VESPERTILTO BAllBASTELLUS. 35 



Subgenus 3. Barbastellus. 

 Vespertilio Barbastellus. 



Vespertilio Barbastellus, Desm. Mainm. Sp. 224; TemxM. Monog.vol. 



ii. p. 202. 

 Barbastellus communis, Buon. Faun. Ital. (figrired). 

 Barbastellus Daubentonii. The Barbastelle, Bell, Brit. Quad. 

 Plecotus Barbastellus, Cuvier, Reg. Anim. ; La Barbastelle, Bupfon. 



Description. — Teeth 34 in number ; molars |^ , of which 

 two in each jaw are false. Muzzle truncated, a groove 

 leads on each side upwards to the nostrils, which are 

 placed in a hollow ; the muzzle is naked, extending back 

 to the union of the ears ; cheeks rather tumid, covered 

 with black hair, forming a sort of moustache ; ears about 

 as long as the head, nearly as broad as long, irregularly 

 four-sided, the inner edges turned back, forming a longi- 

 tudinal groove within the margin ; the outer angle pro- 

 minent, rounded, and turned back ; beneath this, on the 

 outer margin, is rather a deep notch, from which five or 

 six transverse folds extend about half-way across the ear : 

 the anterior and inner angles unite immediately behind 

 the muzzle ; tragus more than half as long as the ear, 

 irregularly lanceolate or semicordate, with a protuberance 

 near the outer angle of its base ; apex rounded ; eyes very 

 small, close to the auricle, almost concealed by the hair : 

 interfemoral ample, mth about twelve transverse hues ; 

 tail free for one line. Darker than any other British 

 species, nearly black on the upper parts, with a few white 

 hairs ; hinder parts reddish brown ; belly lighter than the 

 back, the hairs being greyish at tip, black at the roots ; 

 ears, muzzle, and membranes dusky black. 



Length of head and body, 2 inches ; head, 7 lines ; tail, 

 1 inch 9 Hues ; ears, 6 Hues ; tragus, 1-^ line ; fore-arm, 

 1 inch 4-^ lines ; extent of wings, 10 inches 5 lines. 



