316 TE9PEETILI0N1DJE. 



30. Vespertilio muricola. 



Vespertilio adrersus, Temminck {non Horsf.eld'), Munogr. Mammal. 

 ii. p. 221 ; Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1866, p. 399 ; 1868, p. 626. 



Vespertilio tralatitiiis, Temm. (non Horsf.) I. c. p. 228. 



Vespertilio muricola, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. x. p. 908 ; Gray, Cat. 

 Mamm. Brit. Mus. 1843, p. 26 ; id. List of Mammalia and Birds 

 of Nepanl presented by B. H. Hod(ison,Eaq., to the British Museum, 

 1846 ; Dohson, Monoyr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 134 (1876). 



Kerivoula trilatitoides, Gray, Cat. MaTnin. Brit. Mus. 1843, p. 27 

 {noinen nudum) (vide Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1866, p. 309). 



Vespertilio caliginosus, Tomes, P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 73. 



Vespertilio ater, Bernstein, Peters, I. c. 1866, p. 18. 



Vespertilio (Ptemopterus) lobipes, Peters, I. o. 1867, p. 706. 



Vespertilio blanfordi, Dohson, P. A. S. B. 1871, p. 214. 



Vespertilio moupinensis, Alph. Mdne-Edwards, Mammif. du Tibet, 

 p. 265, pi. xxxvii". fig. 2, pi. xxxvii''. fig. 4 (1872). 



Muzzle very similar to that of V. mystacinus in shape, but more 

 obtuse in front, owing to the greater development of the glands of 

 the muzzle, which are also less covered with hair ; the outer margin 

 of the ear is deeply concave beneath the tip, but the emargination 

 does not extend so far down as in that species. Laid forwards the 

 extremities of the ears scarcely extend beyond the end of the muzzle ; 

 internal basal lobe of the ear-conch angular, the ascending anterior 

 margin straight immediately above the base, then faintly concave 

 for a short distance, the middle third convex, the upper third straight, 

 the tip narrowly round off; the outer margin deeply concave in 

 the upper third, then abruptly convex, slightly emarginate opposite 

 the base of the tragus, and terminating in a short, iaternaUy con- 

 cave and marginally convex lobe. Tragus subacutely pointed ; inner 

 margin slightly concave, giving the tragus an inclination forwards 

 and inwards ; outer margin with a very distinct lobe at the base, 

 succeeded by an angular emargination, above which the greatest 

 breadth is soon attained, thence decreasingly convex to the tip 

 (Plate XVIII. fig. 8, ear, enlarged)*. 



Wings to the base of the toes ; a small and rather variable post- 

 calcaneal lobe ; extreme tip of the tail alone projecting. 



The distribution of the fur upon the wing-membranes is similar 

 to that of V. mystacinus. On the lower surface of the interfemoral 

 fine hairs arise from the transverse dotted lines on the greater part 

 of its surface. 



Above, black, the extreme tips of the hairs light yellowish brown ; 

 on the head and face black, with shining tips ; beneath, black, with 

 ashy extremities ; specimens in colourless alcohol appear intensely 

 black throughout. 



The upper incisors on each side scarcely diverge so much as in 

 V. mystacinus ; the second shorter cusp of the inner incisor distinct, 

 and placed rather near the base ; second upper premolar slightly - 



* A specimen in the Leyden Museum from Sumatra has the upper third of 

 the ear-conch remarkably narrow, and the tragus is also correspondingly 

 attenuated. In other respects it does not differ from other examples of this 



species. 



