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No. 91. (VESPERUGO) SCOTOPHILUS LOBATUS. 
Sy.—VESPERUGO KUHLIL. 
The Lobe-eared Bat (Jerdon’s No. 39). 
Hasitat.—India generally. 
DESCRIPTION.—Ears small, triangular; the base of the margin very 
convex forward ; a triangular lobule above the base of the outer margin ; 
tragus short and uniform in width ; a short muzzle; wings from the base 
of the toes; feet small; calcaneum long ; tip of tail free ; fur blackish 
yellow above, ashy beneath. 
S1zE.—Two and a-half inches, of which the tail is 14; expanse 732. 
Jerdon, quoting Tomes, states that this is the same as /% Adramus, but 
that is the synonym of the last species. 
GENUS SCOTOPHILUS. 
Muzzle short, bluntly conical, devoid of hair ; ears longer than broad ; 
tail shorter than the head and body; wing membrane attached to the 
base of the toes. 
Dentition: Inc., — Gans = } premolars, = 3 molars, ae 
Jerdon’s formula gives upper incisors 4. 
No. 92. SCOTOPHILUS FULIGINOSUS. 
The Smoky Bat ( Jerdon’s No. 40). 
Hasirat.—Central Nepal. 
DeEscriPTIon (afud Hodgson).—‘ Feet very small, included in the 
wing membrane nearly to the end of the toes; ears acutely pointed, 
shorter than the head; muzzle groved, nudish; face sharp; rostrum 
somewhat recurved; wholly sooty brown; a little smaller than Vesp. 
Sormosa.” 
I cannot find this bat mentioned by any other author, and Jerdon 
says it does not seem to be recognised. 
No. 93. ScoToPHILus TEMMINCKII. 
Syn.— NyctTicEJus TEMMINCKII (_/erdon). 
Hapirat.—India generally ; Burmah and Ceylon. 
DescripTion.—Ears short, rounded and narrow ; tragus narrow 
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