. Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum. 140 CHIROPTERA to ti]i of lancet. Sella broadly rounded at tip, noticeably con- stricted somewhat above middle, the resulting outline pandurate. Connecting process rising slightlj" but evidently above level of sella, its upper border straight anteriorly, its tip rather abruptly rounded off. Eai' large, extending when laid forward slighth' beyond extremity of muzzle, abruptly narrowed to a rather acute recurved tip ; antitragal lobe less than half as high as conch, its width a
. Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum. 140 CHIROPTERA to ti]i of lancet. Sella broadly rounded at tip, noticeably con- stricted somewhat above middle, the resulting outline pandurate. Connecting process rising slightlj" but evidently above level of sella, its upper border straight anteriorly, its tip rather abruptly rounded off. Eai' large, extending when laid forward slighth' beyond extremity of muzzle, abruptly narrowed to a rather acute recurved tip ; antitragal lobe less than half as high as conch, its width about eclual to its height, its upper border nearly horizontal. Wings broad, the membrane attached to ankle. First phalanx of foui-th linger noticeably more than half as long as second. Foot slender, nearly half as long as tibia. —General effect a light greyish or drabby brown pi'oduced by varying combinations of the pale ecru-drab under colour and the darker hair tips, the region between ears, across shoulders and at sides of lumbar region usually jialer than back. The colour of the tips is usually either a clear, rather light .sepia, or a buffy brown resembling the wood-brown of Ridgway. While intermediate shades occvir the extremes are more often met with, evidently representing two dichromatic phases. Underparts usually rather lighter than back but never approaching whitish. Slciill.—General outline of skull long and narrow, the breadth of brain-case much less than twice that across canines, and con- tained about 2 A times in greatest length ; zygomata projecting slightl}' beyond general outline ; interorbital region greatly con- stricted and conspicuously hour-glass shaped ; occipital portion of brain-case noticeably overhanging foramen magnum and marked oti' from main j^ortion Iw a slight transverse depression corre- sponding to suture between parietals and unusually large interparietal ; sagittal crest well developed, extending forward to nari'owest portion of
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