VESPERTILIO DARJELINGENSIS. 45 



Forearm ly\ ; tibia tths. 

 1 2 



From Siligoree in the Sikim Terai. 



58. Vespertilio darjelingensis. 



HODGSON, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1855. 



THE DARJEELING BAT. 



Descr. Very like the last, differs in the ears being more emarginate, 

 with a distinct lobe at their base ; tibia somewhat shorter ; upper fur 

 darker colour, tipped with chesnut, and glossed. 



Tomes notices that this bat is exceedingly like V. mystacinus of Europe. 



The next group has received from Gray the name of Tralatitius. It 

 has the feet wholly disengaged from the wing-membranes. 



59. Vespertilio Blythii. 



TOMES, P. Z. S. 1857, 53. 



BLYTH'S BAT. 



Descr. Ears ovoid, somewhat pointed, the ends sloping outwards ; 

 tragus narrow, tapering to a sub-acute point ; crown moderately ele- 

 vated ; feet large, wholly disengaged ; tip of the tail free ; membrane 

 naked; fur long; above, dark-brown at the root, the tip cinnamon- 

 brown, brightest on the rump ; beneath, dark at the base, the terminal 

 half brownish-white. 



Length, head and body, 2J inches; tail If; expanse 15; forearm 

 2 T 2 a- ; tibia i*-ths. 



This bat was found by Captain Boys at JSTusseerabad, in Rajpootana. 



60. Vespertilio adversus. 

 HORSFIELD, Zool. Res. BLYTH, Cat. 110. 

 THE MALAYAN BAT. 



Descr. Ears straight, obtuse, curved backwards, with a small lobe 

 at their base ; tragus straight, linear, blunt, half the length of the ear ; 

 fur soft, silky, grayish-brown above, light-grayish beneath. Length, 

 3 inches, of which the tail is 1 J ; expanse 10J. 



This Malayan species of bat has been taken at Calcutta. It is also 

 found in Ceylon and Burmah. 



