496 A Revision of the Genera of Bats, 



ducedj nearly covered with hair ; wings and ears thin, membrana- 

 ceous ; body covered with woolly hairs ; tail long, the whole length 

 of the interfemoral membrane, cutting-teeth '^' ; skull globular; 

 jaws produced, narrow ; eyes large, exposed. 



■f Thumb moderate ; ears short. 



Vesp. mystacinus, Lci&l. (Kuhl. 1. c.) Europe. British Museum. 



Vesp. Nattereri, Kuhl. Wetter. Ann. iv. t. 2, 3, (head.) Inhabits 

 Europe, (London.) British Museum. 



Vesp. Daubentonii, Kiihl. Wetter. Ann. iv. t. 25, f. 1, head. 

 Inhabits Europe. British Museum. 



Hardwicke's bat, Vespertilio Hardwickii, Horsf. Inhabits Java. 

 British Museum. East India Company. 



Painted bat, Vespertilio pictus, Pallas. V. kerivoula, Bodd. 

 Inhabits Java (and Ceylon.) British Museum. East India Company. 



See also 1. V. fuliginosa, Hodgs. 2. V. capaccini, Bonap. 3. 

 V. emarginatus, Brong, 



* * Thumb moderate ; ears large. 



Large eared bat, Vespertilio myotis, Bechsi. — Vesp. murinus, 

 Geoff. Ann. Mus. viii. t. 47 and 48, (not Linn.) Daubenton, Mem. 

 Acad. 1759, t. 1, f. 1. Bvffon, H.N. viii. t. 16, cop. Encycl. Meth. 

 t. 38, f, 2. Jun. Vesp. murinus, Bechsi. var. Vesp. submurinus, 

 Brehn. Inhabits S. of Europe, (" not found in Sweden," Nilsson.) 

 * * * Thumb verij long. 



Vesp. Bechsteinii, Leisl. Kuhl Wetter, Ann. iv. t. 22, f. In- 

 habits Europe. 



* * * * Thumb moderate, enti of tail rather produced. 



Vesp. Capensis, Smith, Zool. Journ. iv. Inhabits Cape of Good 

 Hope. M. Jourdan. 



28, FuRiA, Ft. Cuv. Furipterus, Bonap, — Head round ; fore- 

 head compressed, convex ; face small, broad, produced, nearly cover- 

 ed with hair ; wings and ears thin membranaceous ; tail bony for 

 half its length, cartilaginous at tip, cutting teeth -|, upper acute. 



Furia horrens, Fr. Cuv. Mem. Mus. xvi. t. 9. Vesp. Furia, 

 Fischer. Inhabits S. America. Does not the peculiarity of the tail 

 arise from the bones having been partly withdrawn when the animal 

 was skinned } 



29. Natalus, Grai/. Head small ; face depressed ; nostrils apical, 

 ovate, separated by a central ridge ; lower lip callous, grooved ; hind 

 legs and tail very long ; the heel-bone extending the whole length of 

 the interfemoral membrane. 



Natalus stramineus. Vesp. longicaudatus, Grai/, MSS. Fur 

 pale yellow-brown ; paler beneath. Inhabits — ? British Museum. 



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