316 A^ESrEKTILIONIDvE, 



Dimensions. Head and body 1-75 inclies, tail l'5,ear from crowa 

 0*4, forearm 1'4. 



Distribution. Europe soutli of the Alps, Northern Africa, and 

 Southern Asia, In India this species is widely, perhaps generally 

 distributed, being common in Sind, the Punjab, and the neighbour- 

 ing countries, and recorded from several parts of the Bengal and 

 Madras Presidencies. It has not been hitherto noticed east of 

 Cachar, nor obtained from the Himalayas nor from Ceylon. 



Habits. The flight is not unlike that of V. ahramas, but less 

 rapid and vAith ratlier fewer sudden turns. The female has been 

 found, both in Europe and India, to haAC two young at a birth. 



190. Vesperugo annectens. The intermediate Bat. 



Pipistrellus annectans, Dohson, P. A. S. B. 1871, p. 213. 

 Vesperugo aunectens, Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 116; id. Cat. Chir. 

 B. M. p. 234 ; Anderson, Cat. p. 132. 



Fig. 9G. — Head of Vesfcrvgo annectens. (Dobson, Mon. As. Chir.) 



Ears bluntly pointed, the tips rounded, outer margin hollowed 

 out immediately below the tip, then convex, again slightly con- 

 cave opposite the base of the tragus, and terminating in a small 

 rounded lobe. Tragus long, subacutely pointed, inner margin almost 

 straight, outer slightly convex, with a small rounded lobe at the 

 base. 



Head slightly elevated ; the fur covers the M'hole face except the 

 nostrils, and forms a thick fringe to the upper lip ; the glandular 

 prominences on the side of the muzzle are small, they and the sides 

 of the face are less thickly covered \\\i\i hair than the upper surface. 

 No postcalcaneal lobe ; extreme tip of tail free. 



Upper incisors nearly equal, the inner pair slightly notched at 

 the extremity. Eirst upper premolar minute, placed slightly inside 

 the tooth-row, but distinctly visible from without. 



Colour of fur, so far as can be ascertained from a sjiecimen in 

 spirit, dark brown above witli paler tips ; beneath bi'owu, the tips 

 reddish. 



Dimensions. Head and body 2 inches, tail 1*6, ear from base of 

 outer margin 0-6, forearm 1*8. 



Distribution. Niiga hills, Assam. The only specimen obtained 

 is in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. A skin, ])robably belonging 

 to the same species, is amongst Mr. Hodgson's Nepal collections in 

 the British Museum. 



