34 SCOTOPHILIN.E. 



abbreviated and blunt tlian those of the next group. They are the most 

 numerous and diffused of all Indian bats. 



Gen. ScoTOPHiLUS, Leach. 



Char. — Upper incisors usually 4 ; molars or ; mem- 



O — o 



branes attached to the foot close to the base of the toes ; ears small, 

 ovoid, rounded at the tip ; tragus short, rounded. 



35. Scotophilus serotinus. 



Vespertilio apud Schreber. — V. noctuki, Geoffroy, Ann. Miis. VIII. 

 t. 17 and 18.— Blyth, Cat. 100. 



The Silky Bat. 



Descr. — Ears distant, ovately triangular, much shorter than the head ; 

 tragus short, semicordate ; muzzle somewhat denuded ; fur deep bay or 



chesnut-brown above, somewhat fulvus-gray beneath ; hairs of the back 



4 4 



long and silky. Molars 



5 — 5 



Length, head and body, 2| to 2| inches ; extent 13 ; tail 2 ; fore- 

 arm nearly 2 ; ears fths. 



This European bat has been killed in the Himalayas. Hutton tells 

 me that he procui'ed it on the Tyne range beyond jMvissoorie — rare. 



36. Scotophilus Leisleri, 



Vespertilio apud Kuhl. — F. dasycarpiis, Leisler. — Blyth, Cat. 102. 

 The Hairy-armed Bat. 



Descr. — Ears short, oval, triangular ; tragus short, rounded at the 



tip ; membrane attached to the base of the outer toe ; all toes short ; 



membrane over the arm veiy hairy ; some cross lines of hairs on the 



4 4 



interfemoral membrane ; molars — in adults ; fur long, deep fus- 



— 



cous-brown at base, chesnut at the tip ; beneath, grayish-brown. 



Length, head and body, 2^ inches ; tail If ; extent W^ ; foi'earm \\. 

 This bat is said by Hutton to be common in valleys of the Tyne range. 



37. Scotophilus pachyomus. 

 Tomes, P. Z. S. 1857, 50. 



The Thick-muzzled Bat. 

 Descr. — Muzzle rounded, obtuse ; ears ovoid ; ti'agus short, of nearly 



