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No. 118. VESPERTILIO EMARGINATUS. 
VARIETY.—WDesertorum. 
HasiTat.—Beluchistan. 
DEscriPTION.—The upper third of the outer margin of the ears. 
deeply emarginate ; colour of fur light brownish ; ears and interfemoral 
membranes pale yellowish white ; membranes dusky white. 
Size.—Head and body, 2 inches ; tail 1°6. 
Vespertilio formosus. 
GENUS MINIOPTERUS (Bonaparte). 
DESCRIPTION.—Crown of head abruptly and very considerably raised’ 
above the face line; ears separate, rhomboidal, the outer margin 
carried forward to the angle of the mouth; tragus like that in 
Vesperugo ; first phalanx of the second or longest finger very short ; 
