44 EOUSETTUS nnAcnTOTis. 



(only one (|nite fiill-sizcfl skull of brachi/otis available for com- 

 parison). T.ie oiil}' tangible difference in the teeth would seem to 

 he the slightly smaller width of the premolars and molars in 

 li. minor, but the character must be taken with caution, inasmuch 

 as there is some individual variation in this respect in 11. hrachi/vtis. 

 p^ a little smaller in bulk than an inner upper incisor, separated by 

 miuute spaces from the canine and p'^. ni^ subcircular in outline 

 (a little longer than broad). 



Rvternal characters. — According to Dobson the ears in R. minor 

 are much longer than in li. bracJu/oiis (see his description of 

 li. hrac7i(/otis, Cat. Chir. p. 74). Tliis statement is erroneous ; the 

 oars in the type of i?. yninor (the left ear-conch is well preserved, the 

 riglit much damaged) are of the same length as in dried skins of 

 li. hrachi/otis, or if there is any difl'erence, they are perhaps a trifle 

 shorter ; the width of the ears cannot be estimated with certainty, 

 but would seem to be slightly smaller than in hrachifotis. In the 

 relative length of the muzzle (wrongly stated by Dobson to be 

 shorter than in brachi/oiis), the distribution of the fur, and the 

 measurements of the forearm, metacarpals, phalanges, and tibia, 

 there is no difference from li. braclnjotis. 



Measurements. On i). 4S. 



liange. Java. 



Tjiiie in the Calcutta iluseura. 



liemarks. — Judging from the single specimen examined, li. minor 

 appears to be more closely allied to It. brachi/oiis than to li. amplcvi- 

 caiulattis. From the latter species it is readily distinguislied by 

 its smaller size and relatively smaller ears. Its differences from 

 M. brachyotis remain to be determined *. 



8. Rousettus brachyotis, Bobs. 



Cjinonycteris brcicJiyotis, Dobson, Cat, Chir. B. M. p. 74. 



Pt'.^ropus amplexicaudatus (pt., nee Geoff.), Desmaresf, Diet. Set. Xat. 

 xlvi. p. yi)7 (18:^7: Ambnina) ; Is. Gfofroif, Diet. Class. d'Hisf. 

 Nat. xiv. p. lO'.'j {\S'26 : Amboina) ; J. B. Fiseher, Sj/n. Manim. 

 p. SO (1829: Amboina); Lesson, Hist. Nat. Mamm. (Compl. 

 liiiffiit)) v. p. oo (183(i: Amboina); <S'. Miiller, in Temminck's 

 Naf. Gesch. Nederl. overz. hez., Zoogd. pp. 20, 59 (1839-44: 

 Ani))oin,i) ; Ww/ner, Schrehers Siiin/., Suppl. i. p. 359 (1840: 

 Amboina); Lesson, N. Tahl. Rec/ne An. p. 14, no. 193 (184:^: 

 Amboina); Sc/iinz, Si/st. Verz. Sauij. i. y. 131 (1844: Amboina); 

 Wagner, Sehrebe/s Sitiig., Suppl. v. p. 004 (]853-5o: Amboina) ; 

 Giebel, Sdug. p. 1000 (1855 : Amboina) ; Fiiiseh, ISeu-Guinea, 

 •■ Vj p. 150 (1865: Amboina). 



* While these pages wfire going through the press, a fine series of skins 

 and alcoliolic specimens of Rouselius miiwr obtained in Java by Mr. Giij 

 C. Sliortridge were presented to the Museum br Mr. W. E. Enlston. Full 

 description of the species based on lliis mattriul will be given in the ' Addenda ' 

 to tliis volume. 



