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VESPERTILIONID/F. 



CHEIROPTERA. 



VESPERTILIONIDjE. 



HAIRY-ARMED BAT. 



Scotophilus Leisleri. 



Ears oval-triangular, shorter than the head ; tragus barely one-third the 

 length of the auricle, terminating in a rounded head ; fur long, bright chestnut 

 above, brownish grey beneath : under surface of the flying memhrane with a 

 broad band of hair along the fore-arm. 



Vespertilio dasycarpos, 

 „ Leisleri, 



Scotophilus , , 

 Vesperugo , , 



Leisler. 



KuiiL, Deut. Flederm. p. 46, sp. 6. Desmar. 



Mammal, p. 138. Jenyns, Brit. Yert. p. 23. 

 Gray, 1. c. 

 Blas. 1. c. p. 56, f. 35, 36. 



Although the name retained for this species is not 

 the one which was originally applied to it by its dis- 

 coverer, Leisler, we have preferred continuing that by 

 which Kuhl conveyed a well-merited compliment to that 

 naturalist, who has contributed so much to our know- 



