294 VESPEETILIONID^. 



Vespertilio megapodius, Tetnm. I. c. p. 189. 



Vespertilio macrodactylus, Temm. I. c. p. 231 (vide Peters, in MB, 

 Akad. Bed. 1866, p. 679). 



Ears slightly shorter than the head ; laid forwards their extremi- 

 ties reach the end of the nose ; upper third of the inner margin 

 straight, tip shortly rounded ofE ; outer margin flattened beneath 

 the tip, becoming convex opposite the summit of the tragus, and 

 ending abruptly opposite the base of its inner margin. Tragus long 

 and very acutely pointed, the lower half of the inner margin straight, 

 the upper half convex, corresponding to a distinct concavity of the 

 upper third of the outer margin, vt^hich gives to the upper part of 

 the tragus an outward inclination ; at the base of the outer margin 

 a distinct, small, rounded lobe, above which the outer margin becomes 

 strongljr convex (Plate XVIII. fig. 3, ear, enlarged). 



The wing-membrane is attached to the tibia a short distance above 

 the ankle ; calcaneum reaching three fourths the distance from the 

 ankle to the tail. 



On the upper surface the wing-membrane is covered with soft fur 

 as far as a line drawn from the elbow to the tips of the toes when 

 the foot is drawn outwards and forwards ; the legs and interf emoral 

 membrane are clothed with similar fur as far as a line drawn between 

 the ankles ; beneath, the wing-membrane is clothed as far as a line 

 drawn between the elbow- and knee-joints, and the interfemoral as 

 far as a line extending between the ankles ; the hairs also cross the 

 tibia and occupy the angle of the wing-membrane contained between 

 its posterior margin and the tibioa. 



Fur, above, black at the base, with light brown tips ; beneath, 

 black with white extremities. 



The first and second upper premolars are slightly drawn inwards ; 

 the second premolar minute, not half the size of the first premolar, 

 and scarcely equalling in vertical extent the cingulum of the third 

 premolar ; the second lower premolar is almost equal to the first in 

 vertical extent, but is not half its transverse diameter ; the third 

 lower premolar is almost equal to the canine in vertical extent. 



Length (of an adult $ preserved in alcohol), head and body 2", 

 tail 1"'5, tail free from membrane 0"'15, head 0"*65, ear 0"-6, 

 tragus 0"-3, forearm l"-6, thumb 0"-3, third finger 2"-55, fifth 

 finger 2", tibia 0"'7, calcaneum 0"'55, foot 0"'5. 



Hob. Southern Europe (Italy) ; Philippine Islands ; Japan. 



V. capacciiiii is at once distinguished from all other species of 

 this section by its very acutely pointed, outward curved tragus. 



a. 



2 ad., al. Turin. Prof. Bonetti [P.]. 



h. 5 ad., al. No history. 



6. Vespertilio longipes. 



Vespertilio maei'opus, Dohson (non Gould), Proc. As. Soc. Beny. 



1872, p. 209, 

 Vespertilio longipes, Dohson, I. v. 1873, p. 110; Monogr. Asiat. 



ChirojH. p. 1.31 (1870). 



