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VESPERTILIONIDiE. 



CHEIBOPTERA. 



VESPERTILIONI D^S. 



HAIRY-ARMED BAT. 



Scotophilus Leisleri. 



Ears oval-triangular, shorter than the head ; tragus barely one-third the 

 length of the auricle, terminating in a rounded head ; fur long, bright chestnut 

 above, brownish grey beneath : under surface of the flying membrane with a 

 broad band of hair along the fore-arm. 



Vespe7'tilio dasycarpos, Leisler. 



,, Leisleri, Kuhl, Deut. Flederm. p. 46, sp. 6. Desmae. 



Mamma), p. 138. Jenyns, Brit. Yert. p. 23. 

 Scotophilus ,, Gray, 1. c. 



•erago ,, Blas. 1. c. p. 66, f. 35, 36. 



Although the name retained for this species is not 

 the one which was originally applied to it by its dis- 

 coverer, Leisler, we have preferred continuing that by 

 which Kuhl conveyed a well -merited compliment to that 

 naturalist, who has contributed so much to our know- 



