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FAMILY, VESPERTILIONID.^i. 



102. Plccotus aiivitiis. (L. Syst. Nat. i., p. 47.) The Long-Eared 

 Bat. 



Very common in all the hill-country of Palestine, especially in caves 

 and tombs about Bethlehem and Jerusalem, and by the Sea of Galilee. 



This well-known Bat has a very wide distribution. It ranges from 

 Ireland throughout Europe ; and on the south of the Mediterranean, 

 through Egypt and Syria as far as Nepal. 



103. Vesperugo serotinus. Schreb. Saugth. i., p. 167, pi. 53. The 

 Serotine. 



Occurs in Lebanon. 



Found throughout the whole of the northern hemisphere, the only 

 Bat common to the Old and New Worlds. It ranges from Englantl 

 to Siberia, through Africa as far south as Gaboon ; Arabia, Asia Minor, 

 Persia, India; and in America from Lake Winnipeg to Guatemala and 

 the West India Islands. 



104. Vcsper^tgo knhlii. Natt. Deutsch. Fled. Ann. Wett. iv., p. 58. 



Met with at Jerusalem, in caves near Bethlehem, and elsewhere. 

 Extends through Southern Europe, North Africa, Persia, and India, 

 from north to south. 



105. Scolophihis tcimninkii. (J). Horsf. Zool. Researches in Java 

 (and plate). (Horsfield's work is neither paged nor numbered.) 



I procured a Scotophilus under Mount Carmel, on the plain of Acre, 

 which I believe belongs to this species, which occurs throughout India, 

 South China, Java, and the Philippines. But it may possibly be the 

 allied African species, 5. borbonicus. Being much damaged, it was not easy 

 to discriminate it. 



106. I^cspa-tilio dcmbentonii. Leisl. Deutsch. Fled. Ann Wett. 

 Ges. Nat., p. 51. 



In a tomb near Tibnin, Galilee. Found from the furthest north of 

 Europe to Siberia, and south as far as Tenasserim. 



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