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ON SOME MAMMALS COLLECTED BY MK. ALBERT MEEK 

 ON FERGUSSON ISLAND, D'ENTRECASTEAUX GROUP. 



Hv OLDFIELD TH0MA8. 



THE uiiiuiiiials iiu which the following uotes are based were obtained by ;\Ir. Albert 

 Meek, when collecting on Fergusson Island, the largest of the D'Entrecasteaux 

 group, a locality whence \'ery few mammals have ever previously been brought. Both 

 for this reason and on account of their inherent interest, they deserve a connected 

 notice. Twelve species are represented, of which three prove to need new names 

 specific or subs]iecific. 



One specimen. 

 One specimen. 



1. Pteropus hypomelanus Tem 

 2. Cephalotes peronii (Jeoff. 



:'■. Uronycteris major Dolis. 



Three specimens. 



A skull of this species was obtained on Goodeuough Island, also in the D'Entre- 

 casteau.x group, by Mr. Basil Thomson in 188!), and presented by him -to tlie Britisli 

 Museum. 



4. Carpouycteris  crassa >p. no\ . 



One specimen. 



Size ecjualliug or exceeding that of C. iiiiaimiis. Form .stouter, but piopurtions 

 of head and structure of muzzle as in C aHt^tralis. General colour dull fawn abo\e 

 and below, -without any rufous or fuh^ous suffusion. Interfemoral nieml)rane and 

 calcars practically obsolete, wholly buried in the thick fur of the upper and inner sides 

 of the lower leg ; the broadest part of the membrane, just inside the knee, is less than 

 :> mm. broad, while the almost unrecognisable calcar is at most about 1'5 mm. long. 



Skull comparatively broad and stoutly built.; the postorbital processes well 

 developed. The lower jaw especially stout and strong. 



Upper incisors large and long, subequal, placed in an even ciu'ved serir> ; tlie 

 median pair nearer to each other than to the outer ones. Cheek-teeth verv uniform 

 in size and form, the anterior [)remolar scarcely smaller than the others, and the 

 diastema behind it not or scarcely longer than tho.se separating the other teeth. In 

 the lower jaw the same description apjilies exactly, exceiif that the median incisors 

 are much smaller than the outer ones, and almost touch each other. 



Dimensions of the type, an adult male in spirit : — Head and bodv 7(» mm. ; ear 

 13-5; forearm 47 ; lower leg l!)-5. Skull, basal length 24-5; greatest breadth 17; 

 interorbital breadth C"! ; tip to tip of postorbital processes 12'2 ; greatest height of 

 kiwer jaw from top of coronoid !'. 



* l/yJckkci' ; replilciiiL' llarpipii :iinl .Uar^roi/hssttn, Imth iircoctnipictj. 



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