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the feet and hands pale buff; the head and face have a greyish 

 tinge, the chin and throat white ; whiskers very long, those from 

 the side of the snoat black, a few of the lower ones white, a few 

 long hairs from over the eye and between it and the ear ; the 

 hind feet are very broad, the toes with strong compressed nails, 

 the inner toe nearly equal to the outer, the centre three equal 

 and longer; the tail is blackish, quite naked; the scales roundish, 

 tubercular ; the fur is abundant, close, even, and soft, almost erect 

 above, rather aclpressed on the belly; ears moderate, rounded, 

 broad, naked, except at the base where the front margin is turned 

 in. Total length to root of the tail, 67 inches ; tail, 3*8 inches ; 

 distance from tip of nose to eye, 0'8 inch ; distance from tip of 

 nose to ear, 1*35 inches ; ears, length 06 inch, breadth 0*4 inch ; 

 fore foot and nails, 065 inch; hind foot and nails from heel 1*2 

 inch ; breadth 0*35 inch. 



TEETH. 



Incisors ... ... -i±- Molars... ... ±1 



Distance from anterior margin of upper incisors to first molar, 

 05 inch ; length of the three upper molars, 0*29 inch ; distance 

 from the front of the incisors to the first molar in the ramus, 

 0*28 inch ; total length of the skull, 1*4 inch; width 0'6 inch ; 

 zygomatic arch concave, length 0*6 inch, rather flattened 

 laterally ; width of skuil between the orbits, 0*24 inch ; 

 palatal openings equidistant between inner edge of incisors and 

 molars, slightly arched, length, 0*2 inch ; width, 01 inch. 



Hab. Duke of York Island. 



This species was found plentiful on the Duke of York Island, 

 feeding on the Plantain. The body is full, and rather heavily 

 made, the limbs short and thick, the hind feet rather long and 

 broad. The young and both sexes are alike in coloration. 



Pteropus (Cheiropteruges), alboscapulatus sp. nov. 



The fur is soft and abundant, rather long on the lower part of 

 the back, cottony on the abdomen ; the whole of the upper sur- 

 face of the body, from between the ears to the ankles, and the 

 sides of the neck rufous, darker on the legs and intrafemoral 



