6. VESPERTJQO. 223 



is given as 0"7 inch. As the type appears to have been lost, it 

 is now impossible to recognise Kelaart's species with certainty. 



a. J imm., al. Mangalore. G. E. Dobson, M.B. [E.]. 



b. ad. sk. Madras. Sir Walter Elliot [P.]. 



31. Vesperugo brachypterus. 



Vespertilio brachypterus, Temminck, Monogi-. Mammal, ii. p. 215, 



pi. 53. figs. 5, 6 ; Wagner, Stippl. Schreb. Sdugeth. v. p. 744. 

 Vesperugo brachypterus, JDobson, Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 92 (1877). 



Head fiat ; muzzle broad, obtuse ; glandular prominences smooth, 

 rounded, naked ; ears triangular, rounded off evenly above, the 

 outer margin straight, the distance between the bases of the inner 

 and the outer margins less than the distance between the base of 

 the inner margin and the summit of the ear ; the tragus reaches its 

 greatest breadth opposite the base of its inner margin, thence nar- 

 rower upwards and inwards, obtusely pointed and inclined inwards. 



Wing-membrane from the ankle or tarsus ; extremity of the tail 

 scarcely projecting. 



Fur short, on the upper surface scarcely extending to the mem- 

 branes ; beneath, covering the wing-membrane thinly as far as a 

 line drawn from the elbow to the distal third of the femur. Above, 

 dark brown ; beneath, reddish brown with a yellowish tinge. 



Inner upper incisors long, with a second cusp placed posteriorly 

 and externally ; outer incisor on each side not equal in length to 

 the outer cusp of the inner incisor, and in transverse section in the 

 middle not equal to one third the inner incisor ; lower incisors next 

 canines larger than the others, middle incisors slightly overlapped by 

 the outer edges of the inner incisors ; first lower premolar slightly 

 longer, and in transverse diameter nearly double the second, also 

 nearly equal to the lower canine in vertical extent ; ^cond upper 

 premolar separated from the canine by a rather wicte spfice, through 

 which the small internal first premolar is distinctly visible. 



Length, head and body 2"-l, tail l"-2, head 0"-7',*'ea.ECf'-55, base 

 of the inner margin to summit of ear-conch 0"'33, tragus 0"-2, fore- 

 arm l"-5,, thumb 0"-3, tibia 0"-55, foot 0"-4. 



The above measurements have been taken from a specimen in the 

 Berlin Museum, which does not appear quite adult ; the measure- 

 ments of the short wings have therefore been omitted. 



Hah. Java, Sumatra, Banca. 



32. Vesperugo pipistrellus, 



Vespertilio pipistrellus, Schreb, Sdugeth. i. p. 167, pi. 54 (1775) ; 



Erxleb. Syst. JRegne Anitn. p. 148 (1777) ; Gmel. Linn. Syst. 



Natur. p. 48 (1788); Geoffroy, Beseript. de VEgypte, ii. p. 116 



(1812) ; KuU, Wetter. Ann. iv. p. 53 (1817 ); Destnarest, Mammal. 



p. 139 (1820) ; Jenyns, Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 163 ; Bell's Brit. 



Quadr. p. 31 (1837) ; Bmtap. Favm. ltd. ; Temminck, Monogr. 



ildTamm. li. p. 194, pi. 48 (1840). 

 Vespertilio pygmagus, Leach, Zool. Journ. i. p. 560 (1825) ; Bell, 



British Quadrupeds, p. 31 (with a woodcut) (1837). 



