48 VESPERTILIONINJE. 



outwardly ; muzzle short, obtuse ; incisors - ; molars ; but the 



6 5 5 



first one very minute and concealed by the gums. 



65. Barbastellus communis. 



GRAY. BLYTH, Cat. 115. V. barbastellus, SCHREBER. B. Dauben- 



toni, BELL. 



THE BARBASTELLE BAT. 



Desor. Fur, above blackish-brown, the hairs fulvous at the tip ; ab- 

 domen grayish-brown ; hairs fine, silky. 



Length, head and body, 2 inches ; tail 1 T 2 T ; expanse 10 J ; fore- 

 arm 1. 



This bat has been found in the Himalayas, at Mussoorie by Hutton, 

 and in Nepal by Hodgson. 



V. leucomelus, Riippell, from the coast of the Red Sea, and V. macrotis, 

 Temminck, from Sumatra, are considered to belong to the present genus ; 

 and there are others from America. 



The next bat has usually been placed among the Noctilionince, but 

 erroneously so according to Blyth and others, who say that its affinities 

 are with Myotia and Plecotus. 



Gen. NYCTOPHILUS, Leach. 



Char. A simple transverse nose-leaf; ears large, ovoid, united at 



their base as in Plecotus ; tragus short and broad ; wings as in Vesper- 



2 4 4 



tilio ; incisors - : molars . 



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66. Nyctophilus Geoffroyi. 

 LEACH, Lin. Trans. XIII. BLYTH, Cat. 116. 



THE LARGE-EARED LEAF BAT. 



Descr. Over the eyes, at the hind corner, a tuft of black hairs ; fur 

 dark-brown above, long, thick, and soft ; throat and flanks brownish- 

 white ; all the rest of the lower parts with the fur black at the base, 

 whitish at the tip. 



Length, head and body, 1| to 2 inches ; tail 1 T 5 ^- ; expanse 9J ; fore- 

 arm 1 T 4 2 ; ear |ths. 



This bat, which has been found in Europe and Australia, was sent 

 from Mussoorie by Hutton. 



