312 VESVEKTILIOMDJE. 



185. Vesperugo circumdatus. The black Bat. 



Vespertilio circumdatus, Temminck, Mon. Mam, ii, p. 214, pi. 53, 



figs. 3, 4 (1835-41). 

 Vesperugo circumdatus, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 221. 



Ears with rounded tips, outer margin concave below the rounded 

 tip, then convex, notched opposite the base of the tragus, termi- 

 nating in a convex lobe ; inner margin straight above, convex below. 

 Tragus broadest about the middle of its inner margin, terminating 

 above in an acute angle, inner margin slightly concave, outer with 

 a lobule at the base. 



Nostrils scarcely projecting, opening sublaterally, the space 

 between them concave. Terminal third of the muzzle half naked. 

 Wings from the base of the toes ; no postcalcaneal lobe ; half the 

 last caudal vertebra free. Inner upper incisors long and strong, 

 faintly bifid, outer very small ; first upper premolar minute, in the 

 inner angle between the closely approximated canine and second 

 premolar. Lower incisors transversely placed at right angles to 

 the jaws. 



Colour of fur above intensely black, the extreme tips of some of the 

 hairs bright ferruginous ; beneath dull black, the tips of the hairs 

 greyish. Membranes black. According to Temminck the black ears 

 are margined by white, but this is not seen in dried specimens. 



Dimensions of type from Java. Head and body about 2*4 inches, 

 tail 1-3, ear from base of outer margin 0-5, forearm T5. In the 

 only Indian specimen known the forearm measures 1*65. 



Distribution. India and Java. The only specimen known from 

 India is one presented by Jerdon to the British Museum, and this 

 has no locality attached, but in all probability it was collected in 

 Southern India. 



186. Vesperugo ceylonicus. Kelaarfs Bat. 



Scotophilus ceylonicus, Kelaart, Prod. p. 22 (1852). 

 Vesperugo indicus, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 222 (1878). 

 Vesperugo ceylonicus, W. Blanf. J. A. S. B. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 265. 



Ears subtriangular, extending when laid forward two thirds the 

 distance from the eye to the nostril ; tips rounded, both margins 

 nearly straight below the rounded tip ; the basal lobe scarcely 

 convex, outer margin concave, not notched, opposite the base of the 

 tragus. Tragus varying but little in breadth for some distance 

 above the base of the inner margin, which is straight ; outer margin 

 convex above, meeting the inner in an obtuse point, and bearing a 

 distinct triangular lobe at the base. 



Muzzle broad, sides swollen, middle of upper surface depressed. 

 Wings from the metatarsus. Postcalcaneal lobe well developed. 

 Extreme tip of tail free. 



Inner upper incisors bifid, the outer pair but little shorter than 

 the outer and small cusps of the inner, and exceeding the inner in 

 cross section at the base. The crown of the outer incisors is 



