230 VESPEETILIONIDiE. 



35. Vesperugo kuhlii. 



Vespertilio kuhlii, Natt. in Kuhl, Deutsch. Fledenn. Wetterau. Attn. 



iv. p. 68 (1817) ; Desmarest, Mammcdogie, p. 140 (1820) ; Temm. 



Monogr. Mammal, ii. p. 196 (1835-41). 

 Vespertilio margiuatus, Ruppell, Atlas, Voy. Egypt, p. 74 (1826) ; 



Temm. I. c. p. 201, pi. 52. 

 Vespertilio albolimbatus, Kiister, Isis, 1835, p. 75. 

 Romicia calcarata, Gray, Mag. Zool. 8f Bot. li. p. 495. 

 Vespertilio vispipistreDus, Bmiap. Faun. Hal. fasc. xx, 

 Vesperugo kuklii, Blasins, Fauna Deutschl. p. 63, figs. 41, 42 (1857) ; 



Bobson, Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 94, fig. a (1876). 

 Nycticejus canus, Blyth, Cat. Mammal. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p, 32 ; 



Jerdon, Mammals of India. 

 ScotopMlus lobatus, Jerdon, Mamm. of India, p. 85 (1867). 

 Vesperugo leucotis, Dobson, J. A. S. B. 1872, p. 212. 



Ears larger than iii V. abramus, triangular; base of the inner 

 margin very convex forwards, tip of the ear obtusely rounded off, 

 outer margin flatly emarginate above for more than one third its 

 length, eausmg the tip to project slightly, the lower two thirds 

 slightly convex, the edge reflected backwards, terminating at a • 

 short distance behind the angle of the mouth. Tragus larger than 

 in V. abramus, attaining its greatest breadth slightly below the 

 middle of the inner margin ; the triangular lobule above the base of 

 the outer margin is succeeded by a slight concavity, above which 

 the outer margin reaches its greatest convexity ; the inner margin 

 is straight, and the tip is obtusely rounded off from without in- 

 wards. 



Wings from the base of the toes; feet small; calcaneum very 

 long ; postcalcaneal lobe distinct, roiinded ; extreme tip of tail 

 free. The posterior edge of the interfemoral and wing-membranes 

 generally margined with white ; membranes and ears dark. 



On the upper surface the fur extends upon the wing-membrane 

 as far as a line drawn from the middle of the humierus to the knee- 

 joint ; posteriorly, about one third of the interfemoral membrane is 

 covered. Beneath, the wing-membrane is thinly covered nearly as 

 far as a line drawn from the elbow to the knee, and half the sur- 

 face of the interfemoral is clothed with short fine hairs arising from 

 the transverse dotted lines . 



Above, black for three fourths the length of the fur, the terminal 

 one fourth light yellowish brown or dun-colour ; beneath, black for 

 the same extent, the extremities ashy, becoming almost white on 

 the abdomen and pubes. (This is the colour of the fur in specimens 

 from Southern Europe.) 



In specimens from the sandy regions of Baluchistan and Northern 

 India (V. leucotis, Dobson), the ears, sides of face about the eyes, 

 interfemoral membrane, antebrachial membrane, ajid the wing- 

 membrane near the sides of the body are white, very translucent, 

 and the remaining part of the wing-membrane is traversed by very 

 distinct white reticulations. In them the glandular prominences 

 on the sides of the muzzle are greatly developed in a vertical direction 



