13ti PTi;Rorus speciosus. 



2. Pteropus speeioBus, K. Ami. 



Pteropus speciosus, K. Andersen, Ann. (^ May. N. II. (8) ii. p. 364 

 (1 Oct. 1908 : Malanipa I. ; Sibutu I.). 



Biar/nosis. — Similar to Ft. hypomelanus, but with considerabl_v 

 Bmaller skull. Back blackish sprinkled with light gre)- ; breast ami 

 belly approximately orange tawnj-. A blackish phase occurs. 

 Forearm about 120-123 mm. Hab. Sulu Archipelago. 



ShuU and teeth. — Skull similar to that of Ft. hi/pomelanns, but 

 considerably smaller: total length about 57 mm., against 61-69 in 

 all forms of hypomelanus ; median palatal length (palatiou to 

 incisive foramina) 28'5-29, against 30-35 ; mandible 45'2-46"2, 

 against 48-55. — Individual teeth verj- nearly of the same size 

 as in small-toothed specimens of the smallest race of hi/pomelanns, 

 Pi. h. enffanus. 



Colour. — Light i)hase : (^ ad. al., teeth slightly worn, Malanii)a 

 I., 90.2.20.4, type. — Hack and rump blackish, conspicuously 

 sprinkled all over with shining silvery whitish-grey hairs, producing 

 the general effect of a grizzled blackish and pale grej'. — Breast and 

 front of belly orange-tawny, somewhat clouded with chestnut 

 laterally towards the flanks ; extreme base of hairs dark brown. 

 Flanks, hinder belly, and anal region similar to back. — Mantle rich 

 hazel, becoming rather lighter and more tinged with ochraceous 

 posteriori)' near back, and passing through a darker shade on sides 

 of neck into chestnut on foreneck.- — Crown buffy slightly sprinkled 

 with blackish hairs ; sides of head seal-brown sprinkled with buflfy 

 grey ; throat blackish thinly mixed with buffy grey (total aspect 

 similar to that of flanks). 



Dark phase : 2 ^d. sk., teeth extremely worn, July, Sibutu I., 

 93.11.2.3. — Back and rump seal-brown somewhat varied with 

 light grey, particularly on sides of back along membranes. Under- 

 parts seal-brown, washed with dull russet on breast. Mantle 

 nearly vandyck-brown, becoming darker on sides of neck, gradually 

 passing into the daik seal-brown of the foreneck. Crown and 

 sides of head grizzled light grey and blackish seal-brown, producing 

 the total impression of a dark hair-brown ; throat blackish. 



The lighter phase described above is rather similar to that of 

 Ft. h. tomesi, though with the colour of the mantle more like that 

 of Ft. h. cagayaniis ; the dark phase is almost indistinguishable in 

 colour from the black-bellied phase of Ft. h. r/eminorum. 



External dimensions. — As the smallest specimens of Ft. h. 

 eiiqanus. 



Measurements. On pp. 134, 135. 



Specimens e.ramined. Two, in the collection of t)ie British 

 Museum. 



Rnngf.. Sibutu I., offN.E. Borneo; Malanipa I., off Zamlioangy. 



Type in collection. 



liemarls. — The skulls of l.he Sibutu and Malaoipa speftirtit>ns, 

 one from each island, are perfectly alike; the teeth in the Sibutu 



