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MoRMoops, Leach. 



Four incisors in each jaw, the superior tolerably large, the 

 inferior trilobate ; cranium singularly raised like a pyramid above 

 the muzzle ; on each side of the nose is a triangular leaf which ex- 

 tends to the ear.(l) 



Vespertilio, Cuv. and Geoff. 



Muzzle without leaf or other peculiar appendage ; ears separate ; 

 four incisors above, of which the two middle ones are apart, and 

 six trenchant incisors slightly denticulated below; the tail contained 

 in the membrane. This subgenus is the most numerous of the 

 whole, its species being found in every part of the world. France 

 alone has six or seven. 



The tragus of some is shaped like an awl, and to this division be- 

 longs the most commonly known species. 



Vesp. murinus, L.; V. myotis, Kuhl, Buff. VIII, xvi. (The 

 Common Bat.) Tragus oblong, the length of the head; hair 

 brown ; maronne above, grey beneath ; the young of an ashy 

 grey. 



Some other smaller but neighbouring species have lately 

 been observed in Europe. (2) 

 In others again the tragus is angular, such as the 



Vesp. serotinus, L. ; Buff. VIII, xviii, 2. (The Serotine Bat.) 

 A deep maronne j wings and ears blackish ; the conch triangu- 

 lar and shorter than the head. The female is paler than the 

 male. Found under the roofs of churches, uninhabited build- 

 ings, cc.(3) 

 A third kind has a crescent shaped tragus. 



F. noctula, L.j Buff. VIII, xviii, 1 ; V. proterus, Kuhlj V. 

 lasiopterus, Schreb,, 58, B. Fawn coloured; ears triangular, 

 shorter than the head ; tragus rounded, a little larger than the 

 preceding. Found in the hollows of old trees, 8cc. 



V. pipistrellus, Gm. ; Buff. VIII, xix, 1. (The Pipistrelle.) 

 The smallest one in France ; a blackish brown ; ears triangu- 

 lar. (4) 



(1) The species Mormoops BlainvilUi, Leach, 1 Lin. Trans. XIII is from Java. 



(2) The K Bechsteinii, Leisler, Chauves. d'AUem., pi. 22. The V. mystacinus, 

 ib. 18. v. Dauhentoniy Leisler, Kuhl, pi. xxv, 2. V. Nattereri, Kuhl, pi. 23, 

 &.C. Add foreign species, V. emurglnatus, Geoff. Ann. Mus. VIII, pi. 46. V. pie- 

 tus, L. or the Kirivoula of Java, Seb. I, pi. 56, f. 23. V. polythrix, Isid. Geoff. 

 Ann. des Sc. Nat. Ill, p. 440. F. kvis. Id. ib. &c. 



(3) Add V. caroUnensis, Geoff. Ann. Mus. VIII, pi. 47. ['S'ee Append. I. of Mi. 

 Ed.] 



(4) Add the V. Kuhlii, Natterer, Kuhl, Chauves. d'AUem. p. 55. 



