10 CHEIROPTERA. 



the head, rounded at the ends ; tragus lanceolate, pointed. 

 Fur reddish grey on the upper parte, whitish on the under. 



Length of head and body, 2 inches 1 line ; head, 9 lines ; 

 tail, 1 inch 3 lines ; ears, 10 lines ; tragus, 4 lines ; thumb, 

 4 lines ; extent of wings, 11 inches. 



This Bat is said to live in hollow trees, and never to 

 approach towns. 



Eare in England, a few specimens having occurred in 

 the New Forest only : " is found in parts of Germany, and 

 is not uncommon in Thuringia." Has been observed in 

 France, in the Department of the Moselle, by Holandre. 

 Is found in Denmark. Blasius has met with it in Hun- 

 gary, Gallicia, and the Ukraine; often with V. Dauben- 

 tonii and V. Nattereri. 



■Vespertilio Nattereri. 



Vespertilio Nattereri, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 202 ; Bell, Brit. Quad. ; 

 Tesim. Monog. vol. ii. p. 185. 



Description. — False molars -g—g. Head rather small ; 

 snout attenuated ; nose a line in breadth at the end, slightly 

 emarginated between the nostrils, convex above; all the 

 face, except immediately above the nose, hairy; hairs thinly 

 scattered about the eyes and chin, with a few bristly ones, 

 longer than the others, intermixed ; gape extending as far 

 as posterior angle of the eye ; a row of longish hairs on the 

 upper lip forming a moustache; a prominent sebaceous 

 gland on each side above the lip ; ears oblong-oval, as long 

 as the head, rather more than half as broad as they are 

 long ; the extreme inner margin reflexed, the outer margin 

 scarcely notched, extending downwards and forwards to 

 meet the inner margin at the base ; tragus two-thirds as 

 long as the auricle, very narrow, lanceolate, thin, and 

 naked; eyes very small; flying membrane naked, semi- 



