586 



VESPERTILIO. 



Vesperus Keyserl. & Bias., Wiegm., Archiv. f. Naturg., 1839, 



Bd. i, p. 313. 

 Cateorus Kolenati, Allgem. Deutsch. Naturh. Zeitg., Dresden, 



neue Folge, n, 1856, pp. 121, 162. 

 Meteorus Kolenati, Allgem. Deutsch. Naturh. Zeitg., Dresden, 



neue Folge, n, 1856, pp. 131, 167. 

 Marsipol&mus Peters, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 



1872, p. 260. 



Adelonycteris H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1891, p. 466. 

 Skull large, superior outline nearly straight; occiput angular; 

 sagittal crest present ; rostrum broad, slightly concave back of nasal 

 opening; ear short, narrower than long, with basal lobe; tragus 

 straight, short, directed forward, pointed; back of interfemoral mem- 

 brane with but few hairs. 



FIG. 109. VESPERTILIO FUSCUS. 



No. 61130 U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. 

 ^y t times nat. size. Nose enlarged 5 times. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. 



A. Outer margin of ear conch not terminating 



under the jaw. 



a. Tragus short, less than half the length of the 

 ear. 



