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skeleton, which is all that remains of the type of Prince Bonaparte's 

 Miniopteris Ursinii ; whilst column 4 refers to a specimen collected 

 in Algeria in 185G hy the Rev. H. B. Tristram, and very kindly pre- 

 sented to me ; and columns 5 and 6 refer to specimens from Lake 

 Ngami, collected by Mr. Anderson. The three last-mentioned spe- 

 cimens are all preserved in skin, and their dimensions are therefore 



Length of the head and body... 



of the tail 



■ of the head , 



of the ears 



of the tragus 



- of the fore-arm 



■ of the longest finger ... 



of the fourth finger 



of the thumb 



of the tibia 



of the foot and claws... 



Expanse of wings 



2. M. BLEPOTIS. 



Vesp. blepotis, Temm. Mon. ii. p. 212, 1835-41 ; Miiller, Over. 

 Zoog. d. Ind. Archiv, p. 23, and table ; Schinz, Synop. Mamm. i. 

 p. 172, 1845. 



Miniopteris blepotis, Blasius, Wiegm. Arch. Bd. 6. p. 4, 1840. 



Pipistrellus blepotis, Less. Nouv. Tab. Regn. Anim. p. 30, 1842 



Trilatitius blepotis, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. v. 10. p. 258, 1842 

 Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus.p. 26, 1843; Zool. Voy. Samar. p. 8, 1849 



Scotophilus Morio, Gray, App. Greg's Narrat. p. 405, 1841 ; Cat 

 Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 29, 1843 ; Wiegm. Arch. Bd. 8. p. 339, 1842 ; 

 Schinz, Synop. Mamm. i. p. 192, 1844. 



Vesp. Eschscholtzii, Waterh. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845, p. 4. 



Noctulinia ? Eschscholtzii, Gray, Zool. Voy. Samar. p. 9, 1849. 



The following comparison of this species with the last has been 

 made between a great number of examples of both, most of those of 

 M. blepotis being preserved skins, whilst the greater part of those 

 of M. Schreibersii have been preserved in spirit. It is necessary to 

 make this statement before proceeding further, as the foregoing de- 

 scription of the latter species was drawn up from the specimen in 

 spirit, whereas the stuffed specimens of both species have been re- 

 sorted to in the following comparative description. Unfortunately 

 I have not yet obtained a sufficient number of M. blepotis in spirit 

 to be able to give as many details as I could desire. 



Compared with M. Schreibersii, the face of the present species 

 appears more elongated, although still very short ; and it is rather 

 more pointed, and has the nostrils more prominent. The ears, too, 

 are relatively somewhat longer. 



In quality the fur is pretty similar, from whatever locality the 

 animal may have been obtained. That of the upper parts is uni- 



