12 VESPERTILIONID^. 



Vesperugo abramus, Dohson, Monog. As. Chir. p. 97; Cat. Chir. 

 Br. Mus. p. 226 ; Anderson, Cat. Mam. Ind. Mvs. p. 129. Vespertilio 

 abramus, Te7n. I. c. p. 2o2, pi. 58. Scotophilus coromandelicus, Horsf. 

 Ann, and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1855, p. 5. Pipistrellus coromandelicus, 

 Dohso7i, Jour. As. Soc. Ben. 1871, p. 461 ; Murray, Hdhk. Zool, ^x. 

 Sind, p. 68. — The Cokomandel Bat. 



Muzzle obtuse; glandular prominences on the sides large, rounded, 

 adding more to the width than to the depth of the muzzle and 

 causing a furrow between them and the crown of the head. Ears 

 triangular, outer margin straight or very slightly concave. Tragus 

 rather short, its inner margin concave. Feet small ; wing membrane 

 attached to the base of the toes; post-calcaneum lobe distinct, 

 rounded ; last rudimentary caudal vertebrae free. Head and face densely 

 furred; the space in front of the ears, about the eyes, and the extremity 

 of the muzzle generally, almost naked. Laterally the fur of the body 

 covers only the proximal third of the humerus and half the femur, and 

 its extent upon the wing membrane is limited to a narrow portion 

 along the sides of the body ; beneath, the humerus and femur are 

 similarly covered, the fur extending as far as a line drawn from the 

 elbow to the knee-joint. The upper surface of the interfemoral is 

 covered as far as the end of the third caudal vertebi^te; beneath, the fur 

 of the abdomen covers the root of the tail only, the remaining portion 

 is clothed with very short thinly spread hair. 



Above, dark brown, the fur tipped with light yellowish brown ; the 

 head, face, and neck wholly yellowish brown : beneath, soot brown, the 

 extremities of the hairs much paler than upon the upper surface. Upper 

 incisors long and bifid ; the external cusp placed slightly posteriorly. 

 Lower incisors not crowded. The second upper premolar separated 

 by a slight interval from the canine. 



Length. — Head and body 1-8", tail 1*5", head 0'65''', ear 0'5'', tragus 

 0-23", forearm 1-35", thumb 0-25", third finger 2-45", fifth finger 1-75", 

 tibia 0-5", foot 0-3". 



Hah. — Generally distributed throughout India and through Burmah 

 and China to Southern Japan, the islands of the Malay Archipelago, and 

 North Australia. During the summer it is found throughout the middle 

 of Europe from the Rhine to Southern Russia and from Northern 

 Germany to the Mediterranean, even extending into Sweden [Dobson). 



Vesperugo kuhlii. Bias. Faun. Dentsch; Dohson, Monog. As. 

 Chir. p. 94; Cat. Chir. Br. Mus. p. 230. Vespertiho kuhlii, Natt. in Knhl. 

 Deutsch.\Fled. Wet. Ann. iv., p. 28 ; Temm. Movog. Mammals ii., p. 196; 

 Anderson, Cat. Mam. Ind. Mus. p. 131. Scotophilus lobatus, Jerdon, 

 Mammals of India, p. 35. Vesperugo leucotis, Dohson, Jour. As. Soc. 

 Ben. 1872, p. 212. — The Lobe-eared Bat. 



Ears and tragus generally larger than those of V. abramus. Ears 

 triangular ; base of inner margin very convex forwards, tip of the ear 

 obtusely rounded off, outer mai'gin flatly emarginate above for more 

 than one-third its length, causing the tip to project slightly ; the lower 

 two-thirds slightly convex, the edge reflected backwards, terminating 



