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and as well as the inside of the ears, destitute of hairs. All 

 the upper parts of the head and body are covered with close 

 soft and glossy fur, of a uniform brown color approaching to 

 chestnut. Beneath the fur is of a pale dingy ochreous or yel- 

 lowish. The remaining parts are all naked with the exception 

 of a few scattered hairs on the toes. Last joint of the tail 

 free. Bony process supporting the membrane very apparent. 



Incisors -^— canines ~, molars ——— = 32. 



6 1 — 1 5—5 



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Total length 3.8 inches. 



Tail -.---. 1.5 " 



Forearm - -* 1.8 ■« 



Tibia 0.8 " 



Spread - - - 11.5 " 



Though apparently well known to the French naturalists, 

 no American author who has written upon these animals ap- 

 pears to have been acquainted with this species, except Major 

 Le Conte, as above cited. It is common in Carolina and 

 Georgia, and rather numerous on the south side of Long 

 Island, whence I have frequently procured it. 



5. Vespertilio subulatus. 



Vespertilio subulatus, Say in Long's Ex. II. p. 65. Richardson 



Fauna B. A. I. p. 3. 

 Vespertilio lucifugus, L. C. in App. to Mc Murtrie's Cuv. I. p. 431. 

 Atalapha fuscata, Raf. ? 



Vespertilio domesticus, Green, in Cab. N. H. II. p. 200. 

 Say's Bat, Richardson loc. cit. 



Description. 



Ears rather large, naked except at the very base, narrowed 

 somewhat at tip, and obtuse, tragus linear, subulate, subacute. 

 The fur is fine and soft, of a grayish or cinereous brown color 

 above, beneath pale yellowish mixed with dusky. The re- 



