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ORDER CHIROPTERA— GENUS VESPERTILIO. 



beneath, whitish, or blackish-ash. This is, unquestionably, according 

 to M. Temminck, a new European species. Its distinguishing character- 

 istics are its very long and bushy fur; the hair 3'" or 4'" long, which 

 so completely covers the muzzle, that its point only is visible ; the black 

 ears are of medium length, inclined outwards, and scooped out external- 

 ly ; the tragus is long, awl-shaped, and pointed : the membrane brownish- 

 black, lighter beneath. The marking above is blackish-brown, each hair 

 being black at the root, and brown at the point ; beneath, it is greyish- 

 black, the tips of the hair being greyish-white. It appears to be very 

 rare. 



(Asiatic.) 



6. V. Timoriensis This species is described by M. Geoffroy, (Ann. 



du Mus. t. 8,) and was discovered by MM. Peron and Lesueur. Its 

 ears are broad, the length of the head, and united by a small membrane ; 

 tjie tragus shaped like a half heart ; its fur is blackish-brown above, 

 ash-brown on the abdomen ; the fur is very bushy, and long, and soft to 

 the touch. The dimensions are, body, 2" T" ; tail, 1" 5'" ; expanse, 



10". It was procured at Timor (Fig. in Temm. Mon. II. pi. 56, fig. 



10.) 



7. V. de Peron The Oreillardde Timor of M. Isid. Geoffroy, (Etudes 



Zoolog.) It approaches the Long-eared Bat of Europe, resembling it 

 generally in size, form, and marking. It is, however, distinguished by the 

 size of the tragus: in the European species, this part, far from reaching 

 the half of the concha, scarcely surpasses the third; whilst in Peron's it 

 exceeds the half. There is also a difference in the marking, the fur being 

 lighter, especially beneath, where it is nearly quite white ; the hairs being 

 black at the root, and white for half their length towards the point ; 

 the hairs beneath, and on the sides of the head, are indeed wholly white. 

 In two individuals, a male and female, which M. Geoffroy examined, 

 their markings were precisely the same. The habitat is not ascertained. 

 —(Fig. in Temm. Mon. II. pi. 56.) 



8. V. Malayanus. — It was M. Alfred Duvaucel who transmitted this 

 species to the Paris Museum. M. F. Cuvier describes it as not unlike 

 the Murinoides ; the ear is funnel-shaped ; the tragus petal-like. The 

 body throughout is of a light fawn colour, the superior parts somewhat 

 darker than the inferior; the membranes are light brown, and moustachios 

 are conspicuous. The length is 3", the expanse near 9". 



9. V. Noctdla of Sumatra. — Under this title M. A. Duvaucel has 

 sent home another Bat, very like its European namesake, but somewhat 

 smaller ; — very likely to be, in M. Temminck's apprehension, the V. 

 Nociulina previously described. 



10. V. Javanje M. Busseuil, Surgeon of the Thetis Corvette, cap- 

 tured this animal in Java. It is very like the Noctulina, the ears scooped, 

 and the tragus knife-shaped. The colour above is uniform brown, below, 

 whitish, all the hairs being black at the root. Its length is 2" 8'", its 

 width 7". M. Temminck thinks it extremely probable this is the young 

 of the V. Imbricaius. 



11. V. Coromandelli This species has been transmitted by Lesch- 



nault from Pondichery, and is unknown to M. Temminck. Its head is 

 like the Noctulina ; its ears notched ; its tragus knife-shaped. The up- 

 per parts of the body are of a yellowish-grey brown, the lower, whitish ; 

 the hairs are black three-quarters of their length, and of a yellowish-white 

 at their extremity. The total length is 2" 5'", the expanse 6" 6'". 



(American.') 



12. V. Maximus. — This Great Bat of Geoffroy, (Ann. Mus. t. 8,) and 

 of Desmarest, (No. 218,) is the Great Serotine of Buffon, (Suppl. t. 7,) 

 and the Ncsutus of Dr Shaw. Its ears are described as oval, shorter than 

 the head ; the tragus awl-shaped ; the muzzle long and pointed ; the hair 

 on the back four lines long ; of the belly, very short ; marking, marone- 

 brown above, light yellow on the flanks, white on the abdomen ; the nails 

 white, and hooked ; membranes blackish. The total length, 5" 8"', 

 the expanse, 17" 9'". It inhabits Guiana (Fig. in BufF. Supp. pi. 32, 



fig. 10 



13. V. Ruber of Geoffroy, (loc. cit.) is the Candle of Azara, (II. 

 292.) The ear is very acute, 5'" high; the tragus awl-shaped; the 

 muzzle pointed; the upper .jaw surpassing the under; the membranes 

 arising from the metatarsal articulation. The fur is short, cinnamon 

 coloured, a bright red above, pale yellow, with a rosy tinge beneath. The 

 length is 3" V", the expanse 9" 2"', (Fr.) It inhabits Paraguay. 



