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VESPERTILIONID^. 



19. Vesperugo atratus. 



Nycticejus atratus, Blyth, Cat. Mammal. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. no. 96 ; 



Jerdon, Mamm. of India, p. 38 (1867). 

 VesperuB atratus, Dobson, Froc. As. Soc. Beng. Sept. 1871, p. 212 ; 



Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 107, figs, a, h (1876). 



The head is broad and slightly elevated above the face ; muzzle 

 obtuse ; glandular prominences largely developed, causing a heart- 

 shaped depression above, behind the nostrils. Ears large, oval, 

 with rounded tips, which, in the natural position of the ears, appear 

 acute, owing to a longitudinal folding of the outer side of the conch 

 on the inner, commencing at and almost bisecting the tip, as in the 

 species of Kerivoula ; inner margin convex ; outer slightly hollowed 

 beneath the tip, succeeded by a triangular emargination opposite 

 the base of the tragus, and terminating in a rounded lobe, the 

 summit of which is marked by a small triangular notch ; tragus 

 with a small rounded lobe at the outer side of its base, expanded 

 above, convex externally and above, inner margin slightly concave. 



Wings from the base of the toes ; last rudimentary caudal ver- 

 tebra free. 



Tur rather long and dense, and (so far as can be determined from 

 an examination of specimens in alcohol) intensely black throughout. 



Liner upper incisors very long and slightly bifid at the extremity ; 

 outer incisors minute, scarcely raised above the level of the gum, 

 and close to the base of the inner incisors. 



Length (of an adult J preserved in alcohol), head and body 1"'9, 

 tail l"-8, head 0"-6, ear 0"-6, tragus 0"-23, forearm l"-7, third 

 finger 2"-9, fifth finger 2", thumb 0"-2, tibia 0"-6, calcaneum 0"-5, 

 foot 0"-3. 



Hah. Himalajra (Darjiling). Type in the collection of the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta. 



20. Vesperugo pachyotis. 



Vesperugo (Vesperus) pachj^otis, Dohson, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1871, 

 p. 213; Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 104, figs, a-c (head and teeth) 

 (1876). 



Head flat ; muzzle very broad and short, glandular prominences 

 much developed ; immediately behind them a furrow extends from 

 the anterior corner of one eye to that of the other, beyond which the 

 fur of the head does not pass. Ears triangular above, with rounded 

 tips ; outer side straight, without emargination ; lower portion of 

 the ear (from below the level of the tip of the tragus to the termi- 

 nation of the outer margin near the angle of the mouth) very thick 

 and fleshy ; tragus short, expanded above and curved inwards. 



Wing-membrane from the base of the toes. Eur, above, dark 

 brown throughout ; beneath, a lighter shade of brown. 



Teeth very small ; inner incisors bifid at their extremities, much 

 larger and longer than the outer ones. 



Length (of an adult ^ preserved in alcohol), head and body 2"-2, 

 tail 1"- 6, head 0"-7, ear 0"-55x0"-4, tragus 0"-18x0"-], forearm 



