RHINOLOPHUS CLIVOSUS. VESPERTILIO. 7 



with five folds, inferior lobe very large, covered with hairs, 

 completely closing the ears, and distinguishing the species 

 from the two former; follicle simple, spear-shaped, but 

 slightly elevated, and furnished with hairs, but with the 

 base quite naked, grooved, rising from the centre of the 

 horseshoe; a single wart on the edge of the lower lip. 

 Fur long, very thick, covering the wing-membranes above 

 and below ; hairs of the upper parts whitish at base, ashy 

 at their tips, with a vinous tint ; lower parts whitish, with a 

 slight tinge of vinous ; all the membranes blackish. Upper 

 incisors very minute and far apart; four lower incisors 

 crowded, all three-lobed ; molars four above, five below on 

 each side. 



Total length, 3 inches, of which the tail occupies 1 inch 

 2 lines ; fore-arm, 1 inch 9 lines ; extent of wing, 10 inches 

 in dried specimens, 11 or 12 inches in fresh ones. — F. M. 

 Has been found in Dalmatia and in the Levant ; its prin- 

 cipal abode is Africa, where it occtirs both in Egypt and at 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Professor Blasius, however, has 

 met with it in Istria, Northern and Central Italy, and 



Sicily. 



Genus VESPERTILIO. 



Teeth.— Incisors, |; canines, j^-; false molars varying 

 in number ; true molars always 3 ~ s - 



Nostrils without follicles ; ears free, or united at their 

 bases ; tragus always present. 



This genus has been subdivided as follows : — 



Subgenus 1. Vespebtiho.— Grinders 4 to 6 above, and 

 from 3 to 6 below, on each side ; ears moderately large, 

 lateral, separate. 



Subgenus 2. Plecotus.— Grinders 5 above, 6 below, on 

 each side ; ears very large, much longer than the head, 

 with their inner edges united at the base above the eyes. 



