218 Zoological Society : — 



6. Sus Papuensis. 



Sus Papuensis, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, t. ; Miiller, Verh. t. . 



Hab. New Guinea. Called ' Bene.' 



A species which has not yet reached England. 



The following animals sent home by Mr. Wallace do not occur in 

 the list ; indeed it does not contain a single Bat : viz. — 



1 . Hipposideros Aruensis. 



2. Pteropus argentatus. 



3. Dactylopsila trivirgata. 



4. Myoictis Wallacii. 



Vespertilionid^e. 



1. Pteropus argentatus. 



Back white, with scattered black hairs ; beneath yellowish ; face 

 grey, nakedish ; head deeper yellow- grey, with black interspersed 

 hairs ; collar broad, bright red-chestnut, darker brewn at the sides 

 and under side, where the hair is longer, forming a kind of ruff ; 

 ears and membranes (when dry) black. 



Hab. Aru Island. Female. 



" Back of a silky or silvery shining white, very beautiful in the 

 freshly killed animals." — Wallace. 



Hipposideros. 



AsM. Bonaparte has given the name of Phyllorhina to the Euro- 

 pean Horse-shoe Bats, I am inclined to restrict the genus Hipposi- 

 deros to those species of the larger genus which have a large cavity 

 opening with an expanding pore on the forehead behind the trans- 

 verse hinder part of the nose-leaf; they have distinct pubal teats ; 

 thus restricting Phyllorhina to those which have a simple forehead 

 without any pore. 



2. Hipposideros Aruensis. 



Sooty-brown ; the lower half of the hairs of the back paler ; the 

 hairs of the under side more uniform, or with rather paler tips ; the 

 ears large, broad, rounded at the ends, with two hairy lines on the 

 inner side of the front edge ; face and chin rather bristly, without 

 any membranaceous ridges on the sides outside of the nose-leaf. 



Hab. Aru Islands. "Male." — Wallace. 



Length of head and body 2" ; tail f ; expanse of wings 5-J- ; 

 length of upper arm bone 1| ; length of shin bone | inch. 



The ears sooty-black ; the front margin of the ears is broad, with 

 a rounded lobe on the basal part near the forehead ; wings broad, 

 thin, sooty-black, bald ; thumb slender, of two subequal joints ; the 

 interfemoral membrane broad, truncate at the end ; the hind legs 

 slender, rather elongate ; feet slender, enveloped in the membrane 

 to the base of the slender equal compressed toes; the heel-bones 

 elongate, longer than the foot ; tail elongate, slender, attached and 



