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CHIROPTERA 



Fbance : Ktupes, Doubs, 1 (Mottaz) ; Ste. Baume, Var, 1 (Genoa) ; 

 Cadillac, Gironde, 1 (Lataste). 



Switzeeland : Lugano, Ticino, 1 (Geneva: type of ghidinii Fatio). 

 Spain: La Granja, Segovia, 1 (type of favonicus Thomas). 

 Atjstbia-Hongaey : Zay-Ugr6cz, Trenesen, 4 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.). 



Remarks. — This animal is recognizable among European bats 

 by its medium size and very large ears. On the basis of the 

 material examined I am unable to distinguish a Spanish or 

 western geographical race. 



<5. Henley-on-Thames, Ox- J. G. Millais (p). 6. 9. 14. 1. 



fordshire, England. 



1. New Forest, Hampshire. Dr. W. E. Leach (p). 56. A. 



2. New Forest, Hampshire. G.W.H.Blagg(c&p). 7.7.16.1-2. 

 i al. La Granja, Segovia, M. de la Escalera (c). 6.11.4.1. 



Spain. (Type of M. favonicus Thos.) 



c5, ? al. Zay-Ugrocz, Trenesen, Budapest Museum 0. 6. 20. 1-2. 

 Hungary. (e). 



1. Europe. Leyden Museum. 37. 4. 28. 23. 



MYOTIS DAUBENTONII Kuhl. 



1619. Vespertilio daubentonii Kuhl, Ann. Wetterau. Gesellsch. Naturk., iv 



(= Neue Ann., i), pt. 2, p. 195 (Hanau, Hessen, Germany). 

 1839. Vespertilio sedilis Jenyns, Ann. Nat. Hist., in, p. 73, April, 1839 



(Aukland St. Andrew, Durham, England). 

 1844. V[espertilio] lanatus Crespon, Faune Meridionale, I, p. 15 (South of 



Nimes, Gard, France). Type in Nimes Museum. 

 1857. Vespertilio daubentonii Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 98. 

 1871. Vespertilio capucinellus • ' Koch, Bayr. Fauna," Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. 



kais. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Classe, lxii, pt. 1, 



p. 206 (Bavaria ?). 

 1871. Vespertilio minutellus "Koch, Bayr. Fauna," Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. 



kais. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Classe, lxii, pt. 1, 



p. 206 (Bavaria?). 

 1871. Vespertilio daubentonii, albus Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. kais. Akad. 



Wissensch. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Classe, lxii, pt. 1, p. 210 



(Renaming of V. sedilis Jenyns). 

 1878. Vespertilio daubentonii Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., p. 297. 

 1890. Vespertilio staufferi Fatio, Faune Vert. Suisse, v, 3 mo suppi. aux 



Mamm., p. 6 (Lucerne, Switzerland). MS. synonym; repudiated. 

 1900. Myotis daubentonii Mehely, Monogr. Chiropt. Hungarise, p. 164. 

 1910. 2Ii/otis daubentoni Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 27. 



Type locality. — Hanau, Hessen-Nassau, Germany. 



Geographical distribution. — Europe from the Mediterranean 

 north to central Norway, west to Ireland, east into Asia. 



Diagnosis. — Size nearly as small as in Myotis mystacinua 

 (forearm about 35 mm., longest finger about 60 mm., condylo- 

 basal length of skull, 13-4 to 13 -8); ear moderately long, 

 extending about 2 mm. beyond tip of muzzle when laid forward, 

 its posterior border with shallow inconspicuous emargination ; 

 foot decidedly more than half as long as tibia ; wing membrane 

 extending to side of metatarsus ; last caudal vertebra free. 



