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hollowed out, as in V. noctula, to receive the point of the lower 

 canine, and thus may appear bifid or trifid. 



Colour of fur reddish brown above, hairs of the same tint from 

 base to tip, pale brown below ; the tips rather paler than the basal 

 portion of the hairs. 



Dimensions of a male from the Wynaad. Head and body 2 inches, 

 tail 1-6, ear from crown O45, forearm 1'65, tibia 0-58. 



Distribution. Ceylon and the Malabar coast of India. A speci- 

 men presented by Sir W. Elliot to the British Museum and 

 labelled Madras is probably from the Western Grhats. 



187. Vesperugo abramus. The Indian Pipistrelle. 



? Vespertilio de Coromandel, F. Cuv. Nouv. Ann. Mm. Hist. Nat i 



p. 21 (1832). 



Vespertilio imbricatus, Temminck, Mon. Mam. ii, p. 216, nee Horsfield. 

 Vespertilio abramus, Temminck, ib. p. 232 (1835-41). 

 Vespertilio coromandelicus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xx, p. 159 (1851). 

 ? Myotis parvipes, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xxii, p. 581 ; Jerdon 



p. 46. 



Jerdon, Mam. 



Scotophilus coromandelianus, Blyth, Cat. p. 33 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 35. 

 Vesperugo imbricatus and V. micropus, Hutton, P. Z. S. 1872. 



pp. 707, 708. 

 Vesperugo abramus, Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 97 ; Cat. Chir. B. M. 



p. 226 ; Anderson, Cat. p. 129 ; Scully, J. A. S. B. Ivi. pt. 2, p. 250 ; 



W. Blanf. J.A.8.B. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 266. 



Ears subtriangular, rounded at the tips, when laid forward ex- 

 tending to about halfway between the eye and the nostrils, outer 

 margin nearly straight or slightly concave ; the concavity opposite 

 the base of the tragus is slight ; in front of this is a prominent 

 lobe, terminating behind the angle of the mouth. Tragus a little 

 curved forward, tip rounded, inner margin slightly concave, outer 

 convex, with the usual small lobe at the base and only a slight con- 

 cavity above it (see fig. 73, p. 252). 



Muzzle blunt, glandular swellings on the sides well developed, 

 the face behind them depressed ; crown of the head and forehead 

 between the eyes thickly furred ; muzzle, extending back to the ears 

 and including the eyes, almost naked in adults. Feet small. Wing- 

 membrane from the base of the toes. Postcalcaneal lobe well 

 developed, rounded. Last rudimentary caudal vertebra free. 

 Penis longer in proportion than in any other bat. 



Upper inner incisor bifid, the small external cusp placed slightly 

 posteriorly, often difficult to distinguish. Outer incisor nearly as 

 long as the inner and exceeding the outer cusp of the latter in 

 length. The second upper premolar separated from the canine by 

 a slight interval. 



Colour of fur dark brown above, a little paler below ; head and 

 neck often with a yellowish tinge. All the basal portion of the 

 hairs, frequently amounting to three fourths of their length, black. 



Dimensions. Head aud body 1-8 inches, tail 1-4, ear from crown 

 0-3, forearm 1-3. 



