MAMMALIA. 



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ities. There is no trace of the small lobe which is found in the closely allied European 

 species S. barbastellus {Vespertilio barbastellus, Schreber), projecting from the centre of the 

 outer margin of the ear-conch. Nevertheless, so closely does this Himalayan and Central 

 Asiatic form agree in all other respects with the European, that I must consider the former a 

 sub-species only. 



6. Plecottjs atjritus. 



Plecotus aurilus, L. Syst. Nat., ed. XII, vol. i, p. 47. — Dobson, Mon. As. Chir., p. 84. ; Cat. Chir. 

 B. M., p. 178. 



Leh, in Ladak. 



The specimens obtained at Leh do not differ in any respect from P. auritus of Europe, 

 except in the slightly paler colour of the extremities of the hairs and membranes. 



The following species, though not represented in the collection, will most probably be 

 hereafter found in the regions lying between Kashmir and Yarkand : — 



Bhinolophus ferrumequinum, Schreber. — This has been found in Kashmir, at Masuri, and 

 in Nipal, and extends through Northern Asia, westwardly, to Europe as far as England, 

 and, eastwardly, to Japan. 



Bhinolophus hipposideros, Bechstein. — Extends from Asia Minor to Ireland. 



Vespertilio murinus, Schreber. — Generally distributed throughout Europe, North Africa, 

 and the temperate regions of Asia, extending from the North-West Himalayas to England. 



Vespertilio longipes, Dobson. — Kashmir (caves of Bhima Devi, 6,000 feet). 



Vespertilio mystacinus, Leisler. — North-West Himalayas, probably distributed through- 

 out the whole range, and thence, westwardly, to Ireland. 



Harpiocephalus auratus, Milne-Edwards. — Eastern Tibet. 1 



Harpiocephalus leucogaster, Milne-Edwards. — Eastern Tibet, North- Western Himalayas. 



Vesperugo noctula, Schreber. — Generally distributed throughout the Himalayas, Asia, 

 Europe, and Africa, in the tropical parts of these continents, apparently inhabiting moun- 

 tainous regions only. 



Vesperugo leisleri, Kuhl. — Erom the Himalayas, through Central Asia, to Europe. 



Vesperugo maurus, Blasius. — Inhabits the mountainous regions of Asia and Europe, from 

 Java through the Himalayas to the Alps, extending to the Canary Isles westwardly, and east- 

 wardly to the east coast of China. 



1 The two species of Harpiocephalus are from Moupin in the forest region of Eastern Tibet, and consequently from a 

 part of the Oriental and not of the Palsearctic region. As already explained in the introductory remarks, Pere David's Moupin 

 collections were chiefly obtained from a country which, altho ugh usually classed as part of Tibet, has a totally different fauna 

 from that of the Tibetan plateau.— W. T. B. 



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