34 SCOTOPHTLIN^. 



breviated and blunt than those of the next group. They are the most 

 numerous and diffused of all Indian bats. 



Gen. SooToPHiLUs, Leach. 



4 4 5 5 



Char. — Upper incisors usually 4; molars - — ■= or - — ^ ; mem- 



branes attached to the foot close to the base of the toes ; ears small, 

 OToid, rounded at the tip ; tragus short, rounded. 



35. ScotopMlus serotinus. 



Vespertilio apud Soheebee. — V. noctula, Geoffroy, Ann. Mus. VIII. 

 t. 17 and 18.— Blyth, Cat. 100. 



The Silky Bat. 



Descr. — Ears distant, ovately triangular, much shorter than the head ; 



tragus short, semicordate ; muzzle somewhat denuded ; fur deep bay or 



chesnut-brown above, somewhat falyous-gray beneath ; hairs of the back 



4 — 4 

 long and sUky. Molars, r — ^ . 



Length, head and body, 2^ to 2| inches; extent 13; tail 2; fore- 

 arm nearly 2 ; ears fths. 



This European bat has been killed in the Himalayas. Hutton tells me 

 that he procured it on the Tyne range beyond Mussoorie — rare. 



36. ScotopMlus leisleri. 



Vespertilio apud Ktjhl. — F. dasycarpus, Leislee. — Blyth, Cat. 102. 



The Hairy-aemed Bat. 



Descr. — Ears short, oval, triangular ; tragus short, rounded at the tip ; 

 membrane attached to the base of the outer toe ; all toes short ; mem- 

 brane over the arm very hairy ; some cross lines of hairs on the interfe- 



4 4 



moral membrane ; molars, ■= — r in adults ; fur long, deep fuscous-brown 



— 



at base,' chesnut at the tip ; beneath, grayish-brown. 



Length, head and body, 2^ inches; tail 1|; extent 11^; forearm IJ. 

 This bat is said by Hutton to be common in valleys of the Tyne range. 



37. Scotophilus pachyomus. 



Tomes, P. Z. S. 1857. 50. 



The Thick-muzzled Bat. 

 i?«scr.— Muzzle rounded, obtuse ; ears ovoid ; tragus short, of nearly 



