r rr.i>.oi'i\s ukux.v i;r,s-. 



UK 



f[>\8 mm (9 9-2). Sagittal crest not fully developed fo„e 

 UKhndual ^v.thmuch worn teeth), the temporal ridges beiTg dole y 

 approximated but not quite fused posteriorly. -^Teeth scarcely 



lengtli of m : o-2 mm, against 4-4-4-0 i,i Pi. cohnus. 

 iiars.— bhape and size as in 7^/. colomts 



thicl'lv-Jf""""" ^"'^- ''t'\ *^'"" ^" ^^'- '°^'''^''^ ^"^ extending 

 thicklj aloug proximal three - fourths of upperside of tibia 



tTr^^Sn T^'\°^ ^'^'' ""^'^ ^'5' -^■^tle'^ie, belly 14 mn'" 

 Least width of furred area of back about 43 mm 



Culoar-Tyi^e ( $ ad. skin, teeth much worn ; Tv^ovember) 

 Back seal-brown with a few silvery whitish hairs. Hump, thi-^hs 

 and furred part of tibiae distinctly paler-coloured, owing to^prese^nce 

 ofshort pale mars-brown (almost buffy mars-brown) tips to the 

 hairs.--Lntire underside vaudyck-brown, sparsely sprinkled with 

 some silvery whitish hairs on breast and belly, dkenin. to seal 

 brown along centre of breast, and becoming slightly paler almost 

 walnut-brown on foreneck.-Mantle and ''sides^f^S'b twee. 

 cmnamou and mars-brown, not very strongly contrasting wit 

 foTb^ rir "/ T'^' «eal. brown for basal half, on sides o1 neck 

 similar ohi~^;"r^? T'"''-' "^t'^™^="l'^'- ^P^^e, and sides of face 

 Z- . , f 1 '' /,! "^^'^^ '^'''''^ ^^'^ g^^yi-^1^ ^""^ buffy russet, 

 TTrfK to V V P,?''^'' "^ paler-coloured tips to the hairs 

 partlj to a shght S])rinkhng with silvery whitish hairs. Tempora 

 region similar in colour to chin and throat. ^ 



Measurenients. On pp. 151, 152. 



licuuje. Ghi/.o Island, ^ew Georgia group. Central Solomon Islands 

 V^;;<' in collection. 



Mwtory in Uterature.~l^hn^ far (December, 190S) the type is the 

 only si)ecimen recorded in literature. ^^ 



thf7rj''~'^^y '''^"""'"'' '' *'''' ''^*^^^'°« ^^«t^™ representative of 

 rclati>; ^%^'Z '^'<^^n]- F^m its probably nearest living 



rS w f,""?-^^^- ^"^°'"°" ^^-^'it differs in the characters 

 referred to in the diagnosis and description above. Prom Ft 1.1- 



dish-;/ ;• ^""'^'f l^"'^^' ^^'"^J^ it approaches rather closely in the 

 dist bution and colour of the fur, it is readily distinguished by i ^ 

 sma , uehcately built skull, much weuker'dentition, r ative y 

 smaller eai's, and somewhat smaller size. • 



n. 2 afl 



kliir"'' ^'';^";.. S°''^""^"I«-: A^"v. 10, A. S. Meek [C]. 4.4.11.1. 

 ^ -^- {T//pe of species. } 



1 1 . Pteropus brunneus, Dubson. 

 Pte.-oims bnuDieus, Dobsou, Cat. Chir. B. :Nr. p. ;J7. 



^1v?ov'n'''""r'''' ^'^'°"l ^- '; '■ P^- "'• %■ * '■^^'^'•> (-^""e, 187S : 

 i cu> I.) ; Oy,//;,/, Caf. Austral. M„mm. n. 7!) ( JSit^ ■ Percv I ) • 



