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Species 2d. V. Caroliniensis.-GeoK Ann. du. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 



torn. 8, pi. 47. 

 This species is of a chesnut brown colour above, and yellowish 

 beneath-the ears are simple, oblong, and of the size of the 

 head, with their exterior surface sparsely hairy; aunculum 

 cordiform; extreme point of the tail free. Inhabits the vi- 

 cinity of Charleston, S. C. 



Species 3d. V. Koveboracensis.—?enn. Synop. p. 367, Linn. 

 Vulgo, JVero York Bat. 

 Characterized by its short and rounded ears—Nose short and 

 pointed; pelage, brown above, pale beneath; a white spo at 

 the base of the wings; tail, wholly enveloped in the mter- 

 femoral membrane ; total length, tail inclusive, two inches five 

 tenths ; spread of the wings, ten inches. Inhabit New York 

 and neighbouring states. A living specimen lately presented 

 to us, taken near Camden, New Jersey. 

 Species 4th. V. Pruinosus, Say—Vide Long's Exp. to the 



Rocky Mountains, Vol. 1, p. 167. 

 Mr T Say who noticed this species, when on the exploring ex- 

 pedition under Lieut. Col. (then Major) S. H. Long, has thus 

 distinguished it :-ears broad, not so long as the head, hairy on 

 their external side, more than half their length ; aunculum ob- 

 tuse at tip, andarcuated ; pelage,hairy above, ferrugmous abou 

 the sacrum, dull yellowish white on the throat : interfemoral 

 membrane covered with fur ; length, nearly four inches and a 

 half. Inhabits the western states, and western Pennsylvania. 

 Species 5th. V. Arquatus, Say— Long's Exp. ut supra. 

 Head, large; ears, rather shorter, with the posterior edge ob- 

 tusely emarginated ; auriculum arcuated ; interfemoral mem- 

 brane naked, including the tail to one half the penultimate 

 joint ; total length, five inches ; expansion of wings, thirteen in- 

 ches. Inhabits the western states. 



Species 6th. V. Subulatus, Say.— Long's Exp. Vol. 2, p. 65. ' 

 This species is the nearest allied to the Vespertilio Caroliniensis 

 of Geoff-roy, from which, however, it difiers in colour, form ot. 

 the auriculum, and in other particulars. Mr. Say observed it m 

 the distant territories. A specimen was subsequently presented 

 to the Academy of Natural Science, from the White moun- 

 tains, New Hampshire. 



