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thumb, 8 and 9 ; third finger, 92 and 97 ; fifth finger, 56 and 59 ; 

 ear from meatus, 14*6 and 16 ; width of ear, 14 and 15 '6. Two 

 adult females from the same locality : head and body, 74 and 75 ; 

 tail, 50 and 53 ; tibia, 18 • 6 and 18 ; foot, 10 and 11 ; forearm, 

 51-6 and 52 ; thumb, 9 and 10 ; third finger, 93 and 97 ; fifth 

 finger, 57 and 58; ear from meatus, 16 and 16; width of ear, 

 16 and 16. Two adult females from Corinth, Greece : head and 

 body, 69 and 76 ; tail, 51 and 54; tibia, 18 and 19; foot, 11 

 and 10 ; forearm, 52 and 54 ; thumb, 9 ■ 4 and 9 • 4 ; third finger, 

 96 and 102 ; fifth finger, 58 and 62 ; ear from meatus, 15" 6 and 

 16 ; width of ear, 15 and 16. For cranial measurements see 

 Table, p. 250. 



Specimens examined. — One hundred and fourteen, from the following 

 localities : — 



England : Bowdon, Cheshire, 1 ; Stoke, Staffordshire, 1 ; Oundle, 

 Northamptonshire, 4 ; Bedfordshire, 1 ; Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, 1 ; 

 Cambridgeshire, no exact locality, 1 ; Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 1 ; 

 Sandringham, Norfolk, 1 ; Kingsbury, Middlesex, 1 ; Chelmsford, Essex, 1 ; 

 Wellyn, Hertfordshire, 1 ; Tring, Hertfordshire, 3 ; Wandsworth Common, 

 Surrey, 1 ; Shalford, Surrey, 2 ; Earlsfield, Surrey, 5 ; Kew Gardens, 

 Surrey, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Fulham Park, London, 1 ; Eastwell, Kent, 2 ; St. 

 Leonards, Sussex, 1 ; Farnborough, Hampshire, 1 ; Wareham, Dorset- 

 shire, 1. 



Holland : Oosterbeek, Guelderland, 1. 



Germany : Moritzburg, Saxony, 3 (U.S.N.M.) ; Herrnhut, Saxony, 2 

 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; Niesky, Silesia, 1 ; Schwarzburg, Thiiringen, 2 ; 

 Strass, near Burgheim, Bavaria, 3 ; Bavaria, no exact locality, 8 (U.S.N.M.) ; 

 Stuttgart, 1. 



Austeia-Hungary : Csall6k6z-Somorja, Pressburg, Hungary, 2. 



Roumania : Gageni, 1 ; Bustenari, 1 ; no exact locality, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



Switzerland : Geneva, i (Geneva and Mottaz) ; St. Margarethen, 

 Appenzell, 8 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.). 



Spain : Seville, i ; no exact locality, 2. 



Italy : Pisa, 18 (U.S.N.M.) ; Florence, 4 (Mottaz) ; Vallombrosa, near 

 Florence, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Siena, 1 ; Rome, 2. 



Greece : Corinth, 12 (U.S.N.M.). 



Remarks. — This is one of the most widely distributed and 

 abundant of the larger European bats. From Eptesicus serotinus, 

 the only species with which it is likely to be confused, it is easily 

 distinguished by the narrow wing, short, recurved tragus, and 

 low, rounded ear. 



$. Aberia, Merionethshire, Col. Yerbury (c & p). 



"Wales. 



?. Bowdon, Cheshire, Eng- G. Barrett-Hamilton 



land. (T. A. Coward.) (p). 



2 <$, 2 9. Oundle, Northampton- Lord Lilford (p). 

 shire. 



9.' Bedfordshire. J. S. Elliot (c & p). 



1. Trumpington, Cambridge- G. Barrett-Hamilton 

 shire. (p). 



9 al. Cambridgeshire. Rev. L. Jenyns (c & p). 



