308 VESPJiUTILIOMDJi;. 



downwards. The under surface of the base of the thumbs and 

 the soles of the feet expanded into fleshy pads. In some specimens 

 the thumb-pad extends almost to the base of the claw. On the 

 foot the pad forms an almost circular disk, the round margin 

 projecting a little beneath the toes, which are short. Wings rather 

 short ; calcaneum short and feeble ; postcalcaneal lobe rudimentary. 

 Only the extreme tip of the tail projects from the interfemoral 

 membrane. 



Upper incisors all small, the inner bicuspid, the outer anteriorly 

 placed and shorter than the smaller outer cusp of the inner; 

 lower incisors not crowded. 



Colour of fur moderately deep rich brown, with a rufous tinge 

 above, paler below ; dorsal hair a little paler towards the base. 



Dimensions. A female from Darjiling measures : head and body 

 1-5 inches, tail 1'05, ear from crown 0-25, forearm T05. Dobson 

 gives rather larger measurements : head and body 1'75, tail 1-3, 

 forearm !!. 



Distribution. Eastern Himalayas (Darjiling), Manipur, Tenas- 

 serim, Mergui Archipelago, Andaman Islands, and probably the 

 Burmese and Malay countries generally, extending to Java, 

 Sumatra, and the Philippine Islands. 



The fleshy foot- and thumb-pads are supposed by Dobson to be 

 adapted for adhering to the under surface of large leaves and fruits. 



181. Vesperugo noctula. The noctule Bat. 



Vespertilio noctula, Schreb. Siiugeth. i, p. 166, pi. 52 (1775). 

 Vesperugo labiata, Hodgson, J, A.S. li. iv, p. 700 (1835). 

 Noctulinia noctula, lllyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 340 ; id. Cat. p. 30 ; 



Jerdon, Mam, p. 36. 

 Vesperugo noctula, Pobson, Man. As. Chir. p. 88 ; id. Cat. Chir. E. M. 



p. 212; Anderson, Cat. p. 126; Scully, J. A. S. B. Ivi, pt. 2, p. 250. 



Fig. 93. Head of Vesperugo noctula. (Blasius, Siiugeth. Deutschlands.) 



Ears thick, broadly rounded above, nearly as broad as long, 

 extending very little beyond the eye when 'laid forward ; outer 

 margin convex and reflected backward, slightly notched below the 

 base of the tragus, forming a thickened convex lobe in front of 

 the notch and terminating behind the angle of the mouth ; inner 

 margin nearly straight above, convex below ; basal lobe moderately 



