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our valley. These three bats extend all along the Himalayas, in the low 

 and hot portions adjoining the plains ; and they only penetrate into the 

 hills for considerable distances, in suitable localities, up low-lying river 

 valleys. 



Of the 15 or 16 species of Chiroptera properly belonging to the 

 Nepal Valley, only one (Vespertilio nipalensis) is, so far as known, pecu- 

 liar to this small part of the Himalayas. Another species (Bhinolophus 

 macrotis) is only known to occur in Nepal and at Masuri further west 

 in the Himalayas. All the rest have a more or less wide range in the 

 Himalayas, both east and west of Nepal. 



A few words remain to be said about certain species which have 

 been hitherto wrongly attributed to Nepal by various authors. The 

 number amounts to six or seven, and these I will now briefly notice. 



1. As already shown, Gynopte>'us marginatus has been included in 

 the Nepal list by many writers owing to a misidentification of Fteropus 

 pyrivorus, Hodgs. 



2. Megaderma lyra is said to be represented by specimens in the 

 British Museum from Nepal, in Dr. Dobson's ' Catalogue of Chiroptera ' 

 (p. 157). This is erroneous, as the specimens referred to were pre- 

 sented by Mr. Hodgson, and he first obtained the species in the Siligori 

 Bungalow, Sikkim Tarai, in 1847, long after he had permanently left 

 Nepal. 



3. Synotus darjilingensis is given by Dr. Horsfield (P. Z. S. 1856, 

 p. 395) as from Nepal, under the names of Barhastellus communis and 

 Plecotus darjilingensis, Hodgs. This is clearly wrong, as the title given 

 by Hodgson sufficiently shows. 



4. Plecotus auritus is indicated by Dr. Dobson (Cat. Chir. Brit. 

 Mus. p. 179) as from Nepal, on the evidence of the type specimen of 

 Plecotus lioinochrous, Hodgson. That type, however, was obtained by 

 Hodgson in Darjiling (Gray, Cat. Hodgson's Coll. 1863, p. 2), and he 

 never got the species in Nepal. 



5. Dr. Horsfield states (P. Z. S. 1856, p. 394) that Murina suillus 

 ^__ Sarpy iocephal us harpia) was obtained by Hodgson in Nepal. This 

 is not so : the species was called Noctulinia lasyura by Hodgson, 

 and was obtained by him in Darjiling (Gray, Cat. Hodgson's Coll. 1863, 



p. 3). 



6. Vespertilio mystacinus has been stated by more than one writer 

 to have been procured by Hodgson in Nepal. This is a mistake : he 

 first obtained the species in the Siligori Tarai, and named it V. siligo- 

 rensis. Vespertilio darjilingensis is also attributed by Horsfield (loc. 

 cit.) to Nepal ; it is probably the same as F. mystacinus, and if 

 Hodo-son p-ot it in Nepal he must have named it on the model of lucus 

 a non lucouh. 



