.5 inch; extent of wings, 11.5 inches; length of head .7 inch; of ear, .7 inch; of tragus, .36 inch.

Of the two specimens in the Colonial Museum, one was obtained in the Hutt Valley, near Wellington, and the other in Milford Sound, on the southwest coast of the South Island.

Dr. Gray named this bat tuberculata, under the impression that he was describing the Vespertilio tuberculatus of Forster; but it is evident from Forster's description that his bat was the short-eared kind. As, therefore, Dr. Gray's name was given in error, and as confusion is likely to arise if both our bats have the same specific name, I propose to call this species velutina, from the velvet like nature of its fur.