TESPHETILIO BLTTHII. 45 



Forearm 1-^; tibia T|tts. 

 From Siligoree in the Sikim Terai. 



58. Vespertilio darjelingensis. 



Hodgson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1855. 



The DARJEELura Bat. 



Descr. — Very like the last, differs in the ears being more emarginate 

 with a distinct lobe at their base; tibia somewhat shorter; upper fur 

 darker color, tipped with chesnut, and glossed. 



Tomes notices that this bat is exceedingly like V. mystadnus of Europe. 



The next group has received from Gray the name of Tralatitius. It 

 has the feet wholly disengaged from the wing membranes. 



69. Vespertilio Blythii. 



Tomes, P. Z. S. 1857. 53. 



Blyth's Bat. 



Descr. — Ears ovoid, somewhat pointed, the ends sloping outwards; 

 tragus narrow, tapering to a sub-acute point ; crown moderately elevated ; 

 feet large, wholly disengaged ; tip of the tail free ; membrane naked ; fur 

 long ; above, dark brown at the root, the tip cinnamon-brown, brightest 

 on the rump ; beneath, dark at the base, the terminal half brownish-white. 



Length, head and body, 2\ inches; tail 1|; expanse 15; forearm 

 2^;tibia,iitbs. 



This bat was found by Captain Boys at Nusseerabad in Kajpootana. 



60. Vespertilio adversus. 



HoRSFiELD, Zool. Ees. — Blyth, Cat, 110. 



The Malayan Bat. 



Descr. — Ears straight, obtuse, curved backwards, with a small lobe 

 at their base ; tragus straight, linear, blunt, half the length of the ear ; 

 fur soft, silky, grayish-brown above, light-grayish beneath. Length, 

 3;J inches, of which the tail is 1^ ; expanse 10^. 



This Malayan species of bat has been taken at Calcutta. It is also 

 found in Ceylon and Burmah. 



