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This species has the dentition of Vesperugo and the hairy face, 

 the ear, and tragus of Vespertilio. The above isDobson's description, 

 slightly abridged. 



191. Vesperugo tickelli. Ticketts Bat. 



Nycticejus tickelli, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xx, p. 157 (1851) : id. Cat. 



p. 31 ; Kelaart, Prod. p. 24. 



Nycticejus isabellinus, Blyth, Horsfield Cat. p. 38 (no description). 

 Vesperugo tickelli, Dobson, Man. As. Chir. p. 113 ; id. Cat. Chu: B. 



M. p. 240 ; id. J. A S. B. xlvi, pt. 2, p. 312 ; Anderson, Cat. p. 132. 



Ears oval, rounded at the tips, extending when laid forwards to 

 about halfway between the eye and the nostril; outer margin 

 concave opposite the base of the tragus, and terminating in a 

 rounded thickened lobe behind the angle of the mouth. Tragus 

 lunate, curved forward, bluntly pointed, inner margin concave, outer 

 very convex with a small lobe at the base. 



Fig. 97. Head of Vesperugo tickelli. (Dobson, Mon. As. Chir.) 



Muzzle blunt, swollen at the sides, slightly depressed above in 

 the middle. "Wings from the base of the toes. A distinct post- 

 calcaneal lobe; tail long, only the tip free. The fur extends 

 forward on the middle of the face far in front of the eyes ; sides of 

 face including the eyes and extending to the ears, together with 

 the terminal portion of the face, nearly naked. 



Inner upper incisors large, unicuspidate, and situated near the 

 canines, the outer incisors small, each placed behind the inner, in 

 the angle between it and the canine. Thus on looking into the 

 mouth only two upper incisors are seen, the small outer incisors 

 looking like their basal cusps. No anterior upper premolar. 



Colour of fur light greyish brown above, generally with a rufous 

 tinge on the lower back ; hairs, except the rufous tips, of the same 

 colour throughout ; below buff. Membranes dusky, paler along the 

 digits and on the interfemoral. 



Dimensions. Head and body 2'6 inches, tail 2, ear from crown 0-4, 

 forearm 2*1. 



Distribution. Peninsula of India (Nusseerabad in Eajputana; 

 Bombay; Chybassa, Jashpur, Sirguja in S.W. Bengal), Ceylon, 

 Andaman Islands, and near Moulinein in Burma. 



192. Vespemgo blanfordi. Limbottfi Sat. 

 Vesperuzo (Hesperoptenus) blanfordi, Dobson, J. A. S. B. xlvi, pt. 2, 



p. 312 ; id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 242; Anderson, Cat. p. 133. 

 Ears short, subtriangular, tips broadly rounded, upper half of 



