124 rxEEorrs htpomklants rjACAssAKicrs. 



1 i. Pteropus hypomelanus luacassaricus, HemJe. 



rteropus hypomelanus {nee Temm. subsp.), Dobson, Cat. C'hir. B. M. 



p. 58, specimens /, g, h (1878: Sanghir Is.; N. Celebes); 



Troiiessart, Hev. <^- May. Zool. (3) vi. p. 20:2 (pt.) (l879 : Sangliir; 



N. Celebes) ; Jentink, Notes Leyden Mks. v. p. 173 (1883 : N. 



Celebes) ; id., Cat. Ost. Mamm. p. 262, specimens /, o (1887 : 



Siao, Sanpfliir) ; id., Cat. Syst. Mamm. pp. 148, 149, specimens 



»(, q, r (1888 : Siao, Sanghir) ; id., in U'ehcr's Zool. Erycbn. 



lieise Niederl. Ost-Ind. i. p. 96 (1890-91 : Macassar) ; Troue'ssart, 



Cat. Mamm. i. p. 82 (pt.) (1897: N. Celebes); Willink, Nat. 



Tijd. Nederl. Ind. Ixv. p. 274 (pt.) (1905 : Saugbir; Celebes). 

 Pteropns (Spectrum) hypomelanus (pt.), Mutschie, Meyachir. 



pp. 23, 24 (1899 : Sanghir ; Gorontalo ; Macassar) ; Troiiessart, 



Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 52 (1904 : Sanphir; Celebes). 

 Pteropus macassaricus, Hcude, Mem. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chin. iii. 



p. 177, footnote, pi. v. lig-. 4 (teeth) (1896 : Macassar). 

 Pteropus (Spectrum) hypomelanus i. macassaricus, Matschie, Meya- 



c/iir. p. 26 (1899). h. macassaricus, Troiiessart, Cat. Mamm., 



Suppl. p. 52 (1904 : Macassar). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Ft. Ji. cagayanvs, but underparts pnler. 

 A dark phase occurs. Forearm 131-1 45-5 mm. Hah. Celebes; 

 hjanghir Is. ; Talaut Is. 



Colour. — (1) Bright phase : underparts some shade of ochra- 

 ceous (four speciraeus ; S imm., S ad. skins, teeth slightly worn, 

 Sanghir Is., 76.10.21.1, li ; ^ ad. ah, teeth somewhat worn, N. 

 Celebes, 72.4.15.2 ; S juv. skin, Talaut Is., 8.7.26.5). — Back and 

 rump between seal-brown and Prout's brown, with or without a 

 distiiicb wash of russet, and generally rather thinly sprinkled 

 with silvery greyish-white hairs. — Breast and belly yellowish ochra- 

 ceous-butt', in one specimen clouded with tawny, passing into seal- 

 brown or chestnut seal-brown on flanks and anal region ; extreme 

 bases of bright-coloured hairs dark brown. — ^lantle tawny, nearly- 

 pure in tinge or somewhat clouded with hazel, generally distinctly 

 paler posteriorly near back, becoming slightly d^irker on sides of 

 neck, and passing into russet, or russet washed with hazel, on 

 foreneck. — Crown similar to mantle or rather paler (one specimen), 

 or very distinctly grizzled with silvery grey, darkening on sides of 

 head into the daik vandyck-brown or seal-brown on tliroat. 



(2) Dark phase: breast, belly, and flanks uniform blackish seal- 

 brown ( c? ad. skin, teeth well worn, Oct., Meuado, 97.1.2.3). 

 — Back and rump uniform glossy seal-brown. Breast, belly, and 

 tianks uniform glossj' blackish seal-brown, irantle rich golden 

 tawny hazel tinged with orange-ochraceous, darker on sides of 

 neck, and clouded with seal-brown on foreneck. Head similar to 

 mantle, but considerablj- clouded with dark chestnut, this latter 

 tinge predominating on sides of head, and passing into chestnut 

 seal-brown on throat. — The fur of this specimen is new and 

 perfectly unabraded. 



Measurements. On pp. 125, 126. 



Specimens examined. Xine, in the collections of the Leyden and 

 British Museums. 



liamji', Celebes (Meuado ; Macassar) ; Sanghir islands ; Talaut 

 Islands (Lirong). y 



