234 VESPEBTILIONIDiE. 



tively broader and more obtuse in front ; tragus also more expanded 

 and roimded off above, and the upper half of its inner margin is 

 distinctly concave. 



Posterior margin of the interfemoral membrane with a few ill- 

 defined papilla3. 



Fur, above, dark brown with paler extremities ; beneath, pale 

 j'ellowish white. Membranes as in the preceding species. 



Inner upper incisor long, with a second well-defined external 

 cusp partially distinct from the cingulum downwards ; outer incisor 

 very small, not distinguishable with the naked eye, close to the 

 outer and anterior side of the inner incisor ; lower incisors placed 

 at right angles to the direction of the jaws, slightly overlapping ; 

 first upper premolar very small, not visible from without. 



Length (of an adult $ preserved in alcohol), head and body l"-8, 

 tail 1"'3, head 0"'6, ear 0"-53, tragus 0"-2, forearm 1"-15, thumb 

 0"-23, third finger 2"-15, fifth finger l"-55, tibia 0"-4, foot 0"-23. 



Hah. N.E. Africa (Egypt, Abyssinia, Nubia). 



The above description has been taken from a weU-preserved 

 specimen in the collection of the Museum of the Army Medical De- 

 partment at Netley, which I have compared with the type of the 

 species. 



40. Vesperugo annectens, 



Pipistrellus annectens, Dohson, Pi-oc. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1871, p. 213. 

 Vesperugo annectens, Dobson, Monogr, Asiat. Chiropt, p. 116, figa. 

 a, h (1876). 



Head slightly elevated ; face hairy ; glandular prominences of 

 the upper lip small ; ears pointed, with rounded tips, outer margin 

 deeply hollowed out immediately below the tip, then convex, again 

 slightly concave opposite the base of the tragus, and terminating by 

 forming a small rounded lobe ; tragus long, subacutely pointed, inner 

 margin almost straight, outer slightly convex, with a small rounded 

 lobe at the base. 



Extreme tip of tail free ; no membranous lobe on posterior margin 

 of calcaneimi. 



Fur, so far as can be ascertained from the inspection of a specimen 

 in spirit, above dark brown with paler tips ; beneath brown, reddish 

 towards the tip. 



The fur of the head extends upon every part of the face, except 

 the nostrils, forming a thick fringe along the margin of the upper 

 lip ; the parts beneath the eyes and the glandular prominences are 

 not so densely covered as the remaining portions. 



On the wing-membrane the fur of the body extends, above and 

 beneath, nearly as far as a line drawn between the middle of the 

 humerus and the knee-joint ; the remaining portions of membrane 

 are quite naked. The interfemoral membrane is covered above at 

 the root of the tail and beneath to a similar extent. 



Upper incisors nearly equal ; of the pair on each side the inner 

 incisor is slightly notched at its extremity ; canines small, scarcely 



