80 PTEROPUS. 



4. PTEROPUS CONSPICILLATUS, Gould (1849). 

 Spectacled Flying-Fox. 



Ears short, obtusely pointed, abruptly narrowed above. Inter- 

 femoral membrane very narrow behind, and concealed in the 

 middle by the fur. Fur short, scarcely extending on to the fore- 

 arms or legs, slightly more than two inches wide across the loins. 

 Face and crown of head black with a ring of pale brownish-yellow 

 fur round each eye ; back of head, nape, and shoulders pale 

 yellowish. Back and entire under surface black with a few shin- 

 ing yellowish hairs. 



Dimensions. Head and body from ten to twelve inches ; fore- 

 arm about seven inches. 



Habitat. North-east Australia and the islands off the coast; 

 Yule Island, New Guinea. 



References. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt.p. 61; Gould, Mamm. 

 Austr. iii. pi. xxix. 



Note. See p. 78. 



5. PTEROPUS SCAPULATUS, Peters (1862). 

 Collared Flying-Fox. 



Size large. Ears longer than the muzzle, narrow and subacutely 

 pointed, naked. Muzzle long and rather narrow. Interfemoral 

 membrane narrow behind, but its posterior margin beneath not 

 concealed by the fur. Fur about an inch wide at the origin of 

 the wings, about two inches on the middle of the back ; the wing 

 membrane between the humerus and thigh covered with long 

 woolly hair. General color of fur reddish- or yellowish-brown, 

 with a much paler collar round the neck ; adult males with a light 

 buff-colored tuft of hairs on each shoulder ; back, breast, and 

 abdomen dark reddish-brown. 



Dimensions. Head and body about nine inches; forearm about 

 five and a half inches. 



Habitat. North-east Australia. 



Reference. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 41. 



Note. In the length of the muzzle, and the very narrow uni- 

 cuspidate teeth, this species differs so much from all its congeners, 

 and so closely resembles the long-tongued Macroglossi, as to make 

 it probable that its food is similar to that of those forms. 



Genus ILURONYC PERIS, Gray (1862). 



Size medium. Muzzle short, obtuse, and very thick. Nostrils 

 tubular, projecting abruptly for a considerable distance from the 

 upper extremity of the muzzle. Tongue of moderate length. 



