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of two able naturalists who have contrlbuted to our knowledge of the 

 zoological productions of the Philippine Islands. 



The V. Meyeni apparently approaches most nearly to the V. trala- 

 titius of Temminck's Monograph, but has the muzzle broader and 

 more rounded, the ears less pointed, the tail, antibrachium and tibiae 

 shorter, the latter considerably so ; the foot is also shorter and broader 

 than represented in M. Temminck's figure of that species. The co- 

 louring (so far as one may judge from specimens preserved in spirit) 

 also difFers. 



Vespertilio rufo-pictus. Vesp. suprd ochraceis, pilis ad basin 

 cinereis ; corpore subtUs Jlavescenti-albo ; alis nigrescentibus, ared 

 magnd ad basin, brachiis, tnembrandque interfemorali rufis ; auribus 

 longis, angustis, aaitis, postice distincte emarginatis ; tragis at- 

 tenuatis, acutis. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudae basin .... 2 3 



caudee 1 11 



antibrachii 1 11 



auris O 5į 



Alanim amplitudo 13 6 



Fur moderate ; on the upper parts of the body pale grey at the root, 

 and of a delicate }'ellow colour externally ; on the under parts of the 

 body yellowish white, scarcely tinted \vith grey at the root. The 

 wing-membranes are black, excepting in the region of the bones of 

 the fingers and a large area at the base, at \vhich parts they are of 

 a bright red colour ; a straight line draAvn obliquely across the wing 

 from the thumb to the heel would mark the boundary of the red basai 

 portion. The small strip of membrane above the arm is red, clouded 

 with black. The limbs and interfemoral membrane are also red, and 

 the naked tip to the muzzle, as well as the ears, are very pale fiesh- 

 colour. The hinder toes are dusky at the tip. 



The forehead is but little arched ; the muzzle is produced, but 

 somewhat rounded at the tip, which is the only part which is naked, 

 and even here a few minute scattered hairs are observable in the 

 middle. Above the nose are t\vo longitudinal grooves. The lo\ver 

 lip has a semicircular naked space at the tip, and a tubercle is ob- 

 ser\'ed between this point and the throat. The nostrils are lateral, 

 and the space bet\veen them is slightly depressed. The ears are long, 

 rather narrow and pointed, and distinctly emarginated behind. The 

 tragus is about 4į lines long, narrow, attenuated and pointed. The 

 wings are very ample and extend to the base of the toes. The thumb 

 is long ; the hind-legs moderately long ; the metatarsus shorter than 

 the toes (claws not included), aud these are very nearly equal. The 

 interfemoral membrane is moderately ample, well clothed ^vith hair at 

 the base, and a few longish scattered hairs are observable on other 

 parts, especially on the upper surface. The heel-cartilage is long, 

 extending to within about four and a half lines of the tail. 



This species very much resembles the Vespertilio pietus of Palias, 

 but is much larger, and diifers in the form and proportions of its ears. 



