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arm was \\ in. long, considerably more than in Vesperugo pipistrellus. 

 The species might have been founded on large individuals of V. ahra- 

 mus, but, as specimens of that form were recorded as being received at 

 the same time and referred to a distinct genus and species (Scotophilus 

 coromandelianus) , this is scarcely probable. It is far more likely that 

 Myotis berdmorei was a true Vespertilio, and it may have been V. mon- 

 tivagus of Dobson or some other ally of V. mystacinus. But for the fact 

 that the species was referred to Myotis^ a genus composed of forms witb 

 the foot only in part free from the wing membrane, I should be inclined 

 to suspect that M. herdmorei was identical with true Vespertilio adversus of 

 Horsfield (not of Temminck). The description and measurements agree 

 very well, and it is highly probable that this wide-ranging species occurs 

 in Burma. Moreover, as has just been shewn, there is every reason to 

 suspect that another form referred by Blyth to Myotis {M. theohaldi) be- 

 longs to Vespertilio of the same section as V. adversus. 



Vespertilio dobsoni. 



I trust that the types of this species will be carefully re-compared 

 with V. formosus. Judged from Anderson's description Cat. Mam. 

 Indian Museum, p 143, V. dohsoni may very possibly be merely a large 

 variety. The difference is not nearly so great as in the case of Scotophi- 

 lus kuMi (S. temmincki) and S. heathi, which are connected by inter- 

 mediate forms. 



Kerivoula hardwickii. 



There is in the British Museum a specimen of this species obtained 

 by Mr. Theobald in the Punjab, and another from Ceylon. 



Kerivoula papillosa. 



This bat was included by Jerdon amongst the mammals of India, 

 but Dobson gives only Java as a locality. A specimen was sent from 

 Calcutta by Mr. Pearson and is now in the British Museum. Tomes has 

 also recorded a specimen from Ceylon. Neither locality is thoroughly 

 authenticated, but for the present the species may, I think, be retained 

 in the Indian list. 



MiNIOPTERIS SCHREIBERSI. 



Dobson has shewn that Vespertilio fuliginosa of Hodgson is this 

 species, consequently Scotophilus fuliginosus, Jerdon, Mammals, p. 36, 

 should be the same, and Jerdon professes to copy Hodgson's description. 

 But the characters given are very different and must apply to some other 

 bat. 



