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skeleton Italy. (Prince Bona- Tomes Collection. 7. 1. 1. 734. 



without parte.) (Type of species.) 

 skull. 



9. Marsala, Sicily. 0. Thomas (p). 6. 8. 4. 21. 



(A. Robert.) 



2 al. Cagliari, Sardinia. FlorenceMuseum(E). 85.7.6.6-7. 



2 al. Grotte de Sardale, Sar- 0. Thomas (p). 0. 12. 3. 1-2. 

 dinia. 



c5. Inca, Majorca, Balearic 0. Thomas and R. I. 0. 7. 1. 3. 



Islands. Pocock (c & p). 



6. Elche, Alicante, Spain. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 13. 



MYOTIS DASYCNEME Boie. 



1823. VespertiUo mystacinus Boie, Isis, p. 965. Not V. mystacinus Kuhl 



(Jutland, Denmark). 

 1825. VespertiUo dasycneme Boie, Isis, p. 1200 (Renaming of mystacinus 



Boie). 

 1839. VespertiUo limnophilus Temminck, Monogr. de Mamm., n, p. 176 



(Holland). 

 1857. VespertiUo dasycneme Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 103. 

 1878. VespertiUo dasycneme Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., p. 295. 

 1904. Myotis dasycneme Trouessart, Catal. Mamm. Tam viv. quam foss., 



suppl., p. 88. 

 1910. Myotis dasycneme Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 27. 



Type locality. — Chalk quarries at Dagbierg, near Wiborg, 

 Jutland, Denmark. 



Geographical distribution. — Central and southern Europe, 

 west to the Atlantic coast,* north to Sweden, east into Asia. 



Diagnosis. — Form and proportions essentially as in Myotis 

 daubentonii and M. capaccinii, but size much larger (forearm 

 about 47 mm., longest finger about 75 mm., condylobasal length 

 of skull about 16 mm.) ; tibia and adjacent membrane naked. 



External characters. — Form not essentially different from the 

 other European members of the large-footed group. Tragus 

 relatively shorter than in any other European Myotis, its height 

 distinctly less than half that of conch, its anterior border slightly 

 concave, its posterior border slightly convex below, then more 

 abruptly convex to bluntly rounded- off tip, the two margins 

 essentially parallel through lower half. Free border of uro- 

 patagium without fringe. 



Fur and colour. — Distribution of fur as in Myotis daubentonii ; 

 quality not peculiar, the longest hairs on middle of back about 

 8 mm. in length. Colour of upper parts a light yellowish wood- 

 brown ; underparts strongly contrasted greyish white with a 

 tinge of buff, the line of demarcation along sides of neck well 

 defined. Muzzle and cheeks scarcely contrasted dusky. Under- 

 fur slaty black. Ears and membranes an indefinite dark brown. 



* The supposed British record is probably erroneous (see Barrett- 

 Hamilton, Hist. Brit. Mamm., I, pp. 157-158. December, 1910). 



