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ahramus, about 6 mm. in length, straight, the proximal end thickened 

 and grooved, its tip forked, bnt the prongs quite short, mtich shorter 

 than in the otherwise similar bone of P. iralatitius. 



Sknll in size and shape similar to that of tralatitius except that 

 the muzzle is rather flatter, with a more or less well-marked groove 

 along its middle line above. Basial pits rather deeper. 



Basal third of interfemoral unnsnally well clothed with fur above. 

 Colour above dark sepia brown, in some specimens more cinna- 

 mon brown, especiall}^ posteriori}^ ; the tips of the hairs greyish or 

 paler brown. Undersurface rather but not conspicuously lighter ; 

 inguinal region not specially whiter. 



First upper incisor Avith scarceh^ a trace of the secondary jDoster- 

 ior cusp, which is usually present in Pipistrels, and well developed 

 in all the specimens examined of P. tralatitius. Outer incisor about 

 three-fourths the height of the inner one. Small anterior premolar 

 about equal in area to i ", wholly internal, filling up the angle be- 

 tween the canine and p *, visible from outside. 

 Dimensions of the tj^pe : — • 

 Forearm 35 mm. (other specimens 33 and 34 mm.). 



(A spirit c? measures, head and body 46; tail 36 ; ear 11-5; 

 tragus (inner edge) 3-7 x 2*2; forearm 33*5 ; third finger, meta- 

 carpal 32, first phalanx 12-7; fifth finger, metacarpal 30, first 

 phalanx 7-8; tibia 12-3; hindfoot 6-4). 



Skull, greatest length 13-4, median length 11-4, condyle to front 

 of canine 12-5, constriction 3* 6, mastoid breadth 7*8, palato-sinual 

 length 5-1, front of canine to back of m^ 5, front of p* to back of 

 m^- 3-2. 



liab. — ^Northern India and Lower Himala3"as. Type from Murree, 

 8,000'. Other specimens from Gharial (Dunn), Masuri (Hutton), 

 Simla (Dodsworth), Kumaon (Crump), Nepal (Hodgson), Darjiling 

 (Blj^th), Sylhet (frinsep), Central Provinces (Crump). 



%7e.— Adult female. B. M. No. 7. 11. 21. 2. Original number 

 223. Collected 6th September 1907 and presented by Maj. K. N. 

 Dunn, R.A.M.C. 



This Pipistrel is recognisable among Indian species by the size 

 of its skull, smaller than that of P. ceylonicus, larger than that of 

 other members of the group forming Dobson's and Blanford's 

 " Vesperugo ahramus ". From true ahramus of China and Japan it 

 is separable by its moderate sized penis, and from the Malay 

 tralatitius by the detailed characters mentioned above, notably the 

 almost complete absence of the usual secondary cusp on i\ 



Hodgson's specimens were determined as his " Vespertilio 

 fuliginosus " on arrival, but the earlier, typical, specimens sent 

 under that name represent a Minioioterus . Hutton, when preparing 

 his classical paper on the Bats of the North- Western Himalayas 

 rightly distinguished this species as new (whence his reference to 



