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V. adversus, Horsfield. Incisors , canines } }, molars |-|. Head 

 wedge-shaped, high behind ; muzzle broad ; ears erect ; tragus li- 

 near ; fur rather woolly, above shining brown, below whitish ash- 

 coloured. Inhabits Java. Horsfield's Java, No. 8. 



V. Hardwickii, Horsf. Incisors ,. canines \-{, molars f-|. Head 

 globose ; tumid ; muzzle short, depressed ; ears very broad, con- 

 cave ; tragus linear, erect ; fur woolly, above brown ash-coloured, 

 below dirty gray. Inhabits Java Horsfield's Java, No. 8. 



V. tralatitius, Horsf. Incisors $, canines {-^, molars |-|. Head 

 wedge-shaped ; face bristly ; ears large, flat ; tragus linear, erect, 

 blunt ; fore-arm long ; fur soft, sooty black. Body three inches 

 long; expanded wings ten inches. Java. Horsf. Java, No. 8. 



V. imbricatuSj Horsf. Incisors %, canines \\, molars 4-. Head 

 and muzzle short, broad ; ears broad, obtuse ; tragus short, semilu- 

 nar ; fur shining, fulvous. Inhabits Java. -Horsf. Java, No. 8. 



V. villosissimus, Geoff. Desm, Ears like those of a rat ; inter femo- 

 ral membrane hairy in its middle ; fur of a pale brown. Body 

 about four inches long ; spread of the wings 11 inches Inhabits 

 Paraguay. 



V. ruber, Geoff. Desm. Ears much pointed ; hair short, cinnamon- 

 coloured on the upper parts, and fawn-coloured on the inferior 

 parts. Body about three inches long ; spread of the wings about 

 nine inches. Inhabits Paraguay. 



V. albescens, Geoff. Desm. Ears sharp pointed ; fur almost black, 

 spotted with white above, and obscure below. Body about 2J 

 inches long ; spread of the wings nearly nine inches. Inhabits 

 Paraguay. Ann. Mus. viii. pi. 18. 



V. Brasiliensis, Desm. Ears medium size, of an elongated form ; 

 membranes narrow and black ; fur dark brown, very soft, and sil- 

 ky, shaded with chestnut. Spread of the wings 11 to 12 inches 

 Inhabits Brazil. 



Sub-Gen. 2. PLECOTUS, Geoff. Ears larger than the head, often 

 much developed, united to one another by their base ; four or Jive 

 superior molars, and four to six inferior, on each side. 



V. auritus, Lin. Geoff. Desm. The Long-eared Bat. Ears almost 

 as long as the body ; fur gray, deeper above than below. Body 

 nearly two inches long ; spread of the wings 10J inches. Inha- 

 bits Europe. B. Shaw, i. pi. 40. 



Var. A. Smaller than the preceding, with a redder fur. Egypt. 

 Var. B. Larger than the specimens found in France, and the colour deeper. Austria. 



V. barbastellus, Lin. Geoff. Desm. Ears very large, united, trian- 

 gular, hollowed at their exterior margin ; fur of deep brown ; the 

 points of the hairs yellow ; membranes of a brown black. Body 

 two inches long ; spread of the wings 10^ inches. Inhabits France 

 and Germany. Ann. Mus. viii. pi. 46. 



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