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Show 1905.] OF THE GENUS RHINOLOPHUS. 127 taken place in that Museum; for the Bat figured and described by Temminck as pusillus was certainly no hipposiderus; among all the small Rhinolophi existing it would be difficult to find a stronger contrast to Rh. pusillus, in the shape of the connecting process, than Rh. hipposiderus. Remarks. From Java I have seen one old skin only (the type) and a fragment of the skull, representing the nasal swellings and the teeth. It is, of course, not sufficient to prove that the Java Bat is in all particulars identical with that from Darjeeling; but the nasal swellings, the teeth, the connecting process, the horseshoe, as well as the measurements of the wings and tibia, are the same. If not identical, they are, at all events, extremely closely related. 19. R h in o l o p h u s c o r n u t u s Ternrn. Diagnosis. Skull and external characters essentially as in Rh. minor. Ears, tail, and tibia longer. Forearm 38,8~41 mm. Details. Cf. Rh. minor. Distribution. Loo-choo Islands, and Japan proper. Geographical races. There are two races of Rh. cornutus, slightly differing in the general size, in the length of the tail and tibia, and in geographical habitat. 19«. R h in o l o p h u s c o r n u t u s p u m i l u s , subsp. n. (Plate IV. fig. 17 a, b, c.) Rhinolophus minor (non Horsf.) Bonhote, Nov. Zool. ix. (1902) p. 626. Diagnosis. On an average smaller: forearm 38,3-39,7 mm. Details. See table of measurements, p. 128. Colour. 8 ad., $ ad., skins; March; teeth unworn. Fur strongly bicoloured, i. e. base of hairs strongly contrasting with the tip. General effect very much as in the adult Rh. hipposiderus. Upper side, anteriorly almost " broccoli-brown," posteriorly next to " Prout's brown" ; base of hairs extremely light, almost white with a tinge of " ecru-drab." Under side " ecru-drab," darker on the flanks. Skull. Quite of the minor-type. The teeth seem to be a mere trifle smaller. Dentition (three individuals). p3 external; p2 and p4 completely in contact, p2 in row, but the space between the upper canine and p4 narrower than in the lepidus-type and Rh. minor; cusp of p2 so extremely minute as to be scarcely observable (teeth unworn), and the tooth itself a little reduced in size. Type. $ ad. (in alcohol). Okinawa, Loo-choo Islands, March 16th, 1902. Presented by the Hon. N. 0. Rothschild. Brit. Mus. no. 2.10.7.18. Distribution. A skin (skull very incomplete) from Foo-chow (Swinhoe leg.; Tomes Collection) seems to be referable to this form. |