SYNOPSIS OF 6EXJ5RA. 



/'. Facliil axis stroiifrly deflecled, pre- 

 maxillre more proclivous ; p' more 

 reduced, little hijjbev than pS 

 lower incisors simple, i, — i^ widely 

 spaced; third, fourth, and tiftli 

 n?etacnrpals subequal ; males with- 

 out neck-tufts. | "2 species, 6 forms : 



Indo-Cliina to Solomon fslandf.] . . 30. Macroyhssm, p. 746. 

 h-, UjSper incisors large, crown well 

 dilierentiated, narrowly chisel - 

 shaped, i,, mucli larsjer than i, and 

 with obliquely triangular crown ; 

 lateral interfemoral unusually nar- 

 row, calcar rudimentary. (Incisors 

 ^ — 5, cheek-teeth '^ or, by suppression 

 of small nij and ni^, ..) [3 species, 



7 forms : Austro-Malaya, A.ustralia.1 31. iSi/co77i/c/cn's, \^. 771. 

 (J. PremaxilliB twice or thrice as broad in 

 upper as in lower half, infrairbital 

 canal long-; fifth metacarpal lonirest, 

 terminal phalanx of third finger sub- 

 equal to or longer than third meta- 

 carpal, (p' and p, minute or absent.) . [Notoptf.kis skction.] 

 [/' . Premaxillre in simple contact in front 

 or slightly spaced, anirular process of 

 mandible large ; p' and pi present 



(cheek-teeth '^), p, smaller than m^ 

 and m^ : tail absent, membranes from 

 flanks and third or fourth toe, back 

 furred, tibia much less than half the 

 length of forearnj. 

 {-. Incisors | — 7,; second finger clawed. 



(Underparts much darker than lack.) 



[1 species: New Guinea, liisuiarck 



Archipelago.] 32. Melonyderis 



j-. Incisors y — ^ ('i ^o^^) ' f^econd finger 

 without claw. (Underparts paler 

 than back.) [1 species: Solomon 



Islands. | 



//. Premaxillae co- ossified in front, an- 

 gular process of mandible small ; p' 



and pi absent v'cheek-teeth -^), incisors 

 - — " (or in adults, i' being deciduous, 



— ), p^ the largest lower cheek- 

 tooth ; tail very long, snbeqnal to 

 forearm, membranes from spinal line 

 and first and second toe, back seem- 

 ingly naked at middle (the furred 

 back being covered by the naked 

 membranes), second finger without 

 claw, tibia longer than usual (half as • 

 long as forearm). [2 species : Poly- 

 nesia.] ■ 34. Nofopferh. p. 793. 



p. 78.') 



33. Kesoin/cferis, p. 790. 



