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VESPERTILIONID^. 



The followins; Table shows the relative measurements of three 



The specimens from Ecuador and the West Indies have the head 

 apparentl}' less elevated, and the internal basal lobe of the ear more 

 rounded than in the specimen from Brazil, from which the above 

 description has been taken, otherwise they resemble it very closely. 



Ilab. Mexican and Brazilian Subregions. 



I have examined the type of Vespertilio parvidus, Temminck, in 

 the Leyden Museum, and believe it to be identical with V. nigricans, 

 Wied. The above description has been taken from a specimen in 

 alcohol which I had compared directly with the type. 



5 ad., al. 



cj imm., al. 



5 ad., al. 



ad. sk. 



5 ad., al. 



ad. sk. 



5 ad., al. 

 h. ivam.. sk. 

 i-k. ad. sks. 

 /, ad. sk. 



a. 

 b. 

 c. 

 d. 

 e. 

 /■ 

 9 



West Indies. 

 Duenas, Guatemala. 

 Venezuela. 

 Bogota, Columbia. 

 Ecuador. 

 Pernambuco. 

 Interior of Brazil. 

 Rio de Janeiro. 

 Bolivia. 



O. Salvin, Esq. [0.]. 

 Mr. Eraser [C.]. 



Mr. BoUaert [CI. 



J. P. G. Smith, Esq. [P.]. 



Purchased. 



Voj. of the ' Rattlesnake.' 



Mr. Bridges [C.]. 



Zool. Soc. CoU. 



34. Vespertilio oxyotus. 



Vespertilio oxyotus, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1866, p. 20. 



The following is a translation of Dr. Peters's description of this 

 species, which is represented by a single specimen in the collection 

 of the Munich Museimi : — 



The ears have four to five indistinct transverse folds, and laid 

 forwards their extremities extend beyond the end of the muzzle. 

 The upper third of the inner margin of the ear-conch is slightly 

 concave, the outer margin is also concave above and towards the 

 middle, so that, although the extremity is rounded off, the ear ap- 

 pears pointed. Tragus half as long as the ear, very acutely pointed, 



