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small, placed quite inside, in the angle between the first and third 

 premolars, and is not visible from without; the second lower pre- 

 molar is about half the vertical height of the first, but not equal to 

 one third its transverse diameter, and stands in the tooth-row. 



The following Table exhibits the measurements — (I.) of the type, 

 (II.) of the type of Vespertilio macropus, Gould*, and (III-) of an 

 adult 5 specimen preserved in alcohol. 



Leugtli, bead and body 



tail 



„ head 



„ ear 



„ tragus 



,, forearm 



,, thumb .'. 



„ third finger ... 

 „ fifth finger . . . 



„ tibia 



„ foot 



Hob. Siam ; Java ; Borneo ; Gerontalo, Celebes ; Australia (Port 

 Essington ; Brisbane; Swan Eiver; South Australia). 



a,b. $ , al. (nearly 

 adult). 



c. ad. sk. 



d. J ad., al. 

 $ ad., al. 



Siam. 



W. H. Newman, Esq. [P.]. 



f. ad. sk., in al. 



cT ad., al. 

 i. ad. sks. 

 k. ad, sks. 



North Australia. Purchased. 



Port Essington. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [P.]. 



Port Essington. Earl of Derby [P.]. 



Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 

 (Type of Vespertilio macropus, Goidd.) 



Australia. ?'^''L°'^ DerbyJP.]. 

 Swan River, Australia. 

 South Australia. 



Sir G. Grey [P.]. 

 J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Vespertilio capaccinii. 



Vespertilio capaccinii, Boimp. Fauna Italica, 1832, fasc. xx. ; Temm. 

 Monogr. Mammal, ii. p. 189 (1839-41) ; JDobson, Monogr. Asiat. 

 Chiropt. p. 129 (1876). 



* I hare directly compared the types of V. adversus, Horsf., and of V. ina- 

 cropus, Gould (the former from Java, the latter from North Australia), and am 

 quite unable to discover any difference. Both agree in dentition, in the form 

 of the head and ears, and in all other respects ; so that I am obliged to con- 

 sider the Australian specimens as belonging to the same species as Horsfield's 

 type from Java, and consequently assign to this species a wider distribution 

 than I could have expected, seeing that the Bats of the Austrahan Region are 

 almost altogether distinct from those of the Oriental. 



I have also examined the types of V. macellus, Temminok (preserved in the 

 Leyden Museum), and find that this species from Borneo is also undoubtedly 

 the same as V. adversus, Horsf., with which it agrees in all external characters 

 as well as in the peculiar position of the second upper premolar. As Dr. Peters 

 has remarked (MB. Akad. Berl. 18(55, p. 680), there are some skulls in the 

 Leyden Museum, labelled Vespertilio macellus in Temminok's handwriting, which 

 undoubtedly belong to the species described by Temminck under the name Ves- 

 pertilio macrotis {-Vespertilio (Vesperugo) imhricatm, Horsfield). 



