202 VESrERTIllONlD^. 



beneath black, the terminal one fifth of the hair white or pale ash- 

 colour, so that the under surface has a greyish appearance. 



Inner incisors long and bifid, both cUsps nearly equal ; outer 

 incisors short, placed in a plane slightly anterior, their unicuspidate 

 extremities directed inwards, so as to lie against the outer side of 

 the inner incisors ; lower incisors crowded and trifid ; first lower 

 premolar about half the vertical extent of the second premolar ; the 

 single upper premolar very close to the canine. 



Length (of a $ with foetus in utero), head and body 1""5, tail 

 l"-35, ear 0"-48, tragus 0"-2, forearm l"-2, thumb 0"-2, third finger 

 2", fifth finger l"-5, tibia 0"-45, foot 0"-22. 



Hab. Australia and Tasmania. In Australia from Cape York to 

 the Murray River and West Australia, probably generally distributed. 



a. tj ad., al. Cape York, N. Australia. 



b. ad. sk. (type). Australia. (Figured in 'Voy. Erebus and Terror.') 



c. J ad., al. Australia. Purchased, 



d. cj ad., al. Australia. 



e,f. ad. sks. Yarrundi, Australia. 



ff. ad. sk. Perth, W. Australia. Mr. Goidd [C.]. 



h. ad. sk. West Australia. Mr. Gould [C.]. 



j-w. cJ & 5 ad., al. King George's Sound. Dr. Richardson [P.]. 



o,p. 2 ad., al. Murray River. 



q-s. cJ&$,ad., al. Tasmania. R. Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 



t. ad. sk. Tasmania. R. Gunn, Esq. fP.]. 



15. Vesperugo grandidieri. 



Vesperugo (Vesperus) gi'andidieri, Dobson, Ann. 8f Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1876, xviii. p. 600. 



Head, ears, and tragus very similar to those of Vespei'uyu ahramus, 

 Temm. Ears short, rounded off above ; outer margin of the ear- 

 conch straight or faintly concave in upper two thirds, emarginate 

 opposite the base of the tragus, terminating in a small roimded lobe 

 midway between the base of the tragus and the angle of the mouth : 

 crown of the head scarcely elevated above the face-line ; nasal 

 apertures separated widely, opening forwards, their margins not 

 projecting. 



Wing-membrane from the base of the toes ; postcalcaneal lobe 

 very shallow ; half the last caudal vertebra free. 



Fur short on both surfaces, scarcely extending upon the mem- 

 branes ; reddish brown above, paler beneath. 



Upper inner incisors bicuspidate, the shorter outer cusp nearly 

 equalled in vertical extent by the unicuspidate outer incisor ; lower 

 incisors trifid, not crowded ; the single upper premolar close to the 

 canine. 



Length, head and body l"-75, tail l"-4, ear 0"-5, tragus 0"-22 x 

 0"-08, forearm l"-25, thumb 0"-28 ; third finger— metacarp. l"-2, 

 1st ph. 0"-45, 2nd ph. 0"-55 ; fifth finger— metacarp. 1"-1, 1st ph. 

 0"-28, 2nd ph. 0"-2 ; tibia 0"-5, foot 0"-3. 



Hah. Zanzibar. 



Type in the collection of tlie Paris Museum. 



