Rhinolophus blasii

Dobson, George Edward, 1878, Rhinolophus, Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum, London: British Museum, pp. 100-122 : 117

18. Rhinolophus blasii .

Rhinolophus clivosus, Blasius (non Cretzschmar), Fauna Deutschl. p. 33, tigs. 10, 1 (1857).

Rhinolophus blasii, Peters , MB. Akad. Beri. 1866, p. 17, and 1871, p. 309; Dobson, Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 5 (1876).

Ears shorter than the head, acutely pointed, slightly attenuated towards the tips, but much less so than in Rh. ferrum-equinum; antitragus separated from the outer margin by a very shallow emargination. Horizontal horseshoe-shaped membrane small, leaving the front and sides of the muzzle uncovered; vertical process of the sella short, abruptly narrowed at half its height, and termi ­ nating in a subacute point, its upper half thus presenting a triangular surface anteriorly; upper margin of the posterior connectingprocess forming a long narrow acutely pointed projection, extending high above the summit of the vertical process of the sella; ter ­ minal nose-leaf moderately large, sides of the terminal triangular process slightly concave (Plate VII. tig. 7). Lower lip with a single groove. Wings from the ankles; interfemoral membrane square behind; extreme tip of tail projecting.

Fur reddish brown above, light greyish brown beneath.

Length (of an adult ♂ preserved in alcohol), head and body " -9, tail 1”, ear O',-7, antitragus 0"-3, forearm l''-8, thumb 0"-28; third finger—metacarp. 1"-15, 1st ph. 0"-55, 2nd ph. "; fifth finger— metacarp. l''-25, 1st ph. O''-4, 2nd ph. O''-5; tibia 0 75, foot 0"-35.

Hab. Europe (south of the Alps); Northern Africa; Asia Minor (Palestine).

Type in the collection of the Berlin Museum.

a-c. ♂ & ♀ ad., al. Cave of Adullam, Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.l. d. skeleton. Cave of Adullam, Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.J.