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HABITAT.--Burmah, Hotha, Yunan.
DESCRIPTION.--Head slightly elevated above the face line; muzzle obtuse; ears narrow, tapering, _with_ rounded tips slightly turned outwards; tragus long, narrow, and acutely pointed; feet very small; toes two-thirds the length of the whole foot; tail wholly contained in the membrane; wings from base of toes; fur dark brown above, the tips paler and s.h.i.+ning, beneath much darker, almost black, with ashy tips to the hairs; face much covered with hair, which almost conceals the eyes; the tip of the nose alone naked; wing membranes partially covered with fur.
SIZE.--Head and body, 1.8 inch; tail, 1.6 inch.
This bat, of which the above description is taken from Dobson's monograph, was obtained by Dr. J. Anderson during the Yunan Expedition.
NO. 115. VESPERTILIO MURINOIDES.
HABITAT.--N.W. Himalayas (Chamba), 3000 feet.
DESCRIPTION.--General form of the ear triangular, with narrow rounded tips; outer margin concave beneath tips; tragus slender and acutely pointed, with a quadrangular lobe at the base of the outer margin; fur dark brown above with light brown tips; dark brown below, almost black with greyish tips.
SIZE.--Head and body, 2.5 inches; tail 2.
NO. 116. VESPERTILIO FORMOSUS.
HABITAT.--N.W. Himalayas (Nepal, Darjeeling), Khasia hills.
[Figure: _Vespertilio formosus_.]
DESCRIPTION.--Wing membrane broad and variegated with orange and rich dark brown; the portions of the dark-coloured membrane are triangular in form, and occupy the s.p.a.ces between the second and third and third and fourth fingers; all the remaining portions of the membranes, including interfemoral, are orange, as are also the ears; the orange colour extends in narrow lines along each side of the fingers, and is dispersed over the dark triangular s.p.a.ce in dots and streaks.
SIZE.--Head and body, 2 inches; tail, 1.1; expanse 11.
NO. 117. VESPERTILIO NEPALENSIS.
HABITAT.--Khatmandu, Nepal.
DESCRIPTION.--Fur of head and back long and dense, bicoloured; base black, tips brown; underneath the hairs are two-thirds black, with the remaining upper third pure white.
SIZE.--Head and body, 1.65 inch; tail, 1.35.
NO. 118. VESPERTILIO EMARGINATUS.
VARIETY.--_Desertorum_.
HABITAT.--Beluchistan.
DESCRIPTION.--The upper third of the outer margin of the ears deeply emarginate; colour of fur light brownish; ears and interfemoral membranes pale yellowish white; membranes dusky white.
SIZE.--Head and body, 2 inches; tail 1.6.
_GENUS MINIOPTERUS_ (_Bonaparte_).
DESCRIPTION.--Crown of head abruptly and very considerably raised above the face line; ears separate, rhomboidal, the outer margin carried forward to the angle of the mouth; tragus like that in _Vesperugo_; first phalanx of the second or longest finger very short; feet long and slender; tail as long as head and body, wholly contained in the membrane.