1872.] CAPT. T. HUTTON ON HIMALAYAN BATS. 707 



gin of the ear extending forwards to the gape ; tragus obtusely 

 pointed, falcate, and turning inwards ; extreme tip of the tail exserted 

 for one joint beyond the membrane ; heel-bone reaching to about § 

 of the distance between the heel and the tail. In the male the colours 

 are brighter than in the female. 



In the daytime this Bat is found sometimes singly, sometimes in 

 pairs, and again in small parties of five or six, hanging from the roofs 

 of outhouses, sheds, verandahs, and large open halls and temples, 

 coming out about dusk. Tongue closely studded with papillae ; fur 

 short and close. 



16. Vesperugo leisleri. 



Vesp. leisleri, Kuhl ; Bell, Brit. Quadr. pp. 18, 20. 



This bat is far from common at Mussooree, and appears to be 

 confined to an elevation ranging from 4500 to 5500 feet, on the 

 northern side of the Tyne range, immediately beyond Mussooree. 



The outer margin of the ear is continued round, as in the former, 

 down to the gape ; and the head has the same bluff and tumid appear- 

 ance ; the ears also are wide apart and angular on the inner margin, 

 and the top of the head is flattened ; the tragus is rather short, and 

 somewhat kidney-shaped, rounded at the summit and turning in- 

 wards ; colour of the fur dark brown, with a chestnut tinge, beneath 

 paler and somewhat greyish ; the aspect is exceedingly surly in ex- 

 pression ; feet in the wing to the base of the outer toes, in the inter- 

 femoral to the ankle; the muzzle is bare; the lips are tumid and warty ; 

 muzzle short, broad, thick ; ears ovato-triangular. 



The ' Naturalist's Library ' errs in saying that the tragus is elon- 

 gated. The length of the head and body is given as 2 inches 9 lines. 

 Bell gives 2 inches 1 1 lines. Again, in the former the tail is 2 inches, 

 aud expanse from 12 to 14 inches; while Bell gives "tail 1 inch 

 8 lines ; expanse 13 inches 8 lines, to 14 inches and upwards." An 

 Himalayan specimen, a male, has the carpus \\\ in. ; tibia \§ in. ; 

 ear \ in. ; nose to tail 3 g in. ; tail 2g in.; total length 5^ in. ; tragus 

 short, kidney-form, and rounded at top. 



17. Vesperugo imbricatus. 



Vesp. imbricatus, Horsf. : Temm. Monogr. ii. p. 216. 



Hah. Mussooree. 



This is a smaller species, and was taken at an elevation of about 

 6000 feet, generally from holes under the thatch of houses. The 

 specific name is derived from a narrow gorget or collar, extend- 

 ing over the breast or lower part of the neck, from shoulder to 

 shoulder. 



One male had the carpus \\ in. ; tibia ^in. ; ear -^ in. ; nose to 

 tail 2^ in. ; tail 1 T 6 ^ in. ; the generic characters like the two pre- 

 ceding. 



Another male had the carpus 1^ in. ; tibia \ in. ; ear T 6 B in. ; nose 

 to tail 2^ in. ; tail l T ¥ in. ; total length 2>\ in. The measurements 

 are thus the same in both. 



