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head ; laid forwards the tips extend slightly beyond the end of the 

 nose ; internal basal lobe angular, the horizontal margin forming, 

 ■with the ascending anterior margin, a right angle ; lower third of 

 inner margin of the conch faintly convex, middle third more strongly 

 convex, upper third straight, tip rounded off; upper third of the 

 outer margin deeply concave, lower half abruptly convex, with a 

 distinct lobe at the base, separated by a slight emargination opposite 

 the base of the tragus. Tragus narrowed above and subacutely 

 pointed ; inner margin straight or faintly concave ; outer margin 

 with a distinct rounded half-horizontal lobule at the base, succeeded 

 by a concavity, above which and slightly above the base of the inner 

 margin the tragus reaches its greatest width, thence upwards de- 

 creasingly convex to the tip (Plate XVIII. fig. 9, ear, enlarged). 



Wings from the base of the toes ; calcaneum terminating in a 

 'smaU projecting tooth ; last rudimentary caudal vertebra free. 



Fur above dark brown, vrith pale reddish-brown tips ; beneath 

 dark brown, the extremities of the hairs ashy. 



The small glandular prominences of the face are clothed with 

 long hairs ; and the upper lip has a fringe of fine straight hairs. 



The fur of the body extends upon the wing-membrane as far as a 

 line drawn from the middle of the humerus to the middle of the 

 femur, and upon the interfemoral membrane as far as the end of 

 the third caudal vertebra ; beneath, the distribution of hair upon 

 the wings is similar, but the interfemoral is covered only at the root 

 of the tail. 



The upper incisors are equal in vertical extent, their extremities 

 strongly diverging. Both upper premolars are drawn inwards ; the 

 second very small, about half the size of the first, and about half its 

 vertical extent ; lower incisors next the canines much larger than 

 the others. 



Length, head and body l"-5, tail l"-4, head 0"-55, ear 0''-55, 

 tragus 0"-3, forearm l"-25, thumb 0"-25, third finger 2"-l, fifth 

 finger l"-6, tibia 0'-55, foot 0"-28. 



Some specimens give somewhat larger measurements than these. 



Hah. Palaearctic Eegion : Europe (from Finland to Spain ; from 

 Ireland to Middle Eussia) ; in Asia hitherto found in Syria, at 

 Pekin, and in the Himalayas only. 



a. cf ad., al. England. 



b, c. ad. ska. Isle of Wight. Eev. C. A. Bury [P.], 



d. ad. sk. Hastings. 



e. ad. sk. Stratford-on-Avon. R. F. Tomes, Esq. [P.] 



f. ad. sk. Sweden. Stockholm Museum [P.]. 

 g ad. sk Rio de la Luna, Spain. 



h, t. j & 2 ad., al. M. Lidth de Jeude [C.]. 



;, k. S ad., al. 



I Q imm., al. Pekin. 



m. 9. ad., al. Syria. Purchased. 



n S imm. & ? ad., al. Nipal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.], 



p.' skull. England. Mr. Yarrell's Coll. 



a skull. Stratford-on-A^'on. R. F. Tomes, Esq. 



