VESPERUGO SEROTINUS FUSCUS. 
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Schobl thinks it probable that the fibres on one side are continuous 
with those on the opposite side, and that there is thus a bipolar 
arrangement here. He attributes to the fine network of pale nerve 
fibres belonging to the fifth layer the appreciation of temperature, 
pain, &c.; to the tastkorperchen the highly exalted sense of touch. 
It is curious that both kinds of nerve endings are connected with 
the Malpighian layer of the skin.” * 
Rafinesque, that eccentric, irascible, and not over liberal natural- 
ist, whose inaccurate and ambiguous descriptions of species have cre- 
ated so much confusion in many departments of Natural History, was 
once the guest of the illustrious Audubon. The event was the 
occasion of a somewhat ludicrous adventure, which Mr. Audubon 
thus graphically narrates : “ When it was waxed late I showed him 
to the apartment intended for him during his stay, and endeavored 
to render him comfortable, leaving him writing material in 
abundance. I was indeed heartily glad to have a naturalist under 
my roof. We had all retired to rest. Every person I imagined 
was in deep slumber, save myself, when of a sudden I heard a 
great uproar in the naturalist’s room. I got up, reached the place 
in a few moments, and opened the door, when, to my astonishment, 
I saw my guest running about the room naked, holding the handle 
of my favorite violin, the body of which he had battered to pieces 
against the walls in attempting to kill the bats, which had entered 
by the open window, probably attracted by the insects flying 
around his candle. I stood amazed, but he continued running 
round and round, until he was fairly exhausted; when he begged 
me to procure one of the animals for him, as he felt convinced they 
belonged to a new species.” f 
* American Naturalist, Vol. V, No. 3, May, 1871, pp. 174-175. 
f Quoted in Allen’s Monograph, pp. xvi-xvii. 
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