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and Description of New Genera and Species. 497 



30. MiNioPTERUs, Bonap. J 837- Head subglobose ; forehead 

 convex ; face short ; ears small, thick, rounded ; tragus lunate ; 

 eyes partly hid ; feet long ; tail very long ; interfemoral membrane 

 very large, folded on each side 



Miniopterus Ursinii, Ch. Bonap. Fauna Ital. Italy, and M. Sci- 

 boldii, Japan. Museum, Leyden. 



31. ScoTOPHiLus, Leach. Nycticejus, Rajin ? Horsf. Pi- 

 pistrellus, ^owa/>. V. Pachyote, G/o^er. Head oblong; forehead 

 flat ; face swollen on the sides, naked in front ; wings and ears thick, 

 rather coriaceous ; body covered with short fine adpressed thick-set 

 hairs; cutting teeth ^-2^ when young i^i ; when adult ; skull flat 

 above; forehead shelving; eyes small, hid in the fur. 



The genus Nycticejus. Rajinesque, from an old specimen, as Sco- 

 tophilus, Leach, is from a young specimen of this genus ; Nyctalus, 

 Bowdick, is only a species with ticks in its ears, and interfemoral 

 membrane nearly bald. 



Common bat. Penn. Scotophilus murinus. Gray. Vespertilio 

 Pipistrellus, Schreb. V. murinus, lAnn. Junior, Vesp, pygmaeus. 

 Leach. Zool. Journal, iii. Inhabits Europe, Colour variable. 

 Leach's specimen of F. pygmmis is so young that the bones of the 

 skull are neither united nor hardened, and the epiphyses are visible 

 in all the joints. 



Serotine Scotophile, Scotophilus serotinus. Gray. Vesp. Seroti- 

 nus, Schreb. V. noctula, Geoff. Ann. Mus. viii. t. 47, 48 head. 

 Le Serotine, Daubenton, Acad. Par. 1759, t. 2, f. 2. Buffon, UN. 

 viii. t. 18, f. 2. cop. Schreb. t. 53, and Encycl. Meth. t. 23, f. 4. 

 Serotine bat, Penni. Inhabits Europe. 



Scotophilus Noctula, Gray* Vesp. Noctula, Schreb. t. 52. Fr. 

 Cuv. Mam. Lith. — var. Sumatrana, Fr. Cuv. Inhabits Europe. 

 Brit. Mus. 



Scotophilus Kuhlii, Gray. Vesp. Kuhlii, Natterer. Kuhl. 1. c. 

 Inhabits Europe. 



Scotophilus Leisleri, Gray. Vesp. Leisleri, Kuhl. V. dasycar- 

 pos, Leisl. MSS. Inhabits Europe. 



Scotophilus discolor. Gray. Vesp. discolor, Kuhl. Wett. Annal. 

 iv. t. 25, f. 2. Inhabits Europe (Bucharia.) 



Scotophilus Schreibersii, Gray. Vesp. Schreibersii, Kuhl. In- 

 habits Europe. 



Scotophilus Leachii, Gray, Scotophilus. Kuhlii, Leach, Linn. 

 Trans, xiii. 72. (Young) male chesnut, female brown. Inhabits 



? British Museum. 



Scotophilus Temminckii, Gray. Vesp. Temminckii, Horsf. 



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