b FADULOS HBLVCJSr. 



L'ynouyctfris dupreauii *, Peters, MB. Akad. _flf/7f«, 18(37, p, 866 ; 



Jentmk, Cat. Oateol. Mnmm. p. 264 (1887) ; id., Cut. Syst. Mavitn. 



p. 152 (1888) (types : X.W. ^ladao-ascar) ; Trouessm-t, Cat. Mamm. 



1. p. 85 (1897)'; Seabra, Jorn. Sci. Math. Lisboa, (2) \. no. 19, 



p. 159 1 (1898). 

 Cvnoptenis (Xanthirpvia) dupieana, TrouesMirt, Rev. Si- Mag. Zool. 



'(3) vi. p. 207 (1878). 

 ( 'ynonycteris straminea var. dupreana, Barthit, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 769 



(S.E. Mada.L'ascar). 

 Xantharpyia dupreaua, Matschle, Megachiropicra, p. 63 (1899). 

 llousettus dupreanus, Trouessart, Cut. Mamm., Suppl. p. 59 (1904). 

 I'terocyon diipivauus, K. Andersen, Ami. ^ Mug. X. H. (7) xix. 



p. 504 (1907); Miller, Fam. ^- Gen. Bats, p. 56 (1907). 



Differs from E. helvum in the following particulars : — Cranial 

 rostrum relatively longer and slenderer: measured from i'ront of 

 orbit to tip of nasals equalling or slightly exceeding the length of 

 the upper tooth-row from front of canine to back of m"; posterior 

 premolars and molars slightly broader ; m' comparatively longer, 

 being conspicuously longer than p^ ; p^ and m„ comparatively 

 larger; fur on body longer, more woolly, and not closely adpressed ; 

 colour of fur browner (details see below) ; length of forearm as ia 

 large sjKicimens of E. helvum, but metacarpals and phalanges rather 

 longer, as shown by the wing-indices, p. 5. 



Distribution of fur on ears, limbs, and membranes as in E. helvum. 



Colour. — General aspect : brownish above, tawny olive below ; a 

 tawny half-collar in adult males. — Upperside of head, back, and 

 ribiae brownish, approaching Prout's brown ; base of hairs tawny 

 olive. Glandular hairs on foreneck tawny, paler on the sides of 

 the neck ; absent in the only female examined. Breast and belly 

 tawny olive on flanks, washed with dark hair-brown in the middle. 



Measurements. See table, p. 16. 



Range. Madagascar. 



Cotgpcs (two specimens) in the Leyden Museum. 



«. 5 ad. rk. ; sliiill. Madagascar. E. Bartlett [C.]. 77.7.6.1. 



b. cJ ad. sk. ; skull. Viuauitelo, Betsileo, Hoyal Society 97.9.1.30. 



Madaffasear; 27 May, [P.]. 



l^'^^iBr.C.I.Foriyth 



Mcjor). 



c. c? aJ. st. ; bknll. Itanibelo, Betsileo, Royal Society 1*7.9.1.31. 



Mndagascai- ■. H June, [l^-]' 



\m&(Ih:C.I.Fo)i;iith 



Major). 



'2. Eidolon helvum, Kerr. 

 Cynongcteris straminea, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 77. 



Cliaiive-Soui'is, Des Marchais, I'uyage e>i Gidnee, i. p. 81 (1730: off 

 Guinea Coast). 

 " I/est-er Tomate Bat, Pennant, Sgn. Quadr. p. 362, no. 274/3, pL xx.xi. 



* \ ariuujly written C. drprcaiiuf and (fiiprcana. 



1 .MissiM-lt C. 'Iiii>rri^!-(i. 



