4938 Quadrupeds. 



by the Vicomte du Bus de Gisignes [extracted from the Bulletin de 

 l'Academie Royale de Belgique, 1855, vol. xxii. pp. 153 — 156J. 

 Description of a New Species of Petrogale ; by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., 

 V.-P.Z.S., &c. [extracted from the Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society, November 14, 1854]. 



Removal of Vespertilio emarginatus from the List of British Bats, 

 and addition of Vespertilio dasycnemus to it. By Robert 

 F. Tomes, Esq. 



On a former occasion (Zool. 4357) I collected and arranged such 

 notices of this species as fell within my reach, but was at the time 

 unable to come to any very satisfactory conclusion, yet felt perfectly 

 certain that more than one species had been described under the 

 specific name of emarginatus. Since that time an opportunity has 

 occurred of inspecting the rich stores in the Museum of Leyden, 

 where are three specimens of this species — one taken near Liege, 

 another at Abbeville, and the third is simply labelled " France." All 

 these are exactly similar to the ones I have before described, from the 

 collection of M. Verreaux, and wholly unlike anything I have seen 

 any account of in Great Britain. M. Temminck's figure is certainly 

 taken from that of Geoffroy, and is by no means a good representation 

 of the species ; and 1 am somewhat puzzled to know how he can use 

 the expression, that to a certain extent it resembles the V. mystacinus, 

 with which he says it can easily be confounded. 



Were it not for the circumstance of specimens having been at 

 various times taken near Abbeville, the locality from whence Geoffroy 

 obtained examples, I should very greatly doubt if the figure given by 

 the latter naturalist were not taken from a specimen of V. mystacinus ; 

 certainly the figure of the cranium exactly agrees with that of the 

 latter species. The specimens before alluded to as occurring in War- 

 wickshire are evidently similar to examples of V. mystacinus in the 

 Leyden Museum, having an unusually ferruginous colour, and with 

 the ears more notched than usual. I cannot help thinking that it 

 was from a similar specimen that Geoffroy took his figure and 

 description. I still think that the figure given by the Prince of 

 Musignano was taken from V. Nattereri. The figures and descrip- 

 tions before given (Zool. 4357) will serve to distinguish this species, 

 not only from all British, but from all other European species. 



Notwithstanding that Baron de Selys Longchamps speaks of the 

 species as abundant, it appears probable that it is unknown, except 



