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1 j. Ptevopus liypomelanus hypomelamis, Temm. 



Pteropua hypomeliinus, Tenuninck, Esq. Zool. p. 61 fpt.) (1853 : 

 Ternate) ; Wagyier, Schreher's Siiug., Suppl. v. p. 599 (1853-55; 

 Ternate) ; Peters, MB. Akad. Berlin, 18(57, p. 330 (Ternate) ; 

 Fitzinger, SB. Akad. Wien, Ix. Abtla. i. p. 434 (1870 : Ternate) ; 

 Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 58 (pt., viz. speciiueii i) (1878 : 

 Ternate) ; Trouessart, Kei: Sr Mag. Zool. (3) vi. p. 202 (pt.) 

 (1879 : Ternate) ; Jejitink, Cat. Ost. Mamm. p. 2()1 (pt., viz. 

 specimens b-e) (1887: Ternate); id., Cat. 6'gst. Mamm. p. 148 

 (pt., viz. specimens c, d, f, g, h) (1888 : Ternate) ; Trouessart, 

 Cat. Mamm. i. p. &2 (pt.)"(l.'>97 : Tcnmte) ; Willinh, Nat. Tijd. 

 Nedert. Ind. Ixv. p. T>\ (pt.) (1905: Ternate; Gilolo) ; Miller, 

 Fam. ^- Gen. Bats, p. 58 (pt.) (1907). 



Pteropua (Spectrum) hypomelanus, Matschie, Megachir. p. 23 

 (pt.) (1899: Ternate); id., Abh. Sencke?ib. Ges. xxv. Ileft ii. 

 p. 208, pi. xiii. figs. 4, 4 a (skull of younir) (1900 : Gilolo ; milk- 

 dentition) ; Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 52 (pt.) (1904 : 

 Ternate). 



Pteropus tricolor, Gray, Cat. Monk. ^c. p. 108 (1870 ; Ternate). 



" Pteropus spectrum, Matschie," Willink, Nat. Tijd. Nederl. Ind. 

 Ixv. p. 274, among synonyms of Pt. hypomelanus (1905) (probably 

 error for Ptei-optes {Sixctrum) h/pomelamis). 



Didf/nosis. — Intermediate in colour between Pt. h. jnacassariaix 

 and the pale.st race of the species, Fl. h. luteus (New Guinea). 

 Size as these races. Ilah. Gilolo group. 



Colour. — 2 imm. skin, Ternate, 60.^.26.1, tj-pe of Pt. tricolor. 

 Gray.— Back and rump pale seal-brown with a few shinv greyish 

 white hairri. — Brea.st and belly glossy golden bufi'y ; extreme base 

 of hairs dark brown ; flanks and anal region dark vaudj'ck- brown. 

 — ilantle ochraecoiis-bufF tinged with oehraceou.s, passing into a 

 darkei- shade of ochraceous on sides of neck and forencck ; extreme 

 base of hairs dark brown. — Crown whitish grey slightly sprinkled 

 with blackish hairs (old, somewhat abraded fur), and irregularly 

 blotched with a colour similar to that of the mantle (new fur, on 

 the point of replacing the mixed whitish-grey and blackish hairs); 

 bides of head grizzled greyish and brownish ; throat dark brown. 



A dealer's skin (Verreaux), labelled Ternate, closely resembles 

 ihe above in colour, but the crown is light ochraceous without 

 admixture of whitish grey. 



Measurements. On p. lol. (P'xtornal measurements omitted, 

 owing to immaturity of specimens examined.) 



Specimens e.vamined. Seven, in the collections of the Le^'den 

 (five) and British Jluseums, including the cotypes of the species 

 and the typi' of Pt. tricolor, Gray. 



Bam/e. Ternate; Gilolo. 



Cotypes in the Leyden Museum. 



PteropxtH hypomelanus, Temminck ; 185;^. — Based on " jilusieurs 

 individus '■ collected in Ternate, by Forsten. Of these are now in 



