103 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



lobe at the base, separated by a slight emargination opposite the 

 base of the tragus. Tragus narrowed above and subacutely 

 pointed ; inner margin straight, or faintly concave ; outer margin 

 with a distinct rounded half- horizontal lobule at the base, suc- 

 ceeded by a concavity, above which and slightly above the base 

 of the inner margin the tragus reaches its greatest width, thence 

 upwards decreasingly convex to the tip. 



Wings from the base of the toes ; calcaneum terminating in a 

 small projecting tooth; last rudimentary caudal vertebra free. 

 Fur above dark brown, with reddish brown tips ; beneath dark 

 brown, the extremities of the hair slightly ashy. 



The small glandular prominences of the face are clothed with 

 long hairs ; and the upper lip has a fringe of fine straight hairs. 



The fur of the body extends upon the wing membrane as far 

 as a line drawn from the middle of the humerus to the middle 

 of the femur, and upon the interfemoral membrane as far as the 

 end of the third caudal vertebra ; beneath the distribution of hair 

 upon the wings is similar, but the interfemoral is covered only at 

 the root of the tail. 



The upper incisors are equal in vertical extent, their 

 extremities strongly diverging. Both upper premolars are 

 drawn inwards; the second very small, about half the size of 

 the first, and about half its vertical extent ; lower incisors next 

 the canines much larger than the others. 



Length, head and body, 1*5 in. ; tail, 1*4 in. ; head, 055 in. ; 

 ear, 0'55 in. ; tragus, 0*3 in. ; fore arm, 1*25 in. ; thumb, 0'25 in. ; 

 second finger, 2'1 in.; fourth finger, 1*6 in.; tibia, 0'55 in.; foot 

 and claws, 0"28 in." Some specimens give somewhat larger 

 measurements than these, but the above description will ensure 

 the identification of the species. 



Although not very many instances of the capture of this Bat 

 in England have been made known, the recorded localities for it 

 are sufficiently far apart to suggest that it must he commoner 

 than is generally supposed, but is either overlooked, or mistaken 

 perhaps for the Pipistrelle. 



In England, according to Bell (Brit. Quad., 2nd ed., 1874), 

 specimens of the Whiskered Bat have been procured in Cam- 

 bridgeshire and Northamptonshire (Jenyns), in Essex at Col- 

 chester (Yarrell), in Kent at Chiselhurst, and in Warwickshire at 

 Spornall Park and Welford (Tomes). To these localities several 



