334 TESPERTILIONID.i;. 



The tragus is long, attenuate, and pointed. Wings from the base 

 of the toes. Eorearra I'To inches. 



20:^>. Vespertilio muriniis. The commoH Evrojyecoi Bat. 



"S'esperlilio inurinus, L. Si/sf. Nat. ed. xii, i, p. 47, partiui (176G) ; 



Schrch. SiiiK/efJi. i, p. lOo, pi. li ; Dobson, Man. As. Chir. p. 137 ; 



id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 309; A7ulcrso7i, Cat. p. 141. 

 \^cspertili() blythii, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 53 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 45 ; 



Hvtton, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 70U. 

 Myotis uiuriuus, Blyth, J.J.S.L'. xxi, p. 300; id. Cat. p. 35 j 



Jerdon, Mam. p. 40. 

 Vespertilio africaiuis, Duhson, A. 31. N. H. (4) xvi, p. 200 (1875) ; 



id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 310. 



Crown of the head slightly raised. Muzzle blunt, area between 



eye and nostril somewhat tumid, the sides of the face and end of the 



nose above half naked, but there are some long hairs on the upper 



lip. Ears large, extending to just beyond the 



(^ - end of the muzzle \^hen laid for^^■ard, or, in 



Himalayan specimens, just extending to the 



nostrils, the tips bluntly pointed; inner margin 



of the ear-conch moderately convex to the base, 



\A'here the basal lobe joins at a right angle ; outer 



margin concave below the tip, the upper half \^avy, 



the middle convex ; there is a shallow notch 



opposite the base of the tragus, followed by a 



„. ,„ ^ ^ convex lobe terminating opposite the base of the 

 Fig. 108.— Ear of- • m ' c i v i j-i 



r. murinus. (Dob- ^"^^^^' margni. Iragus of moderate length, 

 sou, Moil. As. Chir.) narroM', attenuate above and subacutely pointed ; 

 inner margin nearly or quite straight; outer with 

 a small basal lobe, then convex for about half its length, becoming 

 straight above. 



AVings from the metatarsi. Only the extreme lip of the tail 

 projects from the interfemoral membrane. Basal portion of inter- 

 femoral «ell clad with hair above. 



The first upper premolar is about half the height of the third ; 

 the second is quite small, but not minute, it is usually somewhat 

 inside the tooth-line, in the angle between the tirst and third. 



Colour of fur greyish to reddish brown, not dar]\, above, very 

 pale brown to sullied white belou', the base of the hairs dark 

 throughout, 



iJimevsions. Head and body of a male from Kashmir (preserved 

 in alcohol) 2-6 inches, tail 2-2, ear from crown 0-G5, forearm 2-25. 

 In fresh specimens, according to Hutton, the head and body 

 measured 3 inches, tail 2|. 



Distrihutlon. The Patearctic region generally, as far north as 

 Southern England, Denmark, &c. This species has beeu found in 

 Kashmir by Sir O. B. St. John, and at Mussoorie, in the Himalayas, 

 by Hutton. The type of V. hlythli was said to be from Xusseer- 

 abad, in Eajputana, but this locality 1 think requires confirmation. 



