1872.] CAPT. T. HUTTON ON HIMALAYAN BATS. 709 



19. MlNIOPTERUS BLEPOTIS. 



Vesp. blepotis, Temm. Monogr. ii. p. 212, t. 53. f. 1, 2. 



This species occurs from 2000 feet to 7000 feet of elevation in the 

 N.W. Himalaya. It is found more abundantly in the valleys north 

 of the Tyne range, beyond Mussooree. 



The head is round on the top, and well clothed with fur ; muzzle 

 short and clothed ; ears short, quadrato-triangular, and placed low 

 on the sides of the head, on a level with the gape, the outer margin 

 extending forward nearly to the gape ; tragus short, rounded above, 

 scarcely g the length of the ear ; fur soft, close, dense, and with a 

 velvety feel. 



Colour above snuff-brown, greyish-brown beneath ; membranes 

 dusky black, as are the ears ; carpus lgin. ; tibia fin. ; nose to tail 

 3 in. ; tail 2gin. ; total length 5gin. ; expanse 13 in. ; both mem- 

 branes attached to the tibia, about a quarter of an inch above the 

 ankle. A hairy band (whence the generic name) extends down the 

 carpus beneath nearly to the wrist. 



Another one from Dehra, a male, had the carpus 2 in. ; tibia 

 -J-| in. ; ear | in. ; nose to tail 2-Lf in. ; tail 2| in. ; total length 

 5 in. Colour brown, with chestnut tinge. 



This species is found at Mussooree, in caves and caverns, and even 

 crevices in rocks, and is occasionally attracted to the lamps in a room. 



I have never yet met with a specimen of this Bat that was not 

 infested with ticks ! 



20. Vespertilio blythii, Tomes. 



Vesp. blythii, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 53. 



Hab. North-western Himalaya. 



This fine species, although apparently somewhat rare at Mussooree, 

 is not uncommon in the valleys north of the Tyne range, being there 

 found numerously in caves. 



The carpus of a male was 2\ in. ; tibia 1 in. ; ear g in. ; expanse 

 of wings 14 in. ; nose to tail 3g in. ; tail 2| in. ; total length 5g in. ; 

 longest finger 4 in. 



A female had the carpus 2| in. ; ear f in. ; nose to tail 3 in. ; 

 tail 2\ in. ; total length 5^ in. ; longest finger 3| in. ; expanse 

 15 in. 



Colour above pale brown, greyish brown beneath ; ears and tragus 

 long, the latter falcate, bending outwards ; outer margin of the ear 

 reaching forward to beneath the eye, and nearly halfway to the gape ; 

 tragus nearly half the length of the ear, narrowing upwards to an 

 obtuse point ; membranes dusky ; interfemoral naked above and be- 

 low ; feet half free, in the wing to the base of the outer toe, in the 

 interfemoral to the ankle ; feet large and strong, with a few scattered 

 hairs above ; toes freely and widely opening from each other, so as to 

 give a large grasp ; claws compressed and sickle-shaped, rather feeble ; 

 the tip of the tail exserted. 



When confined with other Bats this species attacks and kills all 

 the weaker ones, devouring a portion of the flesh also. 



