12 CHEIROPTERA. 



glossy, and soft. In the young the head is said to be 

 rounder and thicker, the muzzle shorter and blunter ; lip 

 very tumid, and the colour more obscure than in the adult. 



Length of head and body, 2 inches 7 lines ; head, 10 lines ; 

 tail, 1 inch 10 lines ; ears, 8 lines ; tragus, 3 lines ; thumb, 

 3 lines ; extent of wing, 12 inches 6 lines. 



Frequents trees ; is solitary in its habits ; appears late 

 in spring. 



In England has been found near London only ; not un- 

 common in France and Belgium. Is found in the stacks of 

 firewood in Paris. Common in Germany and Holland, Den- 

 mark, Gallicia, Silesia, and Camiola. Frequent near Eome, 

 and in the gallery of Albano. In Eussia, Pallas has found 

 it in caverns near Tarei-noor, and not uncommonly in the 

 Crimea. It may therefore be said to extend over nearly 

 the whole of the European Continent. 



Vespertilio Leisleri. 



Vespertilio Leisleri, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 206 ; Bell, Brit. Quad. 

 Vesperugo Leisleri, Blasius, Wirbelth. Deutechl. 



Description. — Nearly allied to V. Noctula. False molars 

 ?~^ ; muzzle rather more elongated than in V. Noctula ; 

 nose depressed, naked ; region of the eyes also naked ; 

 ears hairy inside, oval-triangular, shorter than the head, 

 broad, the outer basal margin advancing to nearly the 

 corners of the mouth ; tragus half the length of the ear, 

 ending in a rounded head, which is slightly curved inwards, 

 and produced on its outer margin, much resembling the 

 same part in V. Noctula ; nostrils crescent- shaped ; a large 

 sebaceous gland above the gape; a band of short hair, 

 about four lines in breadth, extends along the lower sur- 

 face of the fore-arm to the wrist, where it is thickest and 

 most extended. Fur long ; above, the hair is deep brown 



