76 CHEIROPTEROUS ANIMALS, 



Vespertilionina, without nasal membrane. 



II. BARBASTELLUS. Nasal groove simple, lunate, 

 extending a short distance behind the nostrils ; fore- 

 head flat, with an oval bald longitudinal line ; ears 

 large, broad, subquadrate ; skull convex ; face nar- 

 row. 



1. B. communis. Common Barbastelle. 



III. PLECOTUS. Nasal groove simple, lunate ; 

 forehead flat, with a linear bald streak ; ears and 

 tragus very large, elongated. 



1. P. auritus. Common Long-eared Bat. 



IV. VESPERTILIO. Head round ; forehead con- 

 vex ; face small, produced, nearly covered with 

 hair ; wings and ears thin, membranaceous ; body 

 covered with woolly hairs ; tail long, the whole 

 length of the interfemoral membrane ; ^-^ skull glo- 

 bular ; jaws produced, narrow ; eyes large, exposed. 



1. V. mystacinus. Whiskered Bat. 



2. V. Nattereri. Reddish-grey Bat. 



3. V. DaubentoniL Daubenton's Bat. 



4. V. emarginatus. Notch-eared Bat. 



5. V. my otis. Mouse- coloured Bat. 



6. V. Bechsteinii. Bechstein's Bat. 



V. SCOTOPHILUS. Head oblong ; forehead flat ; 

 face swollen on the sides, naked in front ; wings 

 and ears thick, rather coriaceous; body covered 

 with short fine adpressed thick-set hairs; cutting 



