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G. E. Dobson — On a new species of Vespertilio. 



A dried specimen in the Indian Museum, labelled V. murinus, belongs 

 also to this species. It is said in Blyth's Catalogue to have been sent from 

 Masuri by Captain Hutton. The measurements of both specimens compar- 

 ed with those of V. murinus, L. from Europe are as follows : — 





V. murinoides. 



V. murimcs. 



Length, head and body, . 



6 



2.7 

 2-1 

 0.95 

 0.8 



2''2 



si 75 



2.8 

 0.9 

 0.9 

 0.5 



? 

 2.5 

 2.1 

 0.9 

 0.85 

 0.58 

 0.4 

 0.1 

 2.1 

 0.4 

 3.4 

 2.8 

 0.9 

 0.9 

 0.5 



6 

 2.7 

 1.9 

 1.05 

 1.0 

 0.75 

 0.1 

 0.12 

 2.25 

 0.5 

 3.3 

 2.65 

 0.95 

 0.7 

 0.5 



? 

 3.0 



„ tail, 



2.3 





1.1 



„ ear, (anteriorly), 



1.0 



Breadth, ditto, 



0.75 



Length, tragus, 



0.5 



Breadth, ditto. 



12 



Length, forearm, 



2.5 



„ thumb, 



5 



„ second finger 



4.3 



„ fourth ditto, .. ; 



3 3 



tibia, 



1.05 



„ calcaneum, 



0.9 



„ foot and claws. 



0.6 







The measurements given in the third column are those of a not fully 

 grown specimen of V. murinus. 



^applanation of Plate XIV, 



1. Ear of Pteropus medius. 



2. „ „ nicobaricus. 



3. „ „ edulis. 



4. „ Cynopterus marginatus. 



5. „ „ „ var. andamanensis. 



6. „ „ sherzeri. 



7. „ „ brachysoma. 



8. „ Cynonycteris amplexicaudata. 



9. „ 5, minor. 



10. „ Eonycteris spelsea. 



11. „ Macroglossus minimus. 



12. „ Vespertilio murinoides. 



13. „ „ murinus. 



14. „ Murina cyclotis. 



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