length of sella about 2‘4 mm.; width at base, at constriction, and at summit: 1-7, 1-3, and 0'9 mm. SkuU. To judge from fragments, and the skull of a quite young individual, much of the minor-type. Dentition. As in lepidus and minor. Species. Rh. subbadius, monoceros. 15. R h in o l o p h u s l e p id u s Blyth. Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. pt. i. (June 1844) p. 486. Rhinolophus minor (partim, nec Horsf.) Dobson, Cat. Chir. Brit. Mus. (1878) p. 114. Diagnosis. Skull and external characters: lepidus-type. Larger: forearm 41‘8-42 mm. Details. This species differs from Rh. monticola in its broader nasal swellings, larger size, and considerably longer metacarpals. Colour. Ad., skin : Ganges Yalley ; teeth almost unworn; two S ad., in alcohol: Wynaad ; teeth unworn. General colour above between " wood-brown" and " cinnamon," lighter on the anterior part of the back ; base of hairs very light " ecru-drab" ; under side " wood-brown " or tending to " ecru-drab." Dentition (three skulls). p3 external. p2 and p4 separated, or almost or quite in contact, p2 in the tooth-row, with a well-developed cusp, pointing inwards. Measurements. On p. 125. Distribution. Indian Peninsula: Wynaad (Mysore); Ganges Valley. Technical name. I identify this Bat with Blyth's Rh. lepidus (to which I find no reference in Dobson's ‘ Catalogue '), for the following reasons :-(1) lepidus belongs to this group of the genus, |
