30 (JKNKKA OF VESPERTILIOMD.K — 11. Al.LKN. 



arc axially disposed to tlu'ir lospectiNC plialangcs, a cliaraotor not seen 

 ill Aiihi>:o>(s or in the Vespertilionida' otlier than in the Plecoti. The 

 third iiietaoaipal hone is rehitivcly short, a character ottcn met with in 

 tht' IMiyllostoniida'. The trapezium is without a pahnar tubercle, again 

 a cliaracter of the family last named. The sphenoid foramen lies at the 

 bottom of a deep recess. The int(uphalan<iea1 Joint of the fifth di«;it 

 is freely movable. Corynorliiiin.s thus shows characters which distin- 

 jiuisli it from the vespertilienine groui) and relate it to the Phyllosto- 

 miihe. 



it^i/nohis. — Sijnottis exhibits the tubercle at the base of the trapezium; 

 the terminal cartilage of the fourth digit is not axial, as in Cori/no- 

 rliinus, but is dellected toward the thumb. In like manner the tirst 

 uu'tacarpal bone is not freely movable at the cari)ometacarpal joint, 

 as in Antrozotis and the Vespertilionidie generally. The interphalan- 

 geal joint of the fifth digit is semianchyh>sed. These characters indicate 

 an increased strain on the wing uu'mbrane as compared with Cori/iio- 

 r}ii)nis, where the joint movements are freer, and places the genus in 

 close alliance to Adcloujuicris, Vespcntiiordnd Vrsix'rfilio.whUo remov- 

 ing it from the Plecoti. 



Xoctuliiii((. — This genus was established by .1. I'. (Iray (Ann. and 

 ]\Iag. N. II., 1842, X, 255). Jerdon (Mammals (»f India, ISOT) considers 

 the genus valid, though zoologists generally have followed Keyserling 

 and Blasins (Wiegm. Archiv, 18;>t), p. oil), who include the noctule 

 bat in their genus Vcaperut/o. I propose to rehabilitate Xoctulinia. 

 It is quite distinct from Vespcriifio, notwithstanding the similarity in 

 the number of the teeth.* A rudiment of a bieeps muscle is present in 



* Tho Ibllowiuu; is (inoted from .lordou's '•Tho Mamnials of Iiitlia," Koorkee, 8vo, 



18G7, p. 36: 



(ion. Noctulinia, (iiay. 



Feet <inite iVet' tVom the membrane, which is attaohett to tho ankle only; other- 

 wise as in Svotophili<!<. Incisors, -'; molars. ^3^; by age. j^; with a very small false 



molar. 



XiHtiiliniti noctula. 



J'tsptrtilio apnd Schrober. — V. lasioptcnix, Sehreber. — J', altirolanx. White. — I'. 

 Uibi,it,i, Hodgson.— lUyth, Cat. S;». 



The yortiih- Hut. 



Ihacriptioii. — Ears remote, oval-triangular, or rounded, wide, extending nearly to 

 the angle of the moiUh; tragns short, broad, inrved. ending in a broad ronnded 

 head; mnz/le short, blunt, nntle; lips somewhat tumid; fur dark, reddish brown, 

 both above an«l below. 



Length, 4H«> 5 iuehes, of whieh the tail is nearly J; expanse. 11 to 15 inehes; 

 fortnvrm, I^j- 



This line bat has been sent from Nepal by Hodgson, who states that it is f\>nnd in 

 the eentral hills t>f Nepal. It is not uneommon in England, and its tligbt is lofty. 



[The abi>ve extract includes the short statement of (iray regarding the manner of 

 the attachment of the wing to the ankle and the indication of atbnity of the genus 

 to Sioiophihis. It reniaina clear that my diagnosis as now given is the lirst olVered 

 of the genus X(HtiiH»ia. 1 have not studied rtxpiiuijo hishri, whieh is placed in the 

 same group with the noctule bat. H. A.] 



