PTKUorrs iivro.MEi.Axcs tojikst. 



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by Peters (Z. s. c.) in a nominal list of Cliiroi»tera obtained by tbe 

 Manjuis G. Doria in Sarawak. Peters refers, without description, 

 to Tomes's paper in P. Z. IS. for 1858 (I. s. c), in which this latter 

 author describes a specimen of Ft. hiipomelunus obtained by James 

 Motley in the island of Labuan and, in 1858, in the possession of 

 Mr. L. L, Dillwyn. Type locality therefore Labuan, and type the 

 specimen described by Tomes and considered by him a " dark 

 variety " of hypomdanus. 1 have been unable to trace the fate nf 

 this specimen ; judging from the descrijjtion given by Tomes in 

 was perfectly similar to the specimens here referred to Ft. h. 

 tomesi. 



lianarks. — Ft. h. tomesi is closely related to Ft. h. ccinus, Jepulua, 

 and annectens; it agrees with these races in the colour of tho 

 mantle, head, and underparts ; but whereas in canus, Icpithcs, and 

 annectens the back and rump are silvery greyish or silvery whitish 

 sprinkled with blackish and with or without a buffy, russet, or 

 Prout's brown suffusion, these parts are in tomesi, owing to a 

 decrease of the silvery whitish and corresponding increase of the 

 dark clement of the colour, blackish or seal- brown sprinkled with 

 greyish. The intimate relationship between all these races is 

 further proved by the fact that tomesi is occasionally almost indistin- 

 guishable ill the colour of the fur from lepidus (tbe fifth specimen 

 described above) or annectcns (the sixth). In dentition tomesi 

 agrees perfectly with the majority of races of hypomelanus, i. e. it 

 does not show the enlargement of the average size of the teeth 

 characteristic of crtnus and lepidxis. 



a-c. 2 c? ad., 12 ad. al. 

 skulls. 



d. Ad. sk.; skLiU. 



e. c5"ad. sk. ; skull. 



/. cT;id. ,nl. ; skull. 

 g. Ad. sk. ; skull. 



h. Oad. fk. ; skull. 



D.arvel Bay, N.E. Commander of 94.7.14.1-3. 



Borneo. H.M.8. 'Egeria' 



[P.]. 

 Mengalun I., off A. Everett [C.]. 94.7.2.2. 



N. \V. Eorneo ; 



April, 1.S92. 

 SibutuL.cffN.E. A. Everett [C.]. 93.11.2.2. 



Borneo ; July, 



1893. 

 Sibutu I.; Julv, A. Everett [C.l. 94.7.2.47. 



1893. 

 Lambovan I., off DougLos Cator, 95.7.30.1. 



S. 'Palawan ; Esq. [C. & P.]. 



Aug. or Sept. 



1894. 

 Pulo Rampia, Kunla I'.umpur 8.1.2.5.32. 



Seunbilan Is., iluso-jni [P.]. 



N.E. Sumatra ; 



7Aug. 190G(i/. 



C. Rob in SOU)), 



1 h. Pteropus hypomelanus cagayanus, Mearm. 



Pteropus [.sp.], Walvrhoiisc, P. Z. 6'. 1S4.3, p. G" (Philippines). 

 Pteropus hypomelanus (wee Tciivn. subsp.j, Dob.wn, Cat. Chir. B. JT". 



p. 58, .specimens «-fi? ( l.'^rB : Din.igat) ; Troncsxarf, licv. S: Maq. 



Zool. (3) vi. p. 202 (,pt.) (1870 f S.E. Philippines); Glinther, 



