Rhinolophus macrotis, Blyth, 1844

Dobson, George Edward, 1878, Rhinolophus, Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum, London: British Museum, pp. 100-122 : 110

9. Rhinolophus macrotis .

Rhinolophus macrotis {Hodgson), Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 485 ; Dobson, Money r. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 45, figs, a, b (1876).

Ears very large in proportion to the size of the animal, subacutely pointed; outer margin slightly concave immediately beneath the tip, then convex, separated below from the well-developed antitragus by a moderately deep notch; nose-leaf large, horseshoe portion concealing the upper lip, as in Rh. luctus ; anterior flat surface of the central leaf broad, maintaining the same breadth from the horizontal part between the nostrils to its rounded termination above; upper edge of the posterior vertical process obtusely conical, equalling or scarcely exceeding in height the anterior process; terminal process of the posterior nose-leaf ovate, subacutely pointed.

Wing-membrane from the ankles; interfemoral membrane square or slightly triangular behind; extreme tip of tail free.

Length (of an adult ♂ preserved in alcohol), head and body 1"'7, tail 0”'8, head 0 75, ear 0"-85 x 0”‘55, antitragus 0"’25, noseleaf 0"-5 x 0"-3, forearm " ’6, third finger 2"-2, fifth finger 2", thumb O' 25, tibia 0"-7, foot 0,,-35.

Hab. Himalaya (Nipal, Masuri).

The ears and nasal membranes are in this small species larger in proportion to the size of the animal than in any other species of the genus.

Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.

a. ♂ ad., al. Nipal.? B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.].