CATALOG OF TYPE SPECIMENS OF MAMMALS 141 



*Pteropus lanigera H. Allen. 



Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 28: 70, May 10, 1890. 

 =Pteropiis ii}sularis Hombron and Jacqninot. See Matscbie, Die Fledermause 

 des Berliner Museums fiir Naturkunde, p. 28, 1899 ; Andersen, Catalogue 

 of the Chiroptera in tbe Britisb Museum (ed. 2) 1: 297-298, Mar. 23, 1912. 



. Skin and skull. Said to be from the Samoan Islands, but 



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this locality is undoubtedly incorrect. Purchased from Ward's 

 Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, N. Y., bearing No. 

 4397. Cataloged August 21, 1890; skidl, November 14, 1899. 



Well-made skin (remade and skull removed in November 1899) in good 

 condition. Skull Grade A. 



H. Allen fails to specify tbe type by number but speaks of only one 

 specimen in his description, and that as being in Ward's Natural Science 

 Establishment. The specimen was purchased from Ward's in August 

 1890, shortly after H. Allen's description appeared. On the original label 

 is written "Pteropus lanigera sp. nov. Samoa Is.," the italicized part 

 being in H. Allen's handwriting. 



*Pteropus lepidus Miller. 



Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 2: 237, Aug. 20, 1900. 

 =Pteropus hypomelanus lepidus Miller. See Andersen, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 (ser. 8) 2: 361, Oct. 1908. 



101670. Skin and skull. Adult female. Kaju Ara, or Saddle 

 Island, Tambelan Islands, South China Sea, between Malay 

 Peninsula and Borneo. August 15, 1899. Collected by W. L. 

 Abbott. 



Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Pteropus mearnsi Hollister. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 26 : 112, May 3, 1913. 

 144739. Skin and skull. Adult male. Isabella, Basilan Island, 

 Philippine Islands. January 26, 1906. Collected by Edgar A. 

 Mearns. Original number 6024. 



Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Pteropus niadicus Miller. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 19 : 64, May 1, 1906. 

 141233. Skin and skull. Adult male. Teliwaa, Nias Island, oflf 

 west coast of Sumatra. March 5, 1905. Collected by W. L. Ab- 

 bott. Original number 3981. 



Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Pteropus pumilus Miller. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 38 : 394, Aug. 19, 1910. 



