PARTICOLOURED 13AT. 31 



CHEIROPTERA. VESPERTILIONIDJE. 



PARTICOLOURED BAT. 



Scotophilus discolor. 



Ears about two-thirds the length of the head, oval, with a projecting lobe 

 on the inner margin ; tragus of nearly equal breadth throughout, rather more 

 than one-third the length of the auricle ; fur above reddish brown, with the 

 tips of the hairs white ; beneath dirty white. 



Vespertilio discolor, Natterkk. Kuhl, Deut. Flederm. sp. 8, t. xxv. 



fig. 2. Desmar, Mammal, p. 139. Jentns, 



Brit. Vert. p. 24. 

 Scotophilus ,, Gray, 1. c. 



Vesperugo ,, Blas. 1. c. p. 73, f, 49, 50. 



This species, which belongs to the same genus as 

 the Noctule, agreeing with it in the formula of its 

 dentition, as well as in the short and obtuse character 

 of the tragus, was first discovered on the Continent 

 by Dr. Natterer, who found it in Germany. It is not, 

 however, common in that country, and has not been 

 observed in the central and northern parts, in Holland, 

 nor, I believe, in any other part of the Continent. A 

 single specimen, now in the British Museum, was taken 

 at Plymouth by Dr. Ijeach, which appears to be the 

 only one that has yet been noticed in this country. Its 

 appearance in this country being confined to that of a 



