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botwcrn the knee-joints. The fur on the iinchT side of the wings extends to a line 

 drawn from the elbow joint to the coninienceinent of the distal ihiid of llic femur. 

 Fur above basidly dark, with brown tips; beneath, dark brown or lilaik, with white 

 ends. The second premolar in hoth jaws is extremely small, and with difficulty seen 

 even with a lens. It is placed in the angle between the iirst and third premolars, 

 and in vertical height does not ei|ual the cingulvim of either tooth. 



Length of adult female— head and body 2-1 ; tail 1-8 inches. 



Inhabits Java, the Malayan I'eniusula, 8iam and probably Tenassorim. 



In no species of Vei^jxrtilio is the second lower pnuiolar quite internal, and 

 placed in the angle between the adjoining teeth, without tilling it. 



Sub-genus Vespertilio. 



Feet moderate. Interfemoral membrane forming an ohtnsc angle in the centre 

 of its free margin behiud. Tail wholly contained within the membrane, or the extreme 

 tip alone projecting. 



V. MUEicoLA, Hodgson. 



Kerivoida (rilatitoides, Gray. 

 V. califfino.sHs, Tom(!S. 

 V. titrr, Bernstein. 

 V. (FttrnopteniK) Inlipcs, Peters. 

 V. lilanfurdi, Uohson. 

 V. moupincnsis, Aljih. 



Second upper premolar slightly internal to the tooth row, and so small as to ho 

 barely perceptible without the aid of a lens. Colour above black, with yellowish 

 brown tips. Beneath black, with ashy tips. 



Length — head and body TG ; tail 1'.55 inches. 



Inhabits the Himalayas, Arakan, and the Malay Peninsula. 



V. MONTITAGUS, Dobson. 



Muzzle obtuse. Ears narrow, with rounded tips. Feet very small. Tail wholly 

 in(dosed. Fur above, dark brown, the extreme tips paler and shining. Beneath, 

 much darker, almost black from the basal three-fourths, the terminal fourth of the 

 hairs ashy. The eyes buried in hair, the tip of the nose alone naked. On each side 

 of the muzzle, two or three glandular elevations may be discerned through the hairs. 

 The cars naked anteriorly, their bases clothed posteriorly, inner incisors longest, 

 with a small acutely pointed talon near their extremities on the outer side. In the 

 lower jaw the second premolar is small, but distinctly visible in the teeth row. In 

 tlie upper jaw the second premolar is very minute, and placed interiorly, and barely 

 visible with a lens. 



Head and body 1-8; tail 1 = 3-4 inches. 



Inhabits Hotha in Yunan. 



V. FOEMOsus, Hodgson. 

 Kerivoula pnl/n/a, lilylh. 

 V. auratus, Dobson. 



Wing-membranes very broad, attached to the* base of the toes, and remarkably 

 variegated with orange and rich brown-black. The portions of dark-coloured 

 membrane are triangular in form, and occupy the interspaces between the second, 

 third, and fourth fingers, and the space between the fourth finger and a line drawn 

 from the carpus to the ankle. All the remaining portions of the membrane, including 

 the ears and interfemoral a])ron, are orange. Tiie second upper premolar very minute, 

 and difficult to discover even with a lens. 



Length of adult female — head and body '24 ; tail 1'9 inches. 



Itauges from Kipal to the Khasi Hills and Shanghai. 



Kkrivoula, Gray. 

 Dentition, 1. J ; G. ; ; P.M. J ; M. «. 

 Second upper premolar smaller than the third but not so minute as in Vespertilio. 



