MYOTIS 181 



Upper incisors essentially as in 31. mijutaciniis but more slender. 

 Lower incisors slightly imbricated, the row as a whole (J -shaped 

 or very broadly V-shaped, the form of the individual teeth not 

 peculiar. Canines with no special peculiarities. Small upper 

 premolars completely in tooth-row, not crowded, the crown area of 

 first eijual to about half that of canine, that of second to about 

 two-thirds that of first, the height of first a little less than half 

 that of canine, that of second about two-thirds that of first ; 

 cingulum complete but not forming secondary cusps. Large 

 upper premolar with crown area nearly three-(|uarters that of 

 first molar, its antero-internal cusp well developed. Lower 

 premolars essentially as in 31. nattereri. Upper molars with no 

 special peculiarities except that wi^ is more reduced than in the 

 other small species, its tranverse diameter through metacone 

 noticeably less than half length of anterior border. Lower 

 molars normal, but second triangle of m^ a little more reduced 

 than in the other small species, though much less so than in 

 3/1. myotis and M. oxygnatlius. 



Measurements. — Adult female from Sweden : head and body, 

 46 ; tail, 38 ; tibia, 19 • 6 ; foot, 9 • 8 ; forearm, 42 ; thumb, 9 • 6 ; 

 third finger, 67 ; fifth finger, 56 ; ear from meatus, 22 ; ear 

 from crown, 19; width of ear, 13-6; tragus, 10. Two adults 

 from the New Forest, Hampshire, England : tibia, 18 '8 and 20 ; 

 foot, 9 • 8 and 10 • 6 ; forearm, 39 and 42 • 4 ; thumb, 8 • 4 and 10 ; 

 third finger, 64 and 68 ; fifth finger, 53 and 57. Adult male 

 from Lugano, Switzerland (Geneva : type of ghidinii Fatio) : 

 tibia, 19-4; foot, 10; forearm, 41-2; thumb, 10-4; third 

 finger, 65 ; fifth finger, 53 ; ear from meatus, 21 ± ; ear from 

 crown, 19; width of ear, 13; tragus, 11±. Adult female from 

 Ste. Baume, Var, France : head and body, 53 ; tail, 37 '4 ; tibia, 

 20 ; foot, 10' 4; forearm, 42-6 ; thumb, 9 ; third finger, 70 ; 

 fifth finger, 57 ; ear from meatus, 25*6 ; ear from crown, 24; 

 width of ear, 16*2 ; tragus, 11 "8. Adult male from Cadillac, 

 Gironde, France : head and body, 45-|- ; tail, 42 ; tibia, 20 ; 

 foot, 9; forearm, 41 ; thumb, 8-8; third finger, 67; fifth 

 finger, 56; ear from meatus, 26; width of ear, 15 "6. Adult 

 male from La Granja, Segovia, Spain (type of favoniciis Thomas) : 

 head and body, 48 ; tail, 38 ; tibia, 20 ; foot, 8 • 4 ; forearm, 40 ; 

 thumb, 8-2 ; third finger, 66 ; fifth finger, 55 ; ear from meatus, 

 23; ear from crown, 19; width of ear, 14-6; tragus, 10 '4. 

 Adult female from Zay-Ugrocz, Hungary : head and body, 46 • 6 ; 

 tail, 44 ; tibia, 22 ; foot, 9 ; forearm, 44 ; thumb, 9 ; third 

 finger, 73 ; fifth finger, 59 ; ear from meatus, 25 ; ear from 

 crown, 22"6; width of ear, 16; tragus, 11 '8. For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 183. 



Specinmns examined. — Seventeen, from the following localities : — 

 England : Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 1 ; New Forest, Hamp- 

 shire, 6. 



Sweden : Skdne, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



