432 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOSS. 



lobe rouiKlcil. Nostrils oprninp: suhlatonilly, liy siiujilo eroscentic apertures on the 

 front surface of tlie naked oxtremitj' of tlic muzzle. A small cutaneous lobe on the 

 calcaneum usually present behind. 



'Dentition, I. *; C. ; ; P.M. :! or j ; M. t. 



Outer upper incisors unicuspidate and sbortcr than the rest, often minute (rarely 

 absent). 



Sub-genus Veupcrugo. 



I. t ; r.jr. I . Post-ealeancal lobe well dtveloped ; thumbs and soles of feet 

 simple. 



V. Nociri.A, Schr. 



Vespertilio lasioplcrus, Sclireb. 



V. magnus, Berkenhout. 



V. altivulans, White. 



V. serotinus, Geotfr. 



V. profcrun, Kuhl. 



v. lahinfa, Hodgson. 



V. Macuanus, Peters. 



Nostrils Tvide apart, with a slightly concave interspace. Ears as broad as long, 

 tips very broadly rounded. Feet thick. Thumb short, with a blunt claw. Wing 

 membrane attached to the ankles. Post-calcaneal lobe large, semicircular, placed on 

 the calcaneum, at the same distance from the tibia as the breadth of the foot. The 

 last rudimentary caudal vertebra free. First iipp(>r premolar very small. Last upper 

 molar triangular in cross section. Length of head and body, 3'0 ; tail 2-0 inches. 



Panges from the Himalayas to the Malayan Peninsula, and temperate parts of 

 Europe, Asia, and Africa. 



V. Leislebi, Kuhl. 



Very like V. noctula, " but while the outer incisor on each side in V. noctula is 

 but half the transverse diameter, at its base, of the inner inci-sor, in this species it is 

 equal to it. The lower incisors also stand in the direction of the jaws, and are not 

 ciowded." 



Length of head and body of adult male 2-3 ; tail 1-65 inches. 



Europe and temperate regions of Asia from the Azores to the Himalayas. 



V. ABRAMrs, Tern. 



V. viibricatits, Tem. (non Horsiield). 



Scotophilus Javanicus, Gray. 



S. Curumandra, Gray. 



Vesjiertilio Cnrnmanilflicus, Blyth. 



Vesperuffo Blythii, Wagner. 



V. imhricatus (Hutton), Peters. 



Colour above dark brown, the hair tipped with light yellowish-brown. On the 

 head, face and neck wholly j-ellowish-brown. Beneath .sooty-brown, the extremities 

 of th(^ hairs much paler than upon the upper surface. 



Length — head and body 1-75 ; tail 1-4 inches. 



Inhabits India and Burma, and is the commonest bat in Southern Asia. 



V. MAUHUs, lilasius. 

 V. mordax, Peters. 

 V. pulreratus, Peters. 

 Pipistrillua Austmianus, Dobson. 



Fur long and dense, uniformly sooty-brown, or deep black throughout, with ashy 

 tips. Cutaneous system black. The nose, ears and naked glandular prominences of 

 the upper lip are intensely black. 



Length of head and body TO; tail I '6 inches. 



[' Scotozous, Lobso>i, has ouly 2 upper incisors ] 



