No. 58 Hipposideros Larvatus. — Syn — Phyllorhina Larvata
Habitat.—Arracan.
Description.—The fur of the upper part bright fulvous; more or less tinged with maroon on the back, lighter underneath; membranes dusky, but tinged with the prevailing colour of the fur; ears angulated; a minute false molar in front of the carnassial in the upper jaw.
Size.—Head and body, 2¾ inches; tail, 1¼; wing extent, 12.
Kellaart writes of this bat under his H. aureus. He describes it as head, neck, and body of a bright golden yellow, with a slight maroon shade on the tips of the hairs on the back. Females paler coloured. Frontal sac only in males; the waxy matter of a yellow colour, and quite transparent.
No. 59. HIPPOSIDEROS VULGARIS.
Syn.—PHYLLORHINA LARVATA.
The Common Malayan Horse-shoe Bat.
Habitat.—Arracan and Malayana.
Description.—“It differs from the last in being rather smaller, and of a brown colour above, much paler at the base of the hairs and at their extreme tips, and lighter coloured below; the ears more apiculated, or rather they appear so from being strongly emarginated externally towards the tip.”—Blyth.
Size.—2-3/10 inches; tail 1-2/10; wing expanse about 12.
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