20 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1890. 



" Whisker " black, as is also the neck between the horizontal rami 

 of the lower jaw. 



Face l)lack sparsely covered with hair. 



Labial fringe none. 



Side of neck distinctly limited from the back and front. Hair 

 longer and coarser than elsewhere. The basal half tawny, the apical 

 half black with glistening ashy tips. 



Back of neck uniform dark brown. 



Front of neck black with glistening ashy tips. 



Side of trunk with long silky black fur with ashy tips. 



Front of chest and abdomen same in color but much shorter and 

 stouter. 



Back covered with uniform dark brown, appressed hair. 



Over sacrum same, but more woolly and with ashy tips. 



Base of prebrachiinn not distinctly colored from the humerus, both 

 being dark brown. 



Pteropus medius. 

 Nineteen skins. 



(1) Crown dark brown, basal third much darker. Hair almost 

 appressed. 



" Whisker " well defined but not forming a " cowlick " with the 

 black hair of the face. 



Labial fringe absent. 



Hair between the horizontal rami of the lower jaw thick and soft, 

 and of a black or deep brown color. 



Side of the neck with long, thick fur of a tawny or yellow tinge. 

 Basal half black. 



Back of neck the same. The lower margin of the mantle is of a 

 lighter hue than the rest. 



Base of prebrachium anteriorly (veutrally) clothed with short 

 hair which is of the same color as the humerus, namely, very dark 

 brown or black. 



Side of trunk with very long silky black hair. Base of the same 

 hue as the tips. 



Front of chest and abdomen dull chestnut-brown. Basal half 

 half black. 



Region below anus woolly, dark brown. 



Back with short appressed hair, dark brown to black with gray 

 tips. 



Sacrum and legs woolly with same color as the back. 



(2) Same as No. 1. 



