GKOGKAPHICAL DISTKIBUTION. IxXlii 



New Guinea : — 



Bousettus bra<;hyofis (also Amboina group, Bismarck Arch., Solomon Is.). 

 Ptero/ms hi/pomekinus luteus (also islands off S.E. New Guinea) ; chrys- 



auchen (N.W. New Guinea; also Mysol, Salawati, Ghebi, Gilolo group); 



conapicilkifus (S.E. New Guinea with satellite islands, N. Australia) ; 



papuanus(*) (perhaps also Ghebi, Mvsol) ; epularius*. 

 Dohsonia minor* ; magna (also My.sol, Waigeou). 

 Nt/ctimene papuanus (also Admiralty Is., Key Is., Cape Yort) ; cyclotis * 



(Arfak Mts.) ; ccrfans* ; yeminus (also Trobriand and D'Entrecasteaux 



Is.) ; aello (also Mysol). 

 Macroglossns lagochilus nanus (also Mysol, Bismarck Arch., Aru Is.). 

 Syeonycteris crassa papuana (also Aru Is.). 

 Alelonycieris melanops (also Bismarck Arch.). 



Conflict, Trobriand, D'Entrecasteaux, Alcester Is., Louisiades: — 



Pieropus kypomclainis luteus (also New Guinea) ; conspicillaius (also 



S.E. New Guinea, N. Australia); ? poliocephalus (also Australia). 

 Dobsonia panuietensis *. 

 Nyctinicne gemmus (also New Guinea). 

 Syeonycteris crassa crassa *. 



Woodlark Island ; — 



Pteropus hypomelamis Inteus (also Trobriand and Conflict Is., New 

 Guinea) ; conspicillatus (also Alcester and Trobriand Is., New Guinea, 



N. Australia). 

 Nyctimene lullulce *. 

 Syeonycteris naias *. 



Murray Islands (Torres Straits) : — Macroglossns lagochilus pygmaus*. 



Admiralty Islands : — 



Pteropus admiralitatum *. 



Nyctimcne papuanus (also New Guinea, &c.). 



Bismarck Archipelago : — 



Botisettus hrachyotis (also New Guinea, &c.). 



Pteropus capistrafus * ; neoliihernicus* . 



Dobsonia pradatrix ■*. 



Nyctimene major *. 



Macroglossus lagochilus nanus (also New Guinea, &c.). 



Syeonycteris crassa finschi *. 



Melonycteris melanwps (also New Guinea). 



Solomon Islands (whole Megachiroptera fauna) : — 



Bousettus brachyotis (also Guadaloanar, Bismarck Arcb., New Guinea). 

 Ptercrpus colmius * ; solomonis * : cognafus * ; rayneri * ; ruhianus * ; 



lavellanus * ; grandis * ; ivoodfordi *. 

 Pteralopex * anceps ; atrata. 

 Dohsonia. inermis * ; nesea *. 

 Nyctimene scitulus *. 

 Macroglossns lagochilus yniavtus*. 

 Nesonycteris * woodfordi. 



Known distribution in the separate groups of Soloiuon Islands; — 



Bougainrille, Shortland, Fauro : — 



Bousettus brachyotis (also Guadalcanar). 



Pteropus coloiius * ; grandis*. 



pteralopex aiiceps*. 



Dohsonia n^sea (also Eubiana). 



Nyctimene scitulus (also New Georgia, Florida, Guadalcanar). 



Nesonycteris woodfordi (also Guadalcanar). 



Vella I^vella : — Pteropus lavellanus*. 



