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Table showing comparative measurements of Vesperugo leisleri, 

 V. noctula, and V. laswpterus. 



25. Vesperugo stenopterus. 



Vesperugo stenopterus, Bohson, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 470 ; Monogr. Asiat. 

 Chiropt. p. 91 (1876). 



Crown of the head very slightly elevated, almost level with the 

 face-line ; muzzle broad and flat ; labial glandular prominences 

 largely developed, the upper lip symmetrically thickened. Ears 

 short, triangular ; the distance between the base of the inner margin 

 and the termination of the outer margin near the angle of the mouth, 

 directly in a line below the eye, is equal to the distance from the 

 base of the inner margin to the summit of the ear ; integument form- 

 ing the conch very thick, especially the lower half of the outer side ; 

 tragus short, broad above, narrow opposite the base of the inner 

 margin, with a triangular lobe at the base of the outer margin. 



Thumb rather long ; feet wholly free from the wing-membrane, 

 which is attached to the tibia a short distance above the ankle ; 

 postcalcaneal lobe small ; termination of calcaneum indistinct ; tip 

 of tail free (Plate XIII. fig. 1). 



Fur very short, dark brown throughout ; integument and mem- 

 branes dark brown or black. 



The muzzle in front of the eyes, both above and beneath, is almos 

 naked; the ear-conch has some short hairs upon the upper portiort 

 On the dorsal surface the base of the interfemoral alone is coveredj 

 and the fur of the body extends upon the interfemoral membrane 

 along the sides of the body only ; beneath, the antebrachial mem- 

 brane has a few hairs : the wing-membrane is covered as far as a 

 line drawn from the elbow to the knee-joint, and a band of short 

 hairs passes outwards to the carpus posterior to the forearm ; the 

 legs and feet appear quite naked. 



