434 BCRMA, ITS PEOPLE AND P/iODCCTIOXS. 



ScoTOPniLUs, Leach. 



Ears longer than broad, generally considerably shorter than the head, with 

 rounded tips ; the outer margin terminating near the angle of the mouth. Nosti-ils 

 close together, opening by simple lunate apertures in front, or sublalerally, tlieir 

 inner margins projecting. Fur sliort, and nearly confined to the body ; wiug and 

 interfemond membranes very thick and leathery. 



Dentition, I. | ; C. | ; P.M. i ; M. f . 

 An additional external incisor on each side above in the opening. Upper incisors 

 long, unicuspidate, acute, close to the canines. Ujjper premolar large, close to the 

 canine. First lower premolar small, crushed in between the canine and second 

 premolar. 



S. TEiiMrrfCKn, Horsfield. 

 S. Kohlii, Leach. 

 VespertiUo Bdangeri, Is. Geoftr. 

 V. nocUdinuH, Is. Geoffr. 

 V. cadaneuH, Gray. 

 Nycticejus luteus, Blyth. 

 N.faveolus, Blyth. 



Colour variable ; dark olive-brown above and reddish or yellowish-white beneath. 

 Sometimes deep chestnut throughout or below yellow. 



Length — head and body of male 3'1 ; tail 2-1 inches. 

 Inhabits India and Burma. 



S. 0EN.4TCS, Blyth. 



Fur light isabelline-brown, remarkably pied with white spots and a longitudinal 

 patch of white on the crown, and a white band, two-thirds the length of the spine. 

 A white spot at the base of the cars and two white patches behind the head of the 

 humerus. A white band below the neck. The position of tlie white patches is 

 generally very constant, but their size varies, being greatest apparently in individuals 

 of a pale rusty-red colour, and these I have always found to be males. The females 

 have much darker fur, and the white spots and bands are of less size and are 

 occasionally altogether absent. 



Length of head and body 3-1 ; tail 2-5 inches. 



Inhabits Sikkhim, the Kakhyon Hills, and Yunan. 



Dobson remarks that this bat is the nearest representative of the American genus 

 Atalapha {=Zasiunis). 



Vespeetilio, Keyserling et Blasius. 



Muzzle long; small glandular prominences between the nostrils and eyes, which 

 scarcely increase the breadth of the face. Nostrils opening sublaterally by simple 

 crescentic apertures. Ears separated, oval, longer than broad. Tail usually less than 

 the length of the head and body. Postcalcaneal lobe absent or very small. Face hairy. 



Dentition, I.J; C. f ; P.M. f ; M. f . 



Upper incisors nearly equal ; the inner incisor on each side generally has a 

 distinct second cusp, placed posteriorly and externally. First and second upper 

 premolars very small ; the second often minute and pressed inwards ; the last upper 

 molar rather less than half the antepenultimate. 



Sub-genus Leuconoe. 



Feet very large. Intcrfcmoral membi'ano forming a very acute angle in the 

 centre of its free margin behind ; one or two last caudal vertebra; project beyond the 

 membrane. 



V. Hassei.tii, Tem. 



Fur very short, above and beneath ; the muzzle in front of the eyes almost 

 naked. Fur scarcely extends to the wing memliranes, except at their origin ; on the 

 intcrfcmoral membrane, both above and below, it extends as far as a line di'awn 



