220 A'ESPEllTILIONID^. 



28. Vesperugo affinis, 



Pipistrellus aiBnis, Dobson, I'rvc. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1871, p. 213. 

 Vesperugo affinis, Dobson, Munogr. Asiat. Chiropt, p. 102, figs, a, b 

 (1876). 



Head flat ; glands of the upper lip so developed as to cause a deep 

 depression between them on the face behind the nostrils. Measured 

 from behind, the ears are as broad as long; their inner margins are 

 convex, and the tips broadly rounded ; the outer margin of the ear 

 extends from the tip to its termination near the angle of the mouth 

 without emargination, and without forming a lobe of any kind ; from 

 the angle of the mouth it is separated by a small wart covered with 

 long hairs. The tragus is of the shape so common in the species of 

 this subgenus ; its inner margin is straight, its outer convex upwards ; 

 and at its base the usual small triangular lobe is placed. The 

 nostrils open sublaterally ; and in the centre of the slightly emargi- 

 nate space between them a narrow ridge passes down to the upper 

 Up, as in the greater number of species of the section of the genus 

 to which this belongs. 



The wing-membrane is attached to the base of the outer toe, whioh 

 is shorter than the others. The tail is long, of nine vertebrEe, the 

 last free. The feet are small, the toes slender and almost naked. 



Above, the fur of the head extends upon the face, above the eyes, 

 as far as the glandular prominences of the upper lip ; the remaining 

 parts of the face are almost naked ; anteriorly the ear-conch has a 

 few fine scattered hairs ; posteriorly about half the posterior surface 

 from the base upwards is densely covered. The distribution of the 

 fur upon the wing-membranes is very limited on the upper surface, 

 being couiined to a narrow space along the sides of the body ; 

 beneath, its extent is greater, and a few tine greyish hairs are ranged 

 along parallel lines nearly as far outwards as a line joining the elbow- 

 and knee-joints. The fur of the body does not extend upon the in- 

 terfemoral membrane, which has but a few almost invisible hairs 

 scattered over the anterior half of the upper surface, and is covered 

 beneath by very fine short greyish hairs, arising from the dots on the 

 transverse dotted lines. 



On the upper surface chocolate-brown, lighter on the head and 

 neck ; beneath, dark brown, with light brown or ashy tips ; on the 

 pubes and along the thighs dirty white or very pale buff. 



Incisors nearly equal in vertical extent ; outer incisors acutely 

 pointed ; first upper premolar minute, acutely pointed, placed inside 

 the line of teeth and not distinguishable from without. 



The single specimen, an adult female presei-ved in spirit, from 

 which the above description is taken was obtained by Dr. Anderson 

 at an elevation of about 4500 feet, at Bhamo, Yunan. 



Length, head and body l"-9, tail l"-65, head 0"-75, ear 0"-6, 

 tragus 0"-25, forearm l"-55, thumb 0"-25, third finger 2"-8, fifth 

 finger 2", tibia 0"-6, foot 0"-3. 



Ifab. Bhamo, Tuuan. 



This species is closely allied to V. maurtis, which it resembles in 



