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Show 1870.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE MAMMALS. 619 base of the toes ; point of tail exserted. Base of interfemoral membrane very sparingly furnished with hair. " Form of teeth similar to those of V. pipistrellus, the first upper premolar being much larger than in V. maurus. " Hair black, on the upperside with very short, beneath with longer brownish-grey tips. J l millims. " Total length about 85 Head 18 Ear 12*5 Tra*gsu s 55a Forearm 34 Tibia 13 Foot 8" I have specimens from Amoy taken in August and September. It is not a common species. 18. " VESPERUGO MOLOSSUS, Temminck." (Molossus Bat.) Dr. Peters has this species from Hongkong. " VESPERUS SEROTINUS, Schreber." (Evening Bat.) A very common species in summer evenings about the city of Peking. I do not number it, as I do not know of its occurrence in South China. 19. SCOTOPHILUS PUMILOIDES, Tomes, P. Z S. 1857, p. 52. Brought from South China. 20. " SCOTOPHILUS HEATHII, Horsfield." (Heath's Bat.) About five inches in length, with snuff-brown upper and snuff-yellow underparts; very common in Canton in April and May, flying about iu large numbers over the Foreign Settlement. 21. " SCOTOPHILUS TEMMINCKII, Horsfield." (Temminck's Bat.) Smaller than the last, brown above, much paler below ; occurred in numbers in company with the last, in the same place. 22. DYSOPES (MOLOSSUS) RUEPPELII. (Large-earedTailedBat?) Dysopes (Molossus) ruppelii, Temm. Monogr. de Mammalogie, i. pl. xviii. I procured a specimen of a Bat some years ago at Amoy which greatly resembled Temminck's figure, though it could hardly be the same as that species, which is from Egypt. M y specimen was sent to England, and, 1 believe, is now in the collection of Mr. R. Tomes. Somes notes will be found on its peculiarities in P. Z. S. 1862, p. 11. The animal I speak of was brought to me alive on the 25th Nov. 1859. It was an adult male, and measured from snout to root of tail 4*3 inches; tail 1*2; expanse 15*5; ears 1*1, protruding beyond snout; breadth across the ears 2. Its skin was |
