26 MAMMALIA PRIMATES. [VESPERTILIO. 



34. V. emarginatus, Geoff. Ears oblong, nearly as 

 long as the head, deeply notched on their external margins ; 

 tragus half the length of the auricle, subulate, bending 

 slightly inwards towards the tip : fur reddish gray above, 

 ash-colour beneath. 



V. emarginatus, Geoff, in Ann. du Mus. torn. vm. p. 198. pi. 46. 

 Desm. Mammal, p. 140. 



DIMENS. Length of the head and body two inches; of the head eight 

 lines ; of the tail one inch five lines ; of the ears six lines ; of the tragus 

 three lines ; breadth of the ears three lines and three quarters ; of the 

 tragus at the base three quarters of a line ; length of the fore-arm one 

 inch four lines ; of the thumb two lines and three quarters : extent of 

 wing nine inches six lines. 



DESCRIPT. Bearing some relation to the Pipistrelle in its physiog- 

 nomy, but distinguished from that species by its somewhat superior size. 

 Muzzle rather obtuse ; head flattish ; face hairy, but the hair on the nose 

 and chin thinly scattered and longer than on the other parts ; a moustache 

 of soft longish hair on the upper lip, above which is a congeries of glands 

 extending from the eyes to the nostrils : ears moderate, a little shorter 

 than the head, oblong approaching triangular, rounded at the extremity, 

 the inner margin bending outwards, the outer one sinuate and rather 

 deeply notched about half way down; tragus half the length of the 

 auricle, linear approaching to subulate, nearly straight but having a 

 slight bend inwards : thumb longer and stouter than in the Pipistrelle : 

 hind feet remarkably large and strong, much more so than in either the 

 Pipistrelle or the next species, the toes set with bristly hairs : inter- 

 femoral moderately ample ; the spur rather short : tail a little longer than 

 the fore-arm, exserted for about one line. Fur long ; the hair on the 

 upper parts with the basal half dusky, the tips reddish brown, this last 

 colour alone appearing externally ; beneath black at the roots, ash-gray 

 at the tips : ears and flying membrane dusky ; under surface of the inter- 

 femoral whitish. 



Stated to have been found near Dover by M. A. Brongniart, and in 

 Fifeshire by Dr Fleming. The description given above is from a speci- 

 men in my possession taken at Milton Park in Northamptonshire. It 

 may possibly be distinct from the true V. emarginatus of the continental 

 authors, but it appears to approach nearer to that species than to any 

 other I am acquainted with. Mr Yarrell has also a specimen which 

 was taken at Islington. 



35. V. mystacinus, Leisl. Ears oblong, shorter than 

 the head, bending outwards and notched on their external 

 margins ; tragus half the length of the auricle, lanceolate, 

 straight : a moustache of fine close hairs on the upper lip : 

 fur blackish chestnut above, dusky ash beneath. 



V. mystacinus, Desm. Mammal, p. 140. 



DIMENS. Length of the head and body one inch eight lines; of the 

 head seven lines and a half; of the tail one inch five lines; of the ears 

 five lines and a half; of the tragus three lines ; breadth of the ears three 

 lines and a half; of the tragus at the base one line ; length of the fore- 



