6. VESPERTJGO. ii-H 



^ The fur of the head extends forwards upon the face to a greater 

 distance and in greater amount than in other species of this genus. 

 The face is covered rather densely with fur as far as the commence- 

 ment of the nostrils ; a narrow space above the eyes, the sides of the 

 face in front of the ears, and the glandular prominences of the 

 upper lip are thinly clothed with short thinly spread hairs. The 

 posterior and inner surface of the ear is densely covered with short 

 fur. Laterally, the fur of the body extends upon the wing-mem- 

 brane as far as a line drawn from the middle of the humerus to the 

 knee-joint, and thence backwards to the ankles along the outer side 

 of the tibia ; posteriorly the upper surface of the interfemoral mem- 

 brane is densely covered at the root of the tail, and the fur extends 

 backwards as far as a line drawn between the ankle-joints, becom- 

 ing shorter and more thinly spread ; the tibia is clothed with short 

 dense fur, which also clothes the back of the foot, extending to the 

 base of the claws. Beneath, the fur of the body extends thickly 

 upon the wing-membrane as far as a line drawn from the elbow- 

 to the knee-joint, and also posterior to the forearm, in a band 

 nearly half an inch wide, to the carpus. The interfemoral mem- 

 brane is thickly covered at its base, the fur quickly thinning out 

 backwards into a few very short hairs occupying almost half its 

 surface. 



Fur pale straw-brown above, the bases of the hairs pale brown 

 or buff ; beneath pale buff. 



The penis is very peculiarly shaped. As in V. dorice, it has a 

 distinct bone, and also a large saccular prepuce with a horizontal 

 horseshoe-shaped openiug. 



Viewed anteriorly the upper incisors appear to be two in mimber 

 only, and resemble those in the genus ScotopJiilus (p. 256), being 

 unicuspidate and placed near the canines. In the angle behind the 

 inner incisor and canine on each side the short outer incisor is 

 placed, the summit of which is but slightly raised above the gum, 

 and, seen through the small interval between the bases of the inner 

 incisor and canine, appears as if it were a posterior basal cusp of 

 the inner incisor. Lower incisors placed across the direction of the 

 jaws, but not much crowded. 



Length (of an adult S preserved in alcohol) , head and body2"-65, 

 tail 2", ear 0"-75, tragus 0"-35x 0"-15, forearm 2"-2, thumb 0"-42, 

 third finger 4"-2, fifth finger 2"-9, tibia 0"-9, foot 0"-45, calcaneum 

 0"-9. 



Hah. Peninsula of India (Chaibasa, Jashpur, Sirguja) ; Ceylon. 



Type in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



a J ad. sks. Nusserabad, India. E. I. House Collection, 



c,rf. d&$ ad.,al. Ceylon. ^"'■^^''"^4; r^ . 



e. 6 ad., al. Ceylon. Dr. Thwaites [P.]. 



i ii. Bombay. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



h. skeleton. India. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



