1872.] Gr. E. Dobson — N'otes on some N. W. Himalayan JBats. 209 



One of the most generally distributed species of bats in India. It ex- 

 tends from the foot of the Himalaya to the Western Grhats, and from the 

 Panjab to Ceylon. Hitherto, as far as I can ascertain, it has not been found 

 beyond the limits of India. 



There is now not the least doubt as to the identity of M. specti^um^ 

 Wagner, and M. scTiistacea, Hodgs. with this species. 



The specimen here referred to was taken at Sujanpur Jira in the Kan- 

 gra District, at an elevation of about 900 feet. 



3. Vespertilio macropus, n. sp. 



Head long, and very slightly elevated ; muzzle narrow and pointed, 

 with projecting nostrils opening sublaterally with an intervening emargina- 

 tion. The shape of the head and muzzle is similar to that of V. (Kerivould) 

 HardwicJcii. Ears narrow, tapering, with rounded off tips ; immediately 

 beneath the tip about half the outer margin is hollowed out, the remaining 

 lower half convex. Tragus very long and slender, slightly tapering towards 

 the tip which is rounded off. 



Wings from the ankles. Feet very large, about one-fourth the length 

 of the head and body : toes more than half the length of the whole foot, 

 claws remarkably long and strong : the outer toe* is considerably shorter 

 than the others, and has a somewhat larger claw. 



Dentition.— hi. t±^ n iz^.r^m— -m — 



The first and second upper premolars are very small, and not distin- 

 guishable without the aid of a lens. 



This species is closely allied to V. macrodactylus^ Temminck, from Ja- 

 pan, from which it is distinguished by measurement, and by the shape of the 

 ears. 



With Y. dasycneme, V. macrodactylus, and V. Hasseltii, it forms a sec- 

 tion of the genus Vespertilio distinguished by the remarkably large size of 

 the feet which are quite free from the wing-membrane, and by the very small 

 first and second premolars of the upper jaw. 



Length, head and body 1'7 inches ; tail 1'5 ; ear, 0*6 ; tragus 0'3 ; fore- 

 arm 1-45 ; thumb O'B ; 2nd finger 2*3 ; 4th finger 1*8 ; tibia 0*6 ; foot and 

 claws (not measured along the convexity) 0*4. 



The specimens from which the above description was taken were obtain- 

 ed by Captain Murray in the caves of Bhima Devi, in Kashmir, at an 

 elevation of about 6000 feet. 



The following description of a new species of Murina has been founded 

 on some specimens of a bat, preserved in spirits, in the Indian Museum, of 



* Corresponding, as Mr. Tomes has already remarked, to the inner toe in all 

 other mammals, but external in bats owing to the rotation outwards of the whole 

 posterior extremity by the wing-membrane. 



