44 VESPERTILIONiy.E 



This bat, said to inhabit Java and Sumatra, has been sent to England 

 both from Calcutta and Ceylon. 



Vesp. te7iuis and V. Ilardwichii, both from Java and Sumatra, are 

 considered by Tomes to belong to this group 



Gen. Vespertilio L. (as restricted). 



Char. — Feet moi'e or less free from the membrane ; the wings in 

 some attached only as far as the ankles ; face short, hairy ; forehead 

 somewhat convex ; ears moderate ; interfemoral membrane with only 



a few scattered hairs ; molars usually . 



6 — 6 



There are two groups indicated by Tomes, even in this limited generic 

 division ; the first typified by V. mystacinus, the other by V. tralatitius. 



Group like V. mystacinus. 



56. Vespertilio caliginosus. 



Tomes, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1860, p. 60. 



The Moustachoed Bat. 



Descr. — Muzzle pointed, short; two tufts of hair projecting laterally 

 like whiskers from the upper lip ; ear moderate, with a distinct round 

 lobe at the base, narrow at the tip ; tragus not quite half the length of 

 the ear, with an angular lobe at its base, barely bent outwards, not very 

 acute ; feet small ; wing-membrane attached to the base of the outer toe ; 

 fur, long, soft, rather silky ; above, the haii-s black at the base, yellowish- 

 chesnut at tip ; beneath, dead black at base, with a grayish-brown tip. 



Length, head and body, H inch; tail 1 ; forearm 1x^2^ ^^^^^ sJ 

 expanse 8|. 



This bat was brought from some part of India by Captain Boys. 



57. Vespertilio siligorensis. 



Hodgson apud Horsfield, Ann. Mag. ISTat. Hist. 1855, 102. 



The Terai Bat. 



Descr. — Muzzle pointed, with a moustache on the upper lip ; ears 

 oval, slightly emarginate, and somewhat pointed ; tragus elongate, 

 acute ; wing-membrane attached to the base of the toes ; fur, above 

 uniform dark brown, paler below. 



