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Vesp. Nattereri, but the centra] region is much metre- inflated — indeed 

 in the African species almost as much bo bj in Furipterut. Besides 

 this point of difference, the following peculiarities require mention. 

 The facial region is very much depressed, and also compressed j and 

 the notch in the fore part of the palate is much deeper than in am 

 other genus, hnt varies considerably in the different species. This 

 appears to be <lue chiefly to the Btraightnese of the intermaxillan 

 bones, their development in a forward direction affording Bpace for 

 the incisors to range in a line with the other teeth, instead of 1 »<-i i ilt 

 placed more or less across the opening between the two canines. 

 This is best seen in the K. pi eta. 



The bony palate extends nearly as far back as to the condyloid 

 fossa, and narrows considerably after leaving the posterior boundary 

 of the molar range. In no other Bat which 1 nave examined bas 

 the palate extended further back than to the middle of the z\ Cli- 

 matic arch. 



Dentition.— In. ^ ; Can.g; Premol. g ; Mol.g=g. 



The upper incisors are slender, conical, and pointed, with a slight 

 accessory cusp behind the base ; the anterior ones are the longer. 

 The canines are long and pointed ; and in most of the species tin 

 eingulum is amply developed. Between them and the incisors tin 

 interval is very small. The next two teeth are very simple in form, 

 Conical, and pointed. Following these is the canwssier or sectorial 

 tooth, in form as in the ordinary VespertiHonidtB ; and the molars are 

 of the ordinary form and proportions. 



In the lower jaw the incisors are small and trilobed, those 

 contiguous to the canines having their central lobe very much deve- 

 loped, and of a hi unt conical form. The canines require no parti 

 cular notice. Following these, the premolars present the appearance 

 of three very regular and pointed cones, each with a small but 

 distinct spur on its anterior and posterior surface near to the base. 

 The molars are of the form so constant in the VeepertiUotudG. 



I . KkkiVOULA l'ICTA. 



Veepertilio pictus, Pallas, Spied. Zool. iii. p. 7, 1771 j End. 

 Syst. p. l.')0, 1777; Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. i. p. l!», 17 v ^. 

 Geoff. Ann. du Mus. viii. p. 199, pi. 48 (cranium), I806j Desm. 

 Mam. p. ill, L820; Schreib. Saugth. Th. i. p. 170, 1826 . Horsf. 

 Zool. Research. Java, viii. p. <>, 1821-28; Pisch. Synop. Mam. p. !<•<», 

 1829 ; Temm. Mon. ii. p. 223, pi. 56. f. I, 2, 3, 1835-41 ; Blasius, 

 Wiegm. Archiv, Bd. vi. p. 2, 1840; Wagn. Supp. Schreib. i. p. 517, 

 1840 : Schinz, Synops. Mam. p, 17 1, 1844 j BLelaart, Paun. Zeylan. 

 p. 25, 1852. 



Veepertilia (Kerivoula) pi if. Cat Mam. Mus. B. Ind 



Comp. p. id, 1851. 



PipietreUue pictus, Less. Nouv. Tab. EU < Lniro. p. 29, 1842 



Keriooula picta, <iia\, Ann. and Mag. N. II p. 258, 1842 . I 



Mam. B. M. p. 27, 1843; Kelaart, Faun. Zevlan. p, 2ft, 18*2. 



