Family VESPERTILIONID^. 
Genus Barbastella. 
THE BARBASTELLE. 
Barbastella barbastellus, Schreber. 
Plate 2. 
In the opinion of Professor Bell [British Quadrupeds), the Barbastelle 
appears to form a link between the Horse-shoe and the Long-eared Bats. 
It has only one near ally, namely B. darjilingensis, inhabiting the 
Himalayas. 
The wings are fairly broad and measured from tip to tip when expanded 
io| inches in a specimen captured by myself, but larger examples are 
given by Major Barrett-Hamilton. 
The ears, a distinguishing feature in this species, are rather broad and 
roughly square-shaped, nearly touching each other on their inner margins 
which arise from the middle of the forehead. 
The tragus is large, reaching more than half-way up the ear, and has 
a protuberance near the base of its outer margin. The lower leg is 
comparatively long, allowing a large interfemoral membrane, whilst the 
feet are small. 
The frir is soft and fine, conspicuously dark, almost black in colour, but 
having a hoary appearance especially on the flanks, which are tinged and 
frosted with grey. The ears, face, and wing membranes are dusky black. 
Millais mentions a form of a deep red-brown in colour. 
The teeth are thirty-four in number. 
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