334 VESPEETILIONIDJE. 



The tragus is long, attenuate, and pointed. Wings from the base 

 of the toes. Forearm 1*75 inches. 



208. Vespertilio murinus. The common European Bat. 



Vespertilio murinus, L. Syst. Nat. ed. xii, i, p. 47, partim (1766) ; 



Schreb. Siiugeth. i, p. 105, pi. li ; Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 137 ; 



id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 309; Anderson, Cat. p. Ul. 

 Yespertilio blythii, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 53 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 45 ; 



Hutton, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 709. 

 Myotis murinus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxi, p. 360; id. Cat. p. 35 j 



Jerdon, Mam. p. 46. 

 Vespertilio africanus, Dobson, A. M. N. H. (4) xvi, p. 2GO (1875) ; 



id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 310. 



Crown of the head slightly raised. Muzzle blunt, area between 

 eye and nostril somewhat tumid, the sides of the face and end of the 

 nose above half naked, but there are some long hairs on the upper 

 lip. Ears large, extending to just beyond the 

 end of the muzzle when laid forward, or, in 

 Himalayan specimens, just extending to the 

 nostrils, the tips bluntly pointed; inner margin 

 of the ear-conch moderately convex to the base, 

 where the basal lobe joins at a right angle ; outer 

 margin concave below the tip, the upper half wavy, 

 the middle convex ; there is a shallow notch 

 opposite the base of the tragus, followed by a 

 F' ins F f convex lb e terminating opposite the base of the 

 V. ^liurinv* (Dob- iuner mar g in - Tragus of moderate length, 

 son, Mon. As. Chir.) narrow, attenuate above and subacutely pointed ; 

 inner margin nearly or quite straight ; outer with 

 a small basal lobe, then convex for about half its length, becoming 

 straight above. 



"Wings from the metatarsi. Only the extreme tip of the tail 

 projects from the interfemoral membrane. Basal portion of inter- 

 femoral well clad with hair above. 



The first upper premolar is about half the height of the third ; 

 the second is quite small, but not minute, it is usually somewhat 

 inside the tooth-line, in the angle between the first and third. 



Colour of fur greyish to reddish, brown, not dark, above, very 

 pale brown to sullied white below, the base of the hairs dark 

 throughout. 



Dimensions. Head and body of a male from Kashmir (preserved 

 in alcohol) 2-6 inches, tail 2-2, ear from crown 0-65, forearm 2-25. 

 In fresh specimens, according to Hutton, the head and body 

 measured 3 inches, tail 2i. 



^ Distribution. The Palsearctic region generally, as far north as 

 Southern England, Denmark, &c. This species has been found in 

 Kashmir by Sir O. B. St. John, and at Mussoorie, in the Himalayas, 

 by Hutton. _ The type of V. blythii was said to be from Nusseer- 

 abad, in Eajputana, but this locality I think requires confirmation. 



