* P h y l l o r h in a p u l v a , Gray.
Hipposideros fulvus, Gray, Mag. Zool. and Bot. 1888, ii. p. 492.
Rhinolophus muriwus et fulgens, Elliot, Cat. Mamm. South Mahratta Country, 1840, p. 8.
Phyllorhina aurlta, Tonies. Proc. ZooL Soc. 1859, PI. 76.
Phyllorhina fulva, Peters, M. B. Akad. Berl. 1871, p. 822. Dobson, Proc. As. Soc. Beng.
- .1872, p. 155.
The brilliant golden yellow colour of the fur which is occasionally found replacing
the common white and black, and from which the specific names “fu lva” and
“ fulgens ” have been derived, is not restricted to this species, but appears in about
the same proportion among specimens of other species of both Phyllorhina and
Rhinolophus. I have expressed my opinion1 that this golden yellow colour is analogous
to the breeding plumage in birds, and that it is restricted to females during
the breeding season. However, during the second Yunnan Expedition, Hr. Anderson
obtained several males of this species, in the same cave, all of which possessed this
golden yellow colour, while males and females obtained at the same time in adjoining
caves were of the common black and white kind. These very differently coloured
animals differed, however, in no other respect, agreeing in structure in all respects
and in measurements. The conditions under which this remarkable difference in
colour occurs are, therefore, still unexplained, but the golden yellow colour may be
developed equally in males and females when the sexes come together, which may
not occur at the same season for all.
As Ph. fulva can be distinguished from Ph. Ucolor by its larger ears only, I am
unable to consider it more than a sub-species of Ph. bicolor, Temm.
Habitat.—Burma (Prome, Tsagadn, Upper Burma; Ponsee and Kakhyen Hills).
In caves.
VESPERTILIONTDiE, Dobson.®
Genus V e s p e r t i l i o , Keys. Bias. Wiegm. Archiv. 1889.
* V e s p e r t i l i o m o n t iv a g u s , Dobson.
Vespertilio montivagus, Dobson, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 1874, vol. x liii. p. 237.
Head very slightly elevated above the face line; muzzle obtuse; ears narrow,
tapering, with rounded tips; outer side flatly emarginate immediately beneath the
tip for about quarter its length, then slightly convex; lower down opposite the base
of the tragus with a small emargination, terminating beyond this in a small rounded
lobe; tragus long, narrow, and acutely pointed; inner margin straight, outer
slightly convex upwards with a small rounded lobe at the base.
Eeet very sma.ll; toes two-thirds the length of the whole foot; tail wholly
contained within the interfemoral membrane; wings from the base of the toes.
Pur, above, dark brown, the extreme points of the hairs paler and shining;
beneath, much darker brown or black for three-fourths its length, the remaining portion
ashy.
In front the face is everywhere densely covered, the long hairs concealing the
eyes, and leaving the tip of the nose above naked; on each side of the nose two or
three small warts may be seen through the hairs. The ears are quite naked anteriorly
; posteriorly, their bases only are covered. On the wing-membrane the fur
of the back extends as far as a line drawn from the junction of the proximal and
middle thirds of the humerus to the commencement of the distal third of tiie
femur; on the interfemoral membrane it ceases abruptly at the end of the second
caudal vertebra; the remainder of the membrane is quite naked. Beneath, the abdominal
fur extends upon the wing-membrane as far as a line drawn from the elbow
to the knee-joint; posteriorly, the extent of the fur of the body on the wing-mem-
branes is similar to that on the upper surface, but three-fourths of the membrane is
dusted over with a few very fine hairs arising from the transverse dotted lines. The
backs of the toes are covered with a few very short hairs.
Incisors on each side parallel, acutely pointed; inner incisors longest with a
small acutely pointed talon near their extremities on the outer side. In the lower jaw
the second premolar is small, but distinctly visible, standing in the tooth-row; in the
upper jaw the space between the canines and third premolar is small, and the second
premolar is very minute, placed in the angle between the first and third premolars,
and with difficulty distinguishable in recent specimens even with the aid of a lens.
Inches,
Length, head and body . . ' . . . . . . 1-8
„ tail , . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6
» bead . . ■ . . 0'65;
„ ' ear (anteriorly) . . . . 1 . . . . . . . # 5 8
Breadth „ 0'28
Length, forearm . . . . . . . . . . j-g
„ thumb . . . . . . 0'25
„ • second finger . . . . . . .
„ fonrth „ . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 9
„ tibia ........................................................... . . . <|||i
„ foot and daws .................................................................. 0'3
Habitat.—Hotha, Yunnan.
Genus S c o t o p h i l u s , Leach.
* S c o t o p h il u s o r n a t u s , Blyth.
'Nycticejus ornatus, Blyth, Joum. As. Soc. Bengal, 1851, vol. sx. p. 517.
'Scotophilus ornatus, Dobson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 871.
Specimens of this remarkably coloured species were obtained at Nantin and in
the Sanda Valley. Among the Vespertilionidce of the eastern hemisphere this
species appears to be most nearly allied to the American species of the genus Ata-
lapha, with which it agrees remarkably in its general characters.