" .\fammals of THrk<'.s(an." 131 



1. Vespenigo ^Mrcowa«f/.f, Evcrsni. (Severtzoff), = Vespcrugo 

 scrotimitij Schrebcr. 



V. turcomanuSj Eversm., was founded on a specimen of 

 I', serod'nu.'i with burt-t'(ili)ure<l fur. Individuals of this species, 

 of V. Kt(/ilii\ r. pijn'strel/usj Plccotus aiirituSj and of other 

 species (»f hats inhahitinj^ dry sandy districts have the fur of 

 a permanently pale colour, imitating, as it were, the prevailing 

 light colour of the ground. The same remark seems to apply 

 etpially well to other species of mammals and to birds. 



Specimens of this species were obtained by Dr. Stoliczka 

 in Kashmir. 



3. Vespenigo BlytJiii, Wagner (Severtzoff ),= Vesperugo 

 ahrmnuSj Temminck. 



The name T". Bh/tltii was given by Wagner to a specimen 

 of V. abru7uusj Temm., very imperfectly described by Blyth, 

 which he (Wagner) had not seen, but which he nevertheless 

 thought Blyth had confounded with another species. 



4. Vesperugo ahohomuli, Temm., var. ahnatennis, Severtzoff, 

 = V. ahramus, Temm. 



This variety appears to have been founded on coluur alone — 

 a very unreliable character, as I have frequently pointed out, 

 in determining the species of Chiroptera. 



The species most probably alluded to under the above two 

 names (nos. 3 & 4) by Dr. Severtzoff is V. pipistreUus, of 

 which many s))ecimens were collected by Dr. Stoliczka at 

 Yangihissar. It is readily distinguished from V. abramus by 

 the deep emargination in the upper half of the outer margin 

 of the ear. V. abramus has not been found, so far as I can 

 determine, north of the Himalayas. 



5. Plecotus auritus, var. irci-///w.;i//.s', Jonyns (Severtzoff), 



= P. auritus^ L. 



P. hrevimanus, Jenyns, was founded on an immature spe- 

 cimen of P. auritus, L., in which the extremities of the pha- 

 langes were not completely ossified and the shafts had not 

 attained their full length. 



6. Plecotus leucophccus, n. sp., Severtzoff, =?P. auritus, L. 



No description accompanies this name ; but, judging from 

 the etymology of the specific title, the species ajipears to 



