SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Vespertilio Timoriensis, Geoff. Ann. Mus. t viii. 

 Icon. Geoff. Ann. Mus. pi. 47. 

 Inhabits the Island of Timor. 



285. 5. P. Velatus (Veiled-eared Bat.) Chestnut above ; 

 grayish-brown beneath ; tail as long as the body, entirely 

 involved; ears long, with two longitudinal plaits, hanging 

 over the face; auricule, elongate, naked ; face, partly naked ; 

 expanse of wings thirteen inches and a half. 



Plecotus VelatuSj Isid. Geoff. Ann. Sci. Nat. iii. 446. 



Icon. 



Inhabits 



M. Rafinesque has proposed three more sub-genera of 

 Bats ; but the French naturalists, not having examined the 

 species, do not as yet admit them. His sub-genera are 

 named: 1. Atalapha, without incisive teeth *, including 

 the V. NovABORAscENsis of Gm. and Pennant, and a se- 

 cond species he names A. Sicilienne. 



His second sub-genera, Hypexodon, has no incisors in 

 the upper jaw, and six in the lower. It includes but one 

 species, the Mustache Hypexanthus. 



His third subgenus, Nycticeius, has two incisors above, 

 separated by a great interval, and six below. It includes 

 the Black Shoulder Bat, and the netted Bat. 



Rafinesque also describes the Blue Wing Bat, the Black 

 Back Bat, the Sparred Bat, the Monk Bat, the Black-faced 

 Bat, and the Big-eared Bat, but without placing them de- 

 cidedly in either subdivision of the genus •]-. 



* It is known that these teeth occasionally fall out in the Vespertilionidse, 

 which renders this character more doubtful. 



t We cannot conclude this long' list of species of the Vespertilionidse 

 without, in a more particular manner, reminding the reader that we by no 

 means vouch for the propriety of the specific distinctness of each. This, 

 in most cases, must be left entirely to their original describers. 

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