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of the Dragon slain by St. George, and where, they say, the foul carcass still decays, and, like Virgil' s ox, gives birth to a host of winged things. What is certain is, that from this direction, and it is strictly maintained from this very cave, proceeds the Golumbatzer Mücken, a peculiar kind of mosquito, which often invades the Banat in swarms, to the great injury of the flocks and herds." PAGET thus indicated the ancient castle on the right, or south, bank of the Danube, and the Fly Cave on the left, or north, bank. The name Kolumbács, or any of its variants, may well have been used for the general vicinity on both banks, in a similar way to Komarno on the Czechoslovakian side of the Danube and Komárom on the Hungarian side. The question is which side is the type locality of Miniopterus schreibersi From the passages quoted above it is apparent that MEHELY, although taking note of KOLENATI' s opinion, thought that it was on the left bank, i. e. the Fly Cave. KOLENATI (1860: 126) had simply written: "Aufenhalt. In Höhlen, als in der GolubaczerHöhle Serbiens..." and, although also recording the Veteráni Cave, he did not mention the Fly Cave at all. We do not consider that the bare wording "GolumbaczerHöhle Serbiens" is convincing proof, but think that MÉHELY was correct in identifying the Fly Cave as the place where SCHREIBERS collected. In support of this is the fact that at that time the frontier of the Turkish empire still extended to the south bank of the lower Danube, and there was a chain of border posts along the Hungarian bank. In these circumstances it would surely have been unwise,and perhaps dangerous, to try and cross from the north to the south bank for a collecting expedition. In addition, the Veteráni Cave where, according to MÉHELY, SCHREIBERS also obtained M. schreibersi is farther east along the left bank, at a village called Plavisevica. We therefore conclude that the correct type locality of Miniopterus schreibersi (KUHL) may be defined as: "Colmbäzer Höhle, which is the Kolumbács Cave (or "Fly Cave") on the left bank of the River Danube, about 44° 37' North, 21° 40' East, near the village of Coronini". This is in Roumania,as KOOPMAN (1975: 417) correctly pointed out, though he spelt the name "Kulmbozer". AÎNSELL W. F. H. — TOPÁL Gy.: A hosszúszárnyú denevér (Miniopterus schreibersi (KUHL) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) típusának lelőhelye A szerzők a hosszúszárnyú denevér típuspéldányának - a kutatók által többféleképpen megadott - gyűjtőhelyére vonatkozó irodalmi adatok értékelése után bizonyítottnak tekintik, hogy ez a lelőhely csak a Kolumbácsi-, vagy másnéven a Légy-barlang lehetett. Ez a barlang pedig a Duna bal partján, Coronini község közelében, Románia területén van (44 37' északi szélesség és 21 40' keleti hosszúság).