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Show 1900.] MAMMALS OF SIAM A N D THE M A LAY PENINSULA. 343 (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 137) mentions a specimen from Penang; 0. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 73) a specimen from Gunong Pulai, Johore, collected by Davison. Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 11) records this species from Kuala Lumpor. In the Siamese Museum there is a specimen in spirit, apparently of this species, labelled " Bangkok." Distribution. India (locally), Ceylon, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula (Penaug, Selangor, Johore), Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Timor, Batchian, Amboyna, Philippines, Aru Islands. 73. HIPPOSIDERUS GALERITCS Cantor. Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat. Hipposideros galeritus, Cantor, p. 13. Hipposiderus galeritus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 287. Cantor described this species from " a solitary male captured in the valley of Pinang." Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 142) records a specimen from Singapore, collected by A. R. Wallace. Distribution. India (near Bellary), Ceylon, Malay Peninsula (Penang and Singapore), Java and Borneo. 74. HIPPOSIDERUS LARVATUS (Horsf.). Horsfield's Leaf-nosed Bat. Hipposideros vulgaris, Cantor, p. 13. Hipposiderus larvatus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 288. Cantor records this species from Penang. Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 145) records a specimen from Siam, collected by M. Mouhot. Distribution. Assam, Sylhet, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula (Penang), Java, Borneo (Notes Leyd. Mus. xix. p. 52). Philippines ? 75. HIPPOSIDERUS BICOLOR (Temm.). The Two-coloured Leaf-nosed Bat. Hipposideros murinus, Cantor, p. 13 Hipposiderus bicolor, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 289. Cantor records this species from Penang. Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. pp. 150, 151) records specimens of H. bicolor (typical variety, with ears as long as the head) from Penang and Singapore. O. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 73) mentions a specimen from Klang, Selangor, collected by Davison-" d, more pointed ears, a broader horizontal nose-leaf, and a much more largely developed projection between the nostrils than is usually the case in this species." Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 11) mentions Phgl-lorhina bicolor, var. fulva, from Kuala Lumpor. 1 found Hipposiderus bicolor fulvus very numerous at Alor Star, Kedah, in May and June 1898, specimens flew into our house almost every night; and on the 26th June, 1898,1 caught a single specimen in a house in Kuala Lumpor, Selangor, probably fulvus, 23* |