MYOTIS CAPACCINII Bonaparte. 



1837. Vcspertilio capaccinii Bonaparte, Iconogr. Faun. Ital., i, fasc. sx 



(Sicily). Type in British Museum. 

 1839. Vcspertilio megapodius Temminck, IMonogr. de Mamm., ii, p. 189 



(Sardinia). 

 1841. Vcsp[ertilio'] clasypus de Selys-Longchamps, Atti della seconda 



Riunione degli Scienziati Italiani, Torino, 1840, p. 249 (Published 



as synonym of capaccinii). 

 1844. Ycsp^crtilio] pellucens Crespon, Faune JMeridionale, i, p. 16 (Cave 



near Pont-du-Gard, Gard, France). 

 1857. Vesijertilio capaccinii Blasius, Siiugethiere Deutschlands, p. 101. 



1877. Vcspertilio hlasii Major, Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat., Pisa, iii, p. 108 



(New name for the capaccinii of Blasius should it prove to be 

 different from that of Bonaparte). 



1878. Vcspertilio majori Ninni, Atti Reale Instit. Veneto, 5th ser., iv, 



pt. 1, p. 721 (Substitute for blasii Major). 

 1878. Vespertilio capaccinii Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. IMus., p. 293. 

 1901. Myotis capaccinii Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 37. 

 1910. Myotis {Leuconoe) capaccinii Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 26. 



Type locality. — Sicily. 



Geographical distribution. — Mediterranean region, north to 

 Italian Switzerland, east into Asia. 



Diagnosis. — Not so small as Myotis daubentonli (forearm about 

 42 mm., longest finger about 68 mm., condylobasal length of 

 skull, 14*0 to 14*8 mm.), but similar in form and proportions ; 

 wing membrane extending to ankle ; last caudal vertebra free ; 

 tibia and adjacent membrane densely furred. 



External characters. — In all essential features the external 

 form is as in M. dauhentonii. The foot, however, is relatively 

 larger, and the wing membrane is inserted at the ankle. 



Fur and colour. — Fur rather dense and short, the hairs at 

 middle of back about 6 mm. in length ; distribution peculiar 

 among the European members of the genus in its tendency to 

 spread on membranes, forming a distinct patch on upper surface 

 of wing at elbow and extending over entire uropatagium to level 

 of feet, the furry covering of tibia and immediately adjacent 

 membrane (both above and below) especially dense. Colour 



