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less than in the European species of Eptesicus, and antero-interual 

 basal cusp better developed : lower premolars more crowded and 

 compressed than in E. nihsonii, and crown area of first relatively 

 smaller. Molars as in E. nilssonii except that columnar hypocone 

 of m^ and m? stands out more prominently from outline of 

 protocone. 



3Ieasiirements. — Three adult males from Denmark : head and 

 body, 62, 59 and 62; tail, 43, 40 and 44 ; tibia, 17-4, 16-8 and 

 16 • 8 ; foot, 9 • 6, 9 • 2 and 10 ; forearm, 43 • 4, 44 and 43 ; thumb, 

 7, 7 '4 and 7' 6; third linger, 73, 76 and 74; fifth finger, o2, 54 

 and 53; ear from meatus, 15, 15 and 15' 6; width of ear, 16, 

 16 and 17. Adult female from the same locality: head and 

 body, 63 ; tail, 41 ; tibia, 16 • 4 ; foot, 9 ; forearm, 45 ; thumb, 8 ; 

 third finger, 78; fifth finger, 54: ear from meatus, 16; width 

 of ear, 17. Adult male from Morat, Fribourg, Switzerland: 

 head and body, 56 ; tail, 42 ; tibia, 16 : foot, 8*8 ; forearm, 45 : 

 thumb, 5'4 ; third finger, 76 ; fifth finger, 55 ; ear from meatus, 

 12; width of ear, 12 "4. For cranial measurements see Table, 

 p. 241. 



Specinieyis examined. — Twelve, from the following localities : — 



England : Plymouth, 1. 



Sweden : No exact locality, 1. 



Denmark: No exact locality, 4 (U.S.N.M.). 



Germany: Gross Hennersdorf, Saxony, 1; Bavaria, 2 (U.S.N.M.). 



AnsTRiA-HuNGARY : Csallokoz-Somorja, Pressburg, 1. 



Switzerland : Morat, Fribourg, 1 (Mottaz). 



Locality unknown: One; type of aifcir/aiaris Peters (Berlin). 



Remarks. — Superficially this bat somewhat resembles Ejjtesicns 

 nilssoni. It is readily distinguishable, however, by its slightly 

 larger size (forearm, 43 to 45 instead of 38 to 40), low, rounded 

 ear, and l)y the whitish rather than yellowish wash on back. 



1. Plymouth, Devonshire, Dr. Leach (p). 37. a. 



England. 

 — Sweden. Stockholm Museum (e). 46. 6. 2. 21. 



?. Gross Hennersdorf, Lord Lilford (p). 99.1.9.5. 



Saxony {W. Baer.) 

 1. Csallokoz-Somorja, Press- Budapest ^luseum (e). 94. 3. 1. 1-5. 



burg, Hungary. 



Genus NYCTALUS Bowdich. 



1825. Nijctalus Bowdich, Excursions in ^Madeira and Porto Santo, p. 36 



(verrucosus). 

 1829. Pten/gistes Kaup, Entw.-Gesch. u. Natiirl. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, 



I, p. 99. 

 1839. Vesperucjo Keyserling and Blasius, Wiegmann's Archiv fiir Natur- 



gesch., 1839, i, p. 312 (part). 

 1842. Noctulinia Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., x, p. 258 (part ; contained 



inoterus = noctula and fulvus = Scotophilus kulilii). 



1856. Fanugo Kolenati, Allgem. deutsche Naturhist. Zeitung, Dresden, 



neue Folge, ii, p. 131 {noctula and leisleri). 



1857. Vesperugo Blasius, Siiugethiere Deutschlauds, p. 49 (part). 



