298 VKSPERXILIONID^. 



Sicily ; from the Altai Mountains to Tenasserim *. Trobably gene- 

 rally distribnted througbout Europe and the temperate regions of Asia 

 north of the Himalaya ; attaining the most northerly range of all 

 the species of the genus. Found as far north as Banffshire in Scot- 

 land. 



a. ad. sk. England. 



b. ad., al. Epping Forest. F. Doubleday, Esq. [P.]. 



c. ad. sk. Essex. J. A. Tawell, Esq. [P.]. 



d. ad. (5', al. Northampton, Rev. L. Jenyns [P.J. 



e. ad. sk. Warwickshire. R. F. Tomes, Esq. [P.]. 

 /. ad. sk. Devonshire. Dr. W. E. Leach [P.]. 



h, i. ad. sks. Scotland. J. MacGillivray, Esq. [P.], 



J, k. ad. sks. Sweden. Stockholm Museum [P.]. 



I. ad. sk. Poland. Purchased. 



m,n. ad. sks. Altai Mountains. 



0. 5 imm., al. M. Lidth de Jeude [P.]. 



10. Vespertilio megalopus. 



Vespertilio megalopus, Dohson, Ann. 6f Mag. N. H. 1875, xvi. p. 261. 



Very similar to V. claubentonii ; but the ears are longer, much 

 narrower and more acute, and. laid forwards, the tips pass beyond 

 the end of the nose at least one tenth of an inch; the inner margin, 

 instead of forming a regular arc from the base to the tip, is flattened 

 along the upper third, and the narrow extremity of the ear is sharply 

 rounded off. The tragus is also longer and narrower, and quite ob- 

 tuse ; the upper third of the inner margin is slightly concave ; but 

 the extremity is not directed inwards (Plate XVIII. fig. 2, ear, en- 

 larged). 



The wing-membrane does not extend so far down on the foot as 

 in V. claubentonii ; and the second upper premolar is slightly drawn 

 inwards. In other respects, in general form and in the colour and 

 distribution of the fur, this species closelj^ resembles V. dauheritonii, 

 of which it may be considered the African representative. 



Length (of a male specimen preserved in alcohol), head and body 

 l''-65, taU l"-6, head 0"-6, ear 0"-55, tragus 0"'3, forearm l"-45, 

 thumb 0"-35, third finger 2"-3, fifth finger l"-9, tibia 0"-6, foot 

 0-4. 



Hah. "Western Eqviatorial Africa (Gaboon). 



a. cf ad., al. (type). Gaboon. Purchased. 



h. (S ad., al. Gaboon. Purchased. 



11. Vespertilio flmbriatus. 



Vespertilio flmbriatus, Peters, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 617. no. 2 ; Dubsun, 



Monogr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 144 (1876). 

 Vespertilio laniger, Peters, I. c. no. 3. 



Ears remarkably narrow ; the upper half of the ear- conch trian- 

 gular, the outer margin slightly concave in upper half, convex below, 

 terminating opposite the base of the tragus without forming a lobe ; 



* Two specimens lately obtiiined by Mr. Liinborg at Aehown in Tenasserim 

 agree in all respects with specimens of this species from England. 



