92 SCOTOPHILUS. 



bases of toes. Upper incisors long, unicuspidate, acute, basally 

 close to'the'canines. 



Dentition. I. | C. J-=, P. J=J M. f=J = 30. 

 Habits. Insectivorous. 



1. SCOTOPHILUS RUEPPELLI, Peters, sp. (1866). 



Ruppell's Bat. 



Ears short, the tips obtusely rounded. Tragus rather narrow, 

 subacutely pointed, the basal half of the outer margin with two 

 distinct emarginations, the upper half slightly convex and sloping 

 inwards ; no transverse ridge on its outer surface. Fur short, on 

 the upper surface almost wholly confined to the body; dark brown 

 above and below, the extreme tips above and the terminal fourth 

 below ashy ; sometimes with a chesnut tinge throughout. 



Dimensions. Head and body about two and three-fourths 

 inches ; tail not quite two inches ; forearm two inches. 



Habitat. New South Wales. 



Reference. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 263, pi. xv. fig. 2 

 (side view of head). 



2. SCOTOPHILUS GREYI, (Gray) Dobson (1875). 



Grey's Bat. 



Ears short, triangular, the tips rounded. Tragus broad, obtuse, 

 the basal half of the outer margin straight, the terminal half 

 convex and sloping inwards ; no transverse ridge on its outer 

 surface. Postcalcaneal lobe small, but distinct, rounded. Fur 

 short, the face in front of the eyes nearly naked ; chestnut-brown 

 above and below, the extreme tips of the latter ashy. 



Dimensions. Head and body about one and three-fourths inch; 

 tail and forearm about one and one-fifth inch. 



Habitat. Port Essington ; Liverpool Ranges, 



References. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 263, pi. xv. fig. 4 

 (ear); Gould, Marnm. Austr. iii. pi. xlv. 



Genus V. VESPERTILIO, Keyserling & Blasius (1839). 



Muzzle long, thickly hairy; glandular prominences small. Crown 

 of head vaulted, slightly elevated above face-line. Nostrils sub- 

 lateral, simple, crescentic. Ears oval, longer than broad, separate; 

 tragus long, generally acute and attenuated upwards. Postcal- 

 caneal lobe absent or very small. Upper incisors nearly equal, 

 in pairs close to the canines. 



Dentition. 1. 1, C. |=J, P. *=i, M. |=i = ; 

 Habits. Insectivorous. 



