12. VEsrERXiLio. 311 



lobe at the base of the outer margin. In V. murinus the tragus is 

 subaeutely pointed, and the lobe at its base is remarkably small. 



Fur dark brown above, with light-brown tips ; beneath, dark 

 brown, almost black, with greyish tips. 



The first upper premolar is very small, scarcely visible from without, 

 and not much larger than the second. In V. murinus this tooth is 

 distinctly visible from without, and is much larger than the second 

 premolar. 



Length (of an adult $ preserved in alcohol), head and body 2"-5, 

 tail 2"-l, head 0"-9, ear 0"-85, tragus 0"-4, forearm 2"-l, thumb 

 0"-4, third finger 3"-4, fifth finger 2"-8, tibia 0"-9, calcaneum 0"-9. 

 foot 0"-5. 



Hab. N.W. Himalaya (Chamba), at an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Tj-pe in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



25. Vespertilio chinensis. 



Vespertilio chinensis, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 62 ; Bobson, Monogr, 

 Asiat. Chiropt. p. 139 (187G). 



Muzzle long ; nostrils prominent, opening sublateraUy ; crown of 

 the head very slightly raised above the face-line ; ears narrow, 

 tapering, tip narrowly rounded off; outer margin straight above, 

 faintly convex opposite the middle of the tragus and thence down- 

 wards to its termination : tragus attenuated towards the tip, inner 

 margin straight or faintly concave, outer margin convex below, 

 straight above, attaining its greatest convexity slightly below the 

 middle of the inner margin. (Plate XIX. fig. 2, ear, double 

 natural size). 



Fux dark brown above, the extreme tips paler ; beneath similar, 

 but with paler greyish-browTi tips on the chest and abdomen, darker 

 along the sides of the body. 



First and second upper premolars very small, the first acutely 

 pointed, the second internal to it and the third premolar. The pre- 

 molar and molar series in both jaws very similar to that of V. murinus. 



Length, head and body about 3""7, tail about 2"-l, head 1", ear 

 '0"-7, tragus 0"-3, forearm 2"-5, thumb 0"-5, third finger 4", fifth 

 finger 2"-2, tibia 1", foot 0"-55. 



This is the largest species of Vespertilio yet discovered. 



Hah. China. 

 a. ad. sk. (type) China. Mr. Fortune [C.]. 



26. Vespertilio formosus. 



Vespertilio formosus, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. iv. p. 700 (1835) ; P. Z. S. 



1836, p. 46 ; Wagner, Suppl. Sehreh. Sdugeth. v. p. 736 (1855) ; 



Tomes, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 82, pl.lx. ; Bobson, Munogr. Asiat. Chiropt. 



p. 140 (1876). 

 Kerivoula formosa, Gray, List of Mammah in Coll. Brit. Mus. p. 27 



(1843). 

 Vespertilio rufo-pictus, Waterhoiise, Ann. Sf Maq. Nut. Hist, xvi. p. 54 



(1845); Tomes, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 85. 



