VESPERTILIO TEMMINCEII. 



and its notch having the natural position, while the exterior tooth is transversely placed, and the notches meet in form 

 of a cross. Canine teeth long, and somewhat triangular. Grinders, six on each side, of which three are false 

 grinders, and three carnivorous teeth ; the latter having the usual structure which occurs in this Family. The first 

 false grinder is conical, small, and simple ; the second very minute, concealed and forced inward ; the third has a 

 triangular point, projecting slightly beyond the general series. The lower jaw has likewise three false grinders, and 

 three carnivorous teeth" on each side, disposed in a perfectly regular series : the first false grinder is conical, simple, 

 and margined at the base ; the second very minute, and compressed ; the third is equal in length to the series of 

 carnivorous teeth, which have nothing peculiar in their structure. 



The head is short, high in a vertical direction between the ears, and abruptly tapering to a broad rostrum ; 

 the sides are naked ; the forehead oblong, having uniform dimensions from the vertex to the nose, which is broad and 

 obtuse ; the nostrils are directed downwards. The ears are as long as the head ; the auricle erect, obtuse, slightly 

 inclined backward ; the posterior margin terminating in a very small lobule ; the tragus erect, linear, obtuse, and 

 half as long as the auricle. The entire length from the nose to the tail is three inches and three lines ; of this the 

 tail composes one inch and three lines. The expanded membrane measures ten inches : the interfemoral membrane is 

 irregularly veined, and marked with obscure dots. The fiir is very soft, long, and silky ; above grayish brown, and 

 underneath whitish ; the tips of the hairs on the upper parts have a light grayish tint, and underneath the silky 

 down of the fiir is grayish brown. 



Ill— VESPERTILIO HARDWICKII, iVbJ. 



V. capite calvaria globoso-tumida, rostro brevi depresso, dentibus primoribus interio- 

 ribus elongatis simplicibus, auriculis latissimis lobo rotundato productis concavis 

 postice carinatis lateribus conniventibus tragum lineari-lanceolatum erectvim Ion- 

 gum includentibus, vellere lanuginoso mollissimo pilis longissimis basi sericatis 

 supra canescente-fuscis subtus sordide-canis membrana antipedum et interfe- 

 morali transverse venosis. 



I have named this species in honour of Major General Thomas Hardwicke, 

 who has lately arrived in England with the fruits of his long and successful 

 researches, consisting of a most extensive series of drawings, and of numerous 

 collections of subjects in all branches of Zoology, made with great zeal, and a liberal 

 devotion of his means, during a long residence in various parts of India. 



Dentium formula — Primores ^, Laniarii L-1, Molares 



Front Teeth, in the upper jaw two on each side, approximate in pairs near the canine teeth ; the interior tooth 

 somewhat longer, nearly erect, compressed, entire, and slightly cuneate at the extremity ; the exterior tooth small and 

 somewhat oblique. Canine teeth, long, compressed, with a heel interiorly at the base. Three false grinders and three 

 carnivorous teeth on each side : the two first false grinders small, simple, disposed in regular succession ; at the third, 

 which has a point projecting beyond the posterior grinders, and a dilatation laterally and interiorly at the base, the 

 series of teeth takes a slight curve outward. The grinders in the lower jaw are disposed in a regular series, having a 

 very slight inclination outward; the three false grinders are simple, compressed, somewhat dilated at the base, and 

 nearly of equal length. 



