14 CHEIROPTERA. 



lines ; tail, 1 inch. 8 \ lines ; ears, 4£ lines ; breadth of ears, 

 4 lines ; length of tragus, 2 lines ; of thumb, 2^ lines ; 

 extent of wings, from 10 to 11 inches. — F. M. 



Discovered in caves in the Bannat of Hungary by 

 Schreibers ; has been found in parts of Germany, and in 

 the Bukovina, Istria, Dalmatia, and South Italy. In 

 France, Crespon (Faune Meridionale) mentions it as occur- 

 ring in the Department du Gard. 



Vespertilio discolor. 



Vesperiilio discolor, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 208 ; Bell, Brit. Quad. ; Temm. 

 Monog. vol. ii. p. 173. 



Description. — False molars 2 — 2 ; forehead broad and 

 hairy ; muzzle long, and very broad ; nose thick and blunt, 

 measuring 1|- line across the end ; eyes very small ; ears 

 shorter than the head, rounded, oval, bending outwards, 

 and reaching almost to the corners of the mouth, with a 

 projecting lobe near the base of the inner margin, clothed 

 at base outside with thick woolly hair ; tragus short, of 

 nearly equal breadth throughout; tail reaching 3 lines 

 beyond the membrane. Fur on the back reddish brown, 

 with the extreme tips of the hairs white, causing a marbled 

 appearance ; beneath, dirty white, with a large patch of 

 somewhat darker tint covering the breast and abdomen ; 

 throat pure white. 



Length of head and body, 2 inches 4 lines ; of head, 9 

 lines ; tail, 1 inch 5 lines ; ears, 6 J lines ; tragus, 2\ lines ; 

 thumb, 3 lines ; extent of wing, 10 inches 6 lines. 



Said to live only in buildings. 



Only one individual has been found in England. Dis- 

 covered in South Germany by Natterer ; rare at Vienna ; 

 not uncommon in Silesia, Denmark, and the Bukovina. 

 In many parts of the Alpine chain, Dalmatia, Hungary, and 

 the eastern parts of France. 



