24 CHEIROPTERA. 



Vespertilio Savii. 



Vespertilio Savii, Temm. Mouog. vol. ii. p. 197 ; Buon. Faun. Ital. 

 (figured). 



Description. — Inner incisors two-pointed ; molars y ; no 

 false molar above. The body is more robust than in V. 

 P'i_pistrellus, but the extent of wing is less ; tail very long, 

 free at the point ; muzzle wide and blunt ; ears very wide, 

 with a fold in front, triangular, much rounded towards the 

 tips, hairy for half their length ; tragus short, wide, blunt; 

 the ends inclining towards the head ; skull depressed, fore- 

 head wide ; gape reaching to the anterior margin of the eyes, 

 which are small ; feet very small, very much enveloped by 

 the membranes ; the interfemoral is ample, the margins 

 curved outwards haK-way between the tail and feet, that 

 and the rump almost destitute of fur. Fur of two colours, 

 varied as in V. discolor ; upper parts bright chestnut, with 

 the points of the hairs bright brown on the head and neck, 

 and ashy yellow on the back ; cheeks and chin brown ; 

 rest of the body beneath blackish brown, with the points 

 of the hairs yellowish white. 



Length of head and body, 1 inch 6 lines ; tail, 1 inch 6 

 lines; fore-arm, 1 inch 3 lines ; extent of wings, 8 inches. — 

 F. M. The above measurements are from Temminck ; the 

 following from the Prince of Musignano's ' Fauna Itahca : ' 

 — Head and body, 1 inch 11 lines; tail, 1 inch 3 lines ; 

 fore-arm, 1 inch 3 lines ; extent of wings, 8 inches 2 lines. 



The conspicuous whitish colour of the abdomen distin- 

 guishes this species at once from V. Ptpistrellus. 



Found in Dalmatia and elsewhere on the east coast of 

 the Adriatic, and in Sardinia. A single specimen was 

 obtained at Pisa, by Professor Savi; and one at Rome, 

 by the Prince of Musignano, who also received it from 

 Sicily. 



