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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 attrittjs. 
Plecotus auritus, 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 :— 
Phinolophus 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, east war dly, to Japan. 
llMnolophus 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, Hobson.—Kashmir (caves of Bhima Hevi, 6,000 feet). 
Vespertilio mystaeinus, Leister. —North-West Himalayas, probably distributed through¬ 
out the whole range, and thence, westwardly, to Ireland. 
Harp/ioeephalus 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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