VESPERTILIO CAPACCTNI. 21 



Is very rare in England. Has occurred in Denmark. 

 Found in various parts of Germany, in Sweden, Finland, 

 Dalmatia, Central Eussia, Silesia, Gallicia, the Carpathians, 

 Carniola, and Belgium. Is very common in Sicily, and 

 has been observed in Sardinia; but, according to Prince 

 Buonaparte, is not known in continental Italy. 



Vespertilio Capaccini. 



Vespertilio Capaccini, Buon. Faun. Ital. (figured) ; Temm. Monog. 

 vol. ii. p. 187. 



DESCEiPTioisr. — Tragus more slender than in V. emargi- 

 natus ; thumb large and strong ; feet robust ; head thick ; 

 muzzle conical, blunt ; eyes about three times as near the 

 ears as the end of the nostrils ; gape extending only to the 

 outer edge of the eye ; ears scarcely two-thirds of the 

 length of the head, one and a half times longer than broad, 

 oval-lanceolate, without any notch, but only a slight curve 

 on the outside near the base ; tragus straight, pointed and 

 filiform, not half as long as the auricle ; the end of the 

 muzzle and the lips fui^nished Avith scattered hairs, which 

 are more numerous on the forehead and between the eyes ; 

 a large gland under the chin ; the interfemoral membrane 

 is cut away obliquely from the tail ; the feet are entii^ely 

 free both from that and the membranes of the wings, pro- 

 jecting in an unusual degree ; the interfemoral membrane 

 clothed for half its length from the base, both above and 

 below, with long hairs ; similar hairs along the flanks on 

 both sides of the wing ; toes furnished with white hairs 

 and with long white nails; teeth very small. Pur soft, 

 thick, of a bright cinnamon colour, the hairs of the upper 

 parts grey at base ; under parts yellowish red, the hairs at 

 base being chestnut-brown ; ears and membranes reddish 

 brown ; wings, when applied to the body, reach a little 

 bevond the nose. 



