CrassI. LONG FARED BA T. 
Ta Chauve-fouris a fer acheval. Horfe-fhoe Bat. Syz. quad. 
De Buffon VAI. 131. Jab. - No. 186. 
XVI. XX. 
HIS fpecies was difcovered by Mr. Latham 
Surgeon at Dartford, Kent, who was fo oblig- 
ing as to communicate itto me. They are found 
in greateft numbers in the falt-petre houfes belong- 
ing to the powder mills ; and frequent them during 
the evening for the fake of the gnats which {warm 
there. They have been alfo found during winter in 
atorpid ftate clinging to the roof. They often feed 
on Chafers, but only eat the body. 
The length from the nofe to the tip of the ial 
is three inches and a half: the extent fourteen. At 
the end of the nofe is an upright membrane in 
_ form of a horfe-fhoe. Lars large, broad at their 
bafe, inclining backwards; but want the little or in- 
ternal ear. The color of the upper part of the 
body is deep cinereous ; of the lower whitifh. 
Edw. av. 201. f. 3. Vefpertilio auritus. Lin. /y/. 
Ab: me Tabsigr . 476 
Ia petite chauve fouris de YV. auritus, nafo oreque fim- 
notre pays. Brifon quad. _ plici, auriculis duplicatis, 
160. capite majoribus. Faun. 
L’oreillar. De Buffon, Tom. Suec. 3. 
vi 118. 127. Tab. 17. Br. Zool. 56. Syn. quad. No. 
Pe Bc ZQ2Z. 
HIS fpecies is the left of the Britifh bats: the 
length being only an inch and three quarters ; 
and the extent of the fore-lees feven inches. 
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