38 CATALOGUE. 



A. and B. Presented by the Asiatic Society of Bengal ; 

 the former bright rufous beneath, the latter yellow- 

 ish-grey. 



C. Presented by Dr. H. Falconer ; pale. 



D. E. F. dried specimens. From the same donor. 



This species represents the former on the continent of India, being 

 fully one-third larger. The colour varies considerably in different in- 

 dividuals, being dark brown above, in different shades, and rufous or 

 yellowish underneath. It is very abundant in many parts of Conti- 

 nental India. 



54 NYCTICEJUS ISABELLINUS, Blyth MS. 

 HAB. Central India. 



A. dried specimen. Presented by the Asiatic Society of 



Bengal. 



A new species, indicated by Mr. Blyth. Of the size of N. Tem- 

 minckii, clearly characterized by an uniform isabellina tint both above 

 and underneath. 



55. NYCTICEJUS CASTANEUS, Gray. 



Scotophilus Temminckii, Cantor, CataL of Mammalia of 



the Malayan Peninsula, &c. p. 15. 

 KLAWAH, of the Malays. 



HAB. Singapore, Penang, Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 



A. Presented by Dr. Cantor. 



B. Presented by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



The characteristic feature of this species is an uniform deep chestnut 

 colour of the body, above and beneath ; the membrane also is dark- 

 coloured, inclining to black, and the head is blackish. Size of N. Tem- 

 minckii. There is a considerable family resemblance between the four 

 species of Nycticejus here enumerated, but the peculiarities respectively 

 are sufficiently strong to entitle each to a specific rank. 



Genus VESPERTILIO, Linn, et al 



56. VESPERTILIO ADVERSUS, Horsfield, Zool Re- 

 searches. 



Vespertilio adversus, Horsf. Temm., Monogr. II. p. 221. 

 Miiller, Verhandl over Nat. Gesch. Tafel der Zoog- 

 dieren. 



