258 PTEKOPUS. 



Dr. H. Allen fails to specify the type by nuniV)er, Imt speaks of only one .«peci- 

 men in his description, and that as being in Ward's ISTatural Science Establish- 

 ment. The si)ecimen was purchased from Ward's in August, LS90, shortly after 

 Doctor Allen's description appeared. On the original lal)el is written " Pteropus 

 lanigcni sp. nov. Samoa Is.," the italicized part being in Dr. H. Allen's hand- 

 writing. 



Pteropus lepidus Miller. 



Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., II, p. 237, fig. 16, August 20, 1900. 

 lOl^lTO. Skin and .skull. Adult female. Kaju Ara, or Saddle Island, 

 Tambelan Islands, South China Sea. August 15, 1899. Collected 

 by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Catalogued January 19, 1900. 

 Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect. 



Pteropus niadicus Miller. 



Proc. P>iol. Soc. Wash., XIX, p. 64, May 1, 1906. 

 141233. Skin and skull. Adult male. Teliwaa, Nias Island, oil west 

 coast of Sumatra. March 5, 1905. Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 

 Original numl)er 3981. Catalogued July 21, 1905. 



Well-maile skin in good condition; skull perfect, except loss of tympanic rings. 



Pteropus samoensis Peale. Cotypes. 



U. S. Exploring Expedition, VIII, Mammalia and Ornithology, p. 20, 1848. 



This species is based upon material brought back by the U. S. 

 Exploring Expedition. No tj^pe is designated, and there is nothing 

 to show that one specimen is more typical than any other. It is 

 inconvenient to regard all the Samoan Pteropus brought back by 

 the Expedition as cotypes. Those specimens from Tutuila are 

 here regarded as the cot3'pes of the species, the following quotation 

 from the original description seeming to justity this selection: 

 "This species was first discovered on the island of Tutuila, and 

 subsequently on all the islands of the Samoan group; we ol)tained 

 numerous specimens." 

 The specimens from Tutuila are as follows: 



^V"6V2- Collected by James Gibson. The catalogue, under remarks, 

 says: " Specimen turned over to Dept. Comp. Anat. for exhibition." 

 Only the skull can now be found. It has the posterior part of 

 brain-ca.se cut away. Skin catalogued July 30, istiO; skull, Feb- 

 ruary 7, 1887. 



A'fiVs- Female. Original numl)er 14. Recently made into a modern 

 study skin in fair condition and skull removed. Posterior part of 

 brain-case cut away, all molars of upper left hand side broken away, 

 otherwise skull in good condition. Skin catalogued July 30, 1866; 

 skull, February 21, 1900. 



AVbV- Collected by W. Elliott. Recentl}^ made into a modern study 

 skin, in fair condition, and skull removed. Skull nearly perfect, 



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