SCOTOPHILUS NIGROGRISEUS, Gowda.

Blackish-grey Scotophilus.

 

A very fine specimen of this Bat was sent to me by Mr. Strange, who collected it in the neighbourhood of
Moreton Bay. In size it is about equal to the Scotophilus picatus, to which it bears a close resemblance, but
from which it is quite distinct. The S. picatus is an inhabitant of the distant interior, where it was collected
by Captain Sturt in the neighbourhood of his farthest encampment, when he endeavoured to reach the centre
of the continent from South Australia; the present animal, on the other hand, inhabits the country near
the coast ; it will be seen therefore that the two species affect very different localities.

The specimen from which my figure was taken will hereafter be deposited in the British Museum, where
it may be examined by any mammalogist who may be desirous of investigating the singular group of animals
to which it pertains. I may add, that Mr. Tomes, who has paid much attention to this group, coincides with
me in considering it to be a new and distinct species from any previously described.
ue greyish-black, becoming somewhat paler on the posterior

Fur soft and velvety to the touch, the general h
brown, and fading into very light brown on the vent; wing-

part of the upper surface ; abdomen washed with
and tail-membranes purplish-brown.

The figures are of the natural size.