VESPERTILIO LEUCIPPE. 27 



First observed by the Prince of Musignano, who obtained 

 this and the two following species from Sicily. 



Vespertilio Leucippe. 



Vespertilio Leucippe, Buon. Faun. Ital. (figured) ; Temm. Monog. 

 vol. ii. p. 199. 



Description. — Teeth 32 ; molars j~ ; one false molar in 

 the lower jaw. This species is recognized by the bright 

 silvery tinge which prevails over its lower parts, and the 

 cinnamon colour of the parts above. The muzzle is thick, 

 wide, depressed, and a good deal rounded, thus differing 

 from the next species, in which it is very much pointed ; 

 the outline of the snout is almost a semicircle ; the nose is 

 slightly indented between the nostrils ; the gape extends 

 to a point below the anterior margin of the eyes ; the ears 

 are one-fifth shorter than the head, and one-third narrower 

 than their length, a little rounded and slightly notched on 

 the upper portion ; tragus less than one-third of the length 

 of the auricle, and semiorbicular ; the wings, when folded 

 against the body, scarcely reach to the angle of the mouth ; 

 the interfemoral membrane is polygonal, without notches 

 or lobes. Fur long, thick, of two colours ; above, the hairs 

 are black at base, the tips bright cinnamon ; beneath, dark 

 grey at base, silvery white at the tips ; membranes sooty ; 

 lips, nose, and ears quite black, except at their extremities, 

 which are light flesh-colour, at least in specimens preserved 

 in spirits. 



Length of head and body, 1 inch 9 lines ; tail, 1 inch 

 3 lines ; fore-arm, 1 inch 3 lines ; extent of wings, 8 inches 

 10 lines. 



Eeceived by the Prince of Musignano from Sicily. 



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