112 HAIRY-ARMED BAT, 



its colour of a uniform reddish-brown, scarcely paler 

 en the lower parts. That of the membrane is 

 dusky. 



Inch. Lines. 



Length of the head and body 3 



Length of the head 1 1 



Length of the tail 1 9 



Length of the ear along the outer margin 10 



Tragus 3 



Fore-arm 2 1 



Pollex and claw 4 



Extent of wings 14 



HAIRY-ARMED BAT. 



Scotophilus Leisleri. GRAY. 



Ears broadly ovate, shorter than the head, their inner 

 margin angular at the base, the oute* arcuate ; tragus a 

 third of the length of the ear, incurved, with the extremity 

 rounded ; a broad band of hair along the fore-arm beneath ; 

 fur long, bright chestnut above, brownish-grey on the lower 

 parts. 



Vespertilio Leisleri, Kuhl, Deutsch. Flederm. Sp. 6 ; Desmar. 

 Mammal. 138 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. An. 23 ; Bell, Brit. 

 Quadr. 18. 



THIS species, which obtained from its discoverer 

 Leisler the name of dasycarpos, but to which Kuhl 



