^4 



Pi'EROPUS. 



II. nostrum sliorteueil, deutition more or les« 

 modified. Tibia nearly always clothed 

 above *. 

 c. Dentitiou heavy. Fur never silvery 

 whitish or bufly above and beneath. 

 e'. vn^ always, m- often, conspicuously re- 

 duced ; u and p, normal. 

 (/-. -Hostrum less shortened ; i, not reduced, 



M.ofie 



k'. Tibia densely furred above, at least 

 for proximal half. (Solomon Is.). 

 '/«'. Brownish above and beneath with 

 cinnamon or russet mantle. Fore- 

 arm at least 121 mm. (San Christ- 

 oval) 



n-i. Upperside tri-coloured : briyht 

 mantle, dark back, bright rump. 

 t! *^. Smaller : forearm 137-141 mm. 



(Guadalcanar) 



j\ Ijarger: forearm 151-172 mm. 

 i\[ h'^'. Crown and face grizzled with huffy 



and greyish. 

 w(". Lower leg a]x)ut7(i"o mm. ; colour 

 much lighter. Forearm about 



I(j3 mm. (Rubiaua) 



n'. Lower leg about 6;)-68 mm.; 

 colour much darker. Forearm 

 151-156mm. (VellaLavella). . 

 ,." P. Crown and face blackit^h seal- 



brown. Forearm 167-172 mm. 

 (^Bougainville; Shortland) .... 



,'"' P. Tibia thinly haired above. Upperside 

 generally tri-culourtd. Forearm lOy- 



177 mm. (Amlxiina group) 



/(-. Rostrum much shortened; ii reduced, 



i-iofi., 



«(•*. Tibia furred above ; forearm 108- 



127 mm. 

 v*. Fars exposed. 

 k^. Larger, darker. Foreaim 113- 

 122 mm. (Lombok ; Flores) .... 

 fi. Smaller, paler. Forearm about 



108 mm. (Alor L) 



p*. Ears nearly concealed in fur. Fore- 

 arm 124-127 mm. (Rodriguez) . . 

 H-K Tibia nalced above. Very small : 

 foiearm 94-99 mm. (Carolines) . . 

 /'. ni;,, m", and ii normal ; i; and pi en- 

 larged ; rostrum very short. 

 i^. Posterior ledges of upper incisors of 



normal breadth 



o^. No inner basal ledge in lower cheek- 

 teeth. 



G. Pr. RAYNERIGROrP, 



[p. 250. 



42. Pt. ccMjnatus, p. 251 . 



43. Pt. rayneri, p. 253. 



44. Pt. n/tiianifs, p. 255. 



[p. 258. 



45. Pt. hivellanus, 



40. Pt. (jrandk, p. 259. 



[p. 2G0. 

 47. Pf. chrystqiroctiis, 



II. Pt. LOJIBOf'ENSIS 



Gitoup, p. 265. 



i"p. 266. 



48. Pi. loniboccnsis, 



[p. 269. 



49. Pt. solitarins, 



[p. 273. 

 iX). Pt. ruilncensts, 



; p. 275. 

 51. Pt. mohi^sinus, 



I. Pt. SAMOi^XSIS GROUP, 



[p. 280. 



* The tibia is clothed, and generallj' thictlj clothed, above in all species of 



this .seetion except Pt. /i(olossiiiii.% iiisii/arif!, and pho'ticeplwlus (Caroline Is.). 



