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The Kcashmir variety has somewhat shorter ears, aucl iu some cases 

 a more pointed tragus than the normal form. 



Habits. V. muriaus appears late in the evening, and flies low 

 and slowly. It hides during the day in caves and buildings, and 

 hibernates in similar places in considerable numbers together. 

 According to Hutton, it attacks and kills smaller bats when they 

 are kept with it in confinement, and devours some of the iiesh. 

 The female has one young, which is generally found clinging to 

 the mother from the end of May till well into July. 



200. Vespertilio dobsoni. The Chamba Bat. 



Vespertilio murinoides, Dobson, J. A. S. B. xlii, pt. 2, p. 205 (1873) ; 



id. Mon. As. C/ur. p. 138 ; id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 310, nee Lartet, 



1851. 

 Vespertilio dobsoni, Trouessarf, Cat. Mam. p. 88 (1879). 



" Ears slightly shorter than the head ; general form of the ear- 

 conch triangular, with narrow rounded tip ; the inner margin very 

 faintly convex, almost straight in its upper third ; the outer 

 margin concave beneath the tip ; the remaining portion convex, 

 with a faint concavity opposite the base of the tragus. The tragus 

 is slender _and acutely pointed, with a quadrangular lobe at the 

 base of the outer margin."' 



" The first upper premolar is very small, scarcely visible from 

 \\ithout, and not much larger than the second." 



Colour of fur dark broA\'n above, \\ itli light brown tips ; beneath 

 dark brown, almost black, with greyish tips. 



Dimensions of an adult female : — Head and body 2*5 inches, tail 

 2*1, ear from base of outer margin 0'85, forearm 2*1. 



Distribution. Only a single specimen is known. This was pro- 

 cured at Chamba (N.W. Himalaya), at an elevation of 3000 feet. 



The type of this species may possibly be an aberrant individual of 

 V. murinus, but the differences appear too great. The description 

 is copied from Dobson's, as I have not examined the specimen. 

 The name V. murinoides required to be changed, as it was given 

 by Lartet in 1851 to a species found fossil in the Miocene of 

 Sansan, France. 



210. Vespertilio formosus. Hodgson's Bat. 



Vespertilio formosus, Hod(/son, J. A. S. B. iv, p. 700 (1835) ; Blyth, 



J. A. S. B. XX, p. 158 ; Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 140 ; id. Cat. 



Chir. B. M. p. 311 ; Anderson, Cat. p. 142 ; Scidhj, J. A. S. B. Ivi, 



pt. 2, p. 254. 

 Kerivoula pallida, Bhith, Cat. p. 34 (1863). 

 Muriua formosa and Kerivoula pallida, Jerdon, Mam. pp. 42, 43. 

 Vespertilio auratus, Dobson, J. A. &. B. xl, pt. 2, p. 186, pi. x, figs. 1, 2 



(1871). 

 Kerivoula formosa, Hatton, P. Z. S. 1872, p. /ll. 

 Vespertilio dobsoni, Anderson, Cat. p. 143 (1881), nee Trovessaii, 



1879. 



