so 



mum of either of the species, hut am able to observe in the speci- 

 mens in spirit and in those in skin, that the front teeth are of con- 

 siderable substance in relation to their length, and that the upper 

 incisors are placed in pairs, the pairs being separated from the canines 

 by a considerable interval on each side, and from each other by a 

 central interspace. 



From the Kerivoula picta, and a few more allied species, this 

 group differs remarkably in not having the top of the head elevated, 

 in having the muzzle much thicker relatively, in the greatly inferior 

 development of the ear-couch, and in several other minor details. 

 However, it agrees with Kerivoula in the form of the tragus, and in 

 some measure in the texture of the fur. 



1. Vespertilio emarginatus, Geoff. 



V. emarginatus, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. t. viii. p. 198. pi. 46 & 48, 

 1806 ; Desm. Mam. p. 140, 1820 ; Millet, Faun, de Maine et Loire, 

 t. i. p. 10, 1828; Fisch. Svnop. Mam. p. 105, 1829; Bonap. 

 Fauna Italica, i. 1832-42; Temm. Mon. ii. p. 190. pi. 51, 1835-41 ; 

 Hollandre, Faune de la Moselle, p. 6, 1836 ; De Selys-Longch. Etud. 

 Micromamm. p. 139, 1839 ; Faune Beige, pp. 1, 20 & 300. pi. 2. 

 f. 4, 1842; Schinz, Europ. Fauna, i. p. 15, 1840; Synop. Mamm. 

 i. p. 154, 1844. 



Although the present well-marked species is cancelled from the 

 European list by MM. Keyserling and Blasius, it is certainly a per- 

 fectly distinct and easily recognizable species, and not uncommon in 

 several localities on the continent of Europe ; but does not I believe 

 occur in the British Islands. I have seen and examined specimens 

 in the Museums of Ley den and Paris ; in the latter, the type spe- 

 cimens from Charlemont and Abbeville, together with others col- 

 lected by M. de Selys-Longchamps in Belgium; but I sought in 

 vain for the specimen which M. Brongniart obtained near Dover. 

 I believe that it was merely an old female of V. mystacinus, and per- 

 haps from its cranium the illustration was taken which accompanies 

 the description given by M. Geoffroy. At any rate that figure re- 

 presents with tolerable accuracy the cranium of V. mystacinus, and 

 is obviously too small for the V. emarginatus, as well as being too 

 much inflated. I arrived at this conclusion, having before me the 

 plate and the type specimens. 



I cannot learn that this species has been met with, excepting on 

 the continent of Europe. Whilst many other European species 

 occur not only over the whole of Europe, but also in Madeira, the 

 Mediterranean shores of Africa, and even as far in Africa as Lake 

 Ngami, the present one appears to be confined to France, Belgium, 

 Holland, and the environs of Rome. 



The following description has been taken from the specimens in the 

 Paris Museum : — 



Muzzle rather long, thick in a vertical direction, but not broad ; 

 top of the head very slightly elevated ; nostrils small, near together ; 

 ears of medium size, ovoid, with a distinct and regular notch near 



