44 VESPEETIHONIN^. 



This bat, said to inhabit Java and Svunatra, has been sent to England 

 both from Calcutta and Ceylon. 



Vesp. tenuis and V. Hardwichii, both from Java and Smnatra, are con- 

 sidered by Tomes to belong to this group. 



Gen. Vespertilio L. (as restricted.) 



Char. — Feet more or less free from the membrane, the wings in some 

 attached only as far as the ankles ; face short, hairy ; forehead somewhat 

 convex ; ears moderate ; interfemoral membrane with only a few scattered 



hairs ; molars usually - — -;. 



There are two groups indicated by Tomes, even in this limited generic 

 division ; the first typified by F. mystacinus, the other by V. tralatitius. 



Group like Y. mystacinus. 



56. Vespertilio caliginosus. 



Tombs, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1860. p. 60. 



The Mustachobd Bat. 



Descr. — Muzzle pointed, short ; two tufts of hair projecting laterally 

 like whiskers from the upper lip ; ear moderate, with a distinct roimd 

 lobe at the base, narrow at the tip ; tragus not quite half the length of 

 the ear, with an angular lobe at its base, barely bent outwards, not very 

 acute ; feet small ; wing membrane attached to the base of the outer toe ; 

 fur long, soft, rather silky ; above, the hairs black at the base, yellowish 

 chesnut at tip ; beneath, dead black at base, with a grayish-brown tip. 



Length, head and body, 1^ inch ; tail 1 ; forearm 1^ ; tibia \ ; ex- 

 panse 8|-. 



This bat was brought from some part of India by Captain Boys. 



57. Vespertilio siligorensis. 



Hodgson apud Hohsfield, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1855. 102, 



The Teeai Bat. 



Descr.-— Muzzle pointed, with a moustache on the upper lip ; ears oval, 

 slightly emarginate, and somewhat pointed ; tragus elongate, acute ; 

 wing membrane attached to the base of the toes ; fur above uniform dark 

 brown, paler below. 



