RaUSETTUS SEMTXTTDUS. U9 



Xaiith;ivpyia aniplfxicandata (pt.), Blanford, Fami. Brit. Lid., 



Mamm. pt. ii. p. 201 (18;)1 : Cevlouj ; Matschie, Megachiroplrra, 



p. (37 (pt.) (1899). 

 Xantliarpyia tiemiiuida, Gray, Cat. Monk. Sfc. p. 115 (1870: 



Ceylon). 

 Rousettus seniinudus, K. Andersen, A7in. ^- May. N. H. (7) xix. 



p. 538 (1907,1. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to R. leschenaulfi, but p' deciduous, iiajie 

 and slioulders scmi-uakt'd, general colour of fur lij^hter. Forearm 

 79-8o-5 mm. 



Detaih. — Size and shape of skull as in 7^. JescJienaulii. p' de- 

 ciduous* ; m, quite or almost equalling m, iu length ; m^ elliptical 

 in outline. Palate-ridges as in Ji. hschenaulti. 



Pur markedly shorter and more closely adpressed than in 

 7^. hucheiumltl ; nape and shoulders covered with such sjiarse and 

 short hairs as to appear semi-naked ; hairs on membranes and 

 upperside of forearm and tibia shorter and sparser : in some 

 individuals these parts appear to be almost naked. Colour lighter 

 than ill 7i. Icsclienaultl : upperside intermediate between mars- 

 brown and wood-brown, or very nearly wood-brown ; head darker; 

 underside wood-brown. 



M.-asiiremenis. On p. 48. 



Range. Ceylon. 



Type in collection. 



Xaiitharpijia .'leminuda. Gray ; 1S70. — Typo locality : Ceylon.— 

 The name Pteropus semimidits is commonly assigned to Kelaart, but 

 Kelaart seems never to have published any description of the species ; 

 in the paper usually referred to by authors, viz. Blyth's account in 

 J. A. S. li. xxi. p. 3-15 (1852) on a collection of mammals sent by 

 Kelaart to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, the name ajipears only as 

 a synonym, without comment, of Pt. lescheiianlti, and the same is 

 the case in Kelaart's ' Prodromus Fauna Zeylanicae ' (1852). It 

 remained a nomen midiirn, until iu 1870 (Z. s. c.) Gray published 

 a brief description (quality of fur, colour, length of forearm) of 

 " XaatJuirpyia seminada" and the British iluseum specimen on 

 which he based this descriiition is, therefore, the type of the 

 species. 



o. (^ad.al. ; skull. Ceylou (l/nvaites). Mr. Cuming's Coll. Not reg. 



(Ti/pe of fpocies.) 

 6. cJ iinni.sk. ;skull. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart [C. & P.J. .'i2.5.9.10. 



(Authentic specimen of"' Pteropus semiinuliis. Ke\"^ 

 c. J ad. sli.; skull. Punduloya. Cevlou, E. E. Green, Esq. [P.]. 9,j. 7.27.1. 



4:joo' ; 30 Apr. is;i.^. 



* Details from three skulls : — one im'nature, p^ present on both sides; one 

 ad., tei'th very slightly worn, p' present on one, nbsent on the other side: one 

 ad., tfetli unworn, p' ili>i»nt on both i-'Hoa 



