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finely grizzled than those of neck ; shoulder stripe ill-defined (in some 

 specimens practically absent), lighl buff; underparts a brownish 

 hull', tinged with ochraceous posteriorly and with dull cream buff on 

 chest and throat, the slate-gray bases of the hairs appearing irregularly 

 at surface and producing a slighl grizzled appearance so that the 

 genera] effeel is not noticeably different from that of sides; feel 

 slightly paler than hack, the actual color an indefinite brownish hull'; 

 tail essentially like hack above hut more coarsely grizzled and slightly 

 paler, the hair dark at extreme base and at tip. the median portion 

 wit',] four hull' and three blackish annulations, below with median 

 region a nearly clear brownish hull' essentially like that of feet. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull and teeth do not differ appreciably from 

 those of Tupaia molli ndorffi. As in the Culion animal the skull essen- 

 tially resembles that of Tupaia ferruginea except for its smaller size, 

 and the hypocone of m 1 and m? tends to he less developed than in 

 the larger species. 



Measurements. -Type: Head and body, L54 mm.: tail. L66; hind 

 feet (dry), 39.6; skull (teeth moderately worn), condylobasal length, 

 43.0; zygomatic breadth, 24.4; breadth of braincase, L7.8; mandible, 

 .".1.0: maxillary toothrow (alveoli), 23.6; mandibular toothrow 

 (alveoli), 19.4. Average and extremes of nine adults: Head and 

 body, 156.4 (1 <:> L66); tail, Hi::.:; (152 L75);hind foot, 39.9 (39-40.6). 



Specimens examined. Nine, all from the island of Cuyo. 



PTEROPUS PUMILUS, new species. 



Type-specimen. Adult male, teeth slightly worn (skin and skull). 

 Xo. 1 1 1758, U.S.N.M. Collected on Palmas Island, southeast of 

 Mindanao, January 21, 1906. Original number, 6019. 



Diagnosis. Essentially like P. speciosus Andersen, from Malanipa 

 Island off the southwest point of Mindanao, but with smaller skull, 

 feet, and claws. 



CoZor.— Body hair-brown or broccoli-brown, the hack irregularis 

 suffused with dull, lighl buff, the underparts tinged with ochraceous; 

 mantle and head dull bufi niddle of neck both above and below 



strongly suffused with light ochraceous; face. chin, and interramia 

 inconspicuously sprinkled with dark-brown hairs. 

 SJcull and teeth. - Aside from their smaller size the skull and teeth 



e with those of Pteropus speciosus. 



Measurements. Type: Forearm, 109 mm.; third ringer, 199; skull 



htly worn); condylobasal length, 19.8 (56.6); a zygomatic 



breadth, nastoid breadth, 16.6 (19.0); breadth of brain- 



•, 19.6 (20.4); postorbital constriction, 7.8 (7.6); interorbital 



constriction, 7.2 ; depth of braincase at middle, 17. s (19.2); 



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parentheses are those of an adult female topotype of /' 

 lerately wore I, I 13, U.S.N .M. 



