84: BARBASTELLE BAT. 



The general aspect of this bat indicates a close 

 affinity to the Plecoti or Long-eared Bats, with 

 which, indeed, it has been arranged by Lesson. The 

 muzzle is short and truncate ; the nostrils are situ- 

 ated in a naked hollow which extends to the ears, 

 and from which a groove passes on each side to the 

 upper lip ; the cheeks are tumid; the eyes very small; 

 the ears are of a somewhat square form, about the 

 length of the head, directed obliquely forwards, 

 united at their base, with their inner margin turned 

 back, their upper outline obliquely truncate, their 

 outer margin with a sinus, from which five folds 

 extend half way across ; the tragus semicordate, 

 acute, and half the length of the ear ; the mouth 

 small. The fur is long, very soft, on the head and 

 back brownish-black, on the hind parts reddish- 

 brown, on the lower surface dark-grey ; the ears, 

 alar membranes, and muzzle, black. According to 

 Mr Bell, the teeth are -f' 4 T ' "f =1P In his 

 specimen the length of the head and body was two 

 inches, of the head seven lines, of the tail one inch 

 nine lines, of the ears half an inch, the extent of the 

 wings ten inches five lines. 



