PTEROPrs FArxrirs. 143 



bead, at least in some specimens (see type), has the same peculiarly 

 grizzled blackish and greyish colour ; in Pt. saiyras the centre of 

 breast and belly is bright-coloured, while in the ordinary phase of 

 geminorum the uiiderparts are usually uniform blackish (-with or 

 without conspicuous greyish sprinkling), but specimens occur with a 

 distinct trace of bright colour in the centre of breast and belly, so 

 that also in this respect there is scarcely more than a difference of 

 degree between satyms and fianincrum. The onh' essential differ- 

 ential characters of Ft. satyrus, as compared with Pt. h. r/i'minortim, 

 would seem to be the conspicuously longer fur, the less amount of 

 greyish admixture in the colour of the fur, the constantly brighter- 

 coloured centre of breast and belly, and the slightly smaller eyes. — 

 In general colour Pt. satyrus comes rather near to the Andaman 

 representative of the Pt. melanotus group, viz. Pi. tytleri (p. 227), 

 from which it is readily distinguished by its smaller size, much 

 smaller skull and teeth, and less developed posterior ledges of pre- 

 molars and molars. In the Nicobars it is replaced by a distinct 

 species, Pi. faunulus. 



a. cJ ad. sk. ; skull. Narcondam, Anrlu- C. G. Rogers, Esq. [P.]. (i.9.1.1. 



mans ; Oct. 1904. {Type of species ) 



/. Inim.sk. ; skull. Narcondam ; Oct. C. G. Ttogera, Esq. [P.]. (3.9.1.2. 



1904. 



7. Pteropus faunulus, Miller. 



Pteropus faunulus, Miller, Proc. TLS. Nat. Mas. xxiv. p. 785 

 (28 May, 1902 : Car Nicobar) ; Kloss, Atidamans 8; Nicobars, p. 325 

 (1903 : Car Nicobar) ; Trouessurt, Cat. 3Iamm., Siippl. p. 53 

 (1904 : Car Nicobar) ; Miller, Fani. ^ Gen. Bats, p. 58 (1907) ; 

 Mason, Rec. Ltd. Mus. ii. pt. ii. p. 166 (1908). 



Diar/nosis. — Allied to Pt. hyjjomelanKS. but smaller, with much 

 smaller teeth and longer fur. Back brownish, lightening to wood- 

 brown on rump; mantle and underparts ochraceous-buft" tinged with 

 cinnamon; head similar, but paler and grizzled with greyish. 

 Forearm 118 mm. /lah. Xicobars. 



Skull and teeth. — General characters as in Pt. hypomtlanus, but 

 size much smaller: total length of skull about 54'5 mm., against 

 ()l-5-6S-5 in all races of Pt hypomclanus ; m', length4m!n., against 

 4-8-5-9. Size and other characters of skull very nearly as in Pt. 

 colonus (Solomon Is.), but orbits conspicuously larger, and teeth 

 smaller. 



Ears. — Xot differing in shape from those of other typical species 

 of the Pt. hypomelanus group. 



Fur. — Length of fur very nearly as in Pt. .<!atyrv.s, longer than in 

 Pt. hypomelanus ; longest hairs at middle of back about 10-17 mm. 

 Distribution of fur as in the allied s])ecies. 



Colour. — 2 ad. skin, teeth well worn. General colour of back 

 dark Front's brown, jiroduccd by mixture of seal-brown and mars- 

 brown hairs slightly .«])rinkled with silvery grey. Itump approxi- 

 mately M'ood-brown tinged with cinnamon, with long seal-browu 