14. V. Maugei — This species, as we are informed by Desmarest, 

 (No. 225,) was discovered in Porto- Rico by M. Mauge, and is described 

 as somewhat larger than the Barbastclle of Europe. The ears are very 

 large, united, and scooped externally towards the point, which is round ; 



tragus pointed half the length of the ear ; the muzzle is short, slender, 

 pointed, forming a right angle witli the ears ; muzzle broad ; nose sepa- 

 rated by a cartilage, lyre-shaped ; the eyes small, situate at the base of 

 the tragus. The inner incisors are the largest, somewhat distant and bi- 

 fid. The fur is long, silky, blackish-brown above, lighter beneath, 

 chiefly near the interfemoral membrane, where it is almost white ; mem- 

 branes dull grey ; the tail almost as long as the body. 



15. V. Arcuatus The Arcuated Bat of Say (Long's Exp. Rocky 



Mount. I. 168,) and Godman, (Ann. Nat. Hist. 1. 70,) is described as 

 having a large head, and ears somewhat shorter, round at the point, and 

 hairy at the base ; the posterior margin is doubly notched, and the anterior 

 base is distant from the eyes; the tragus is arched, and obtuse at the 

 point ; the interfemoral membrane is naked ; the point of the tail free. 

 Length 5", expanse 13". 



16. V. SrjBULATOs. — This North American Bat, mentioned by Godman 

 (Ann. Nat. Hist. I. 71,) has its ears larger than they are wide, and near- 

 ly as long as the head ; they are half-clad, bulging at their anterior margin, 

 and extending below the eyes ; the tragus is long and awl-shaped. The 

 hairs above are black at the root, and ash-coloured at the point ; the in- 

 terfemoral is clad at its base ; some scattered hairs are found in the other 

 part, and along its margins. The fur below is yellowish, the base black- 

 ish ; the feet are long ; the point of the tail free. The length nearly 3". 



17. V. Grtphus This is one of the Bats which has been recently 



noticed, as already hinted, by M. F. Cuvier, and which was received from 

 the neighbourhood of New York. It has the head of the Murinoides, 

 and has two false molars on each side of each jaw ; the ear is scooped 

 out, and the tragus knife-shaped. All the upper parts of the body are i 

 yellowish-white, the under grey ; all the hairs, however, being black at the 

 root. The naked parts of the body are violet-coloured ; there are : 

 mystachial bristles on the upper lip and chin. The total length is 2" i 

 11'", the expanse 7" 11"'. 



18. V. Salarii M. Milbert sent this species also from the neighbour- 

 hood of New York to Paris. According to M. F. Cuvier, its head re- 

 sembles that of the Murinoides. and it has two false molars on each side 

 of each jaw ; the ear is scooped out, and the operculum knife-shaped. 

 All the upper parts of the body are of a greyish marone-brown, and the 

 lower parts whitish-grey. Where the fur is brown, the hairs are darkish 

 near their root, and they are black where grey. The unclad parts are 

 brown, and there are moustachios and a slender beard. The total length 

 is 2" V", the expanse 7" T". 



19. V. Georgianus It was Major Leconte who sent this Bat from the 



State of Georgia to the Paris Museum. The head is like that of the 

 Murinoides, the ear scooped out, and the tragus awl-shaped. The upper 

 parts of the body are coloured with a mixture of black and yellowish- 

 white, the black prevailing, on account of the shortness of the white 

 points ; the lower parts are, from the same cause, grey ; there are mvs- 

 tacbial bristles on the upper lip and chin. The total length is 2" 8'", the 

 expanse 7", (French.) 



20. V. Subflavus. — The habitat of this Bat, according to Major 

 Leconte, is the same as the last, and the head and ears much resemble it. 

 The tragus is shaped like half a heart ; the superior parts of the body are 

 a light greyish-white, variegated with brown, the inferior are yellowish- 

 white; the hairs above being, at their root, black, then white, and brown 

 at the tip, and below, being first black, and then yellowish- white ; mys- 

 tachial bristles occur as in the last species. Total length 2" 9'", ex- 

 panse 7". 



21. V. Creeks — This Bat is also from Georgia. Its head is like that 

 of the Serotinoides ; it has no false molar above, and only one below ; the 

 ear is scooped ; the tragus knife-shaped. The upper parts of the body 

 are yellowish-brown, the under dull grey ; the hairs throughout being 

 black at the roots. Mystachial bristles are present, as in the preceding. 

 Total length 3" 6"', expanse 9". 



22. V. Crassus M. Lesueur transmitted this species from New York 



to Paris. Its head resembles the Murinoides ; there are two false molars 

 on each side of both jaws; the ear is obtuse; the tragus knife-shaped. 

 The upper parts of the body are of a greyish marone-brown, the lower 

 flaxen, the hairs being darker near the root than at the points. The same 

 mystachial bristles are present. The total length is 3" 8'", the expanse 

 8" 8'". 



M. Rafinesque very superficially indicates six other species, which he 

 describes in nearly the following terms. They all belong to the United 

 States :— 



23. V. Cyanopterds. — The White-winged Bat of Desmarest, (Mon. 



