164 CATALOGUE OF THE MAMMALIA OF 
4, V. pAusEeNntonit, Leis. @ NotcH-HARED Bar. 
V. emarginatus of many English authors. 
To this variety belong most of the specimens of the Notch- 
eared Bat hitherto recorded in Great Britain under the name of 
V. emarginatus. The claim of that species to be considered a 
native of these islands is somewhat doubtful. (A. N. H. (1854) 
XIII.) 
A single specimen of the Notch-eared Bat was caught at Long 
Benton, two years ago, and was taken to Mr. T. J. Bold, by 
whom it was carefully examined and compared with the figures 
and descriptions of Bell and M‘Gillivray. It was, unfortunately, 
not preserved. Its ears were very large, their length consider- 
ably exceeding that of the head. 
V. emarginatus is doubtfully included by Mr. Selby, in one 
edition of the Twizell Fauna. 
5. V. mystracinus, Leis]. WHISKERED Bat. 
“Shotley Bridge (Darlington?)” W. Backhouse. ‘ The 
lines on the inter-femoral membrane are numerous as in 
V. Daubentonii, but the parallel lines number twelve. It 
is altogether of a much darker colour, and smaller in 
nearly all respects."— W. B. 
(Sub-Genus, PIPISTRELLUS, Bonap.) 
6. V. serotinus, Schreb. SerRotTine Bar. 
V. noctula, Geoffr.; Scotophilus serotinus, Gray. 
A fine specimen of this species is in the Museum of the 
Natural History Society at Newcastle. It was taken at 
Cleadon, in 1836, and presented to the Society by Mr. W. A. 
Swinburne. 
Its large size, and the rich chesnut colour of the fur, render 
it a conspicuous and easily distinguishable species. 
Its occurrence has hitherto only been recorded in the southern 
counties, and chiefly in the immediate neighbourhood of London. 
