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PTEROPfS ORXATUS. 



Above, a thin liuo of rather long, adpressed hairs along humerus. 

 Proximal half of forearm (excepting basal portion, at and in 

 fi'ont of elbow, which is naked) covered with long, distally 

 sliorteniug, thinly spread hairs ; on the external side of the forearm 

 the hair can be traced, gradually shortening, to within 45 mm. of 

 the carpal extremity. Tibia densely clothed with long hairs, 

 extending also in a very thin line along metatarsus to base of 

 toes ; a few scattered hairs on upperside of toes. 



Beneath, antebrachial membrane, lateral membrane p-long outer 

 side of forearm almost to carpal joint, and between humerus and 

 lemur densely clothed with long, woolly, frizzled hairs. Tibia 

 naked, except at base along inner margin. 



Colour. — (5 imm. skin, 59.4.6.1; type of species: — Back 

 and rump almost chocolate, somewhat sprinkled with silvery 

 greyish-white hairs. Individual hairs seal-brown at base, russet 

 at tip, producing the general chocolate-brown effect ; the silvery 

 greyish-whifn hairs uniform from base to tip. — Entire under- 

 side, including sides of neck and flanks, very dark chestnut, 

 slightly but not quite inconspicuously sprinkled with silvery 

 greyish-white hairs. Fur everywhere (the uniform silvery greyish- 

 white hairs excepted) pale russet or almost cinnamon-rufous at 

 base, chestnut or chestnut seal-brown at tip. The general effect 

 of the combined colours is darkest (chestnut vandyck-brown or even 

 chestnut seal-brown) on throat, foreneck, sides of neck, flanks, and 

 anal region, in which the dark hair-tips completely or almost 

 completely conceal the brighter base of the fur; palest (chestnut 

 russet) on breast and front of belly^, in which the base of the fur 

 is partially exposed. — Mantle and occiput cream-buff, almost cream- 

 white, forming a well defined tippet, in striking contrast to 

 general dark aspect of fur, washed with a shade of buffy russet in 

 front, laterally, and behind, near surrounding brown fur. Extreme 

 base of hairs of mantle, next to skin, seal-brown. — Crown and sides 

 of head chocolate, coarsely mixed with golden ochraceous and silvery 

 greynsh-white hairs. Short adpressed hairs on muzzle greyish, 

 extending backward above eye as an ill-detined superciliary stripe. 



A second skin (imm., sex indeterminable, 7.1.1.253) is very 

 similar to the above, but conspicuously paler (russet) on underside ; 

 mantle more pure buff in centre, gradually shading to golden 

 ochraceous laterally. 



A third skin ( c^imni., 7.1.1.252), in abraded pelage, is consider- 

 ably darker on head, back, and rump, owing to abrasion of paler- 

 coloured tips of hairs ; mantle whitish in centre. 



Measure»ie»ts. On pp. 157, 15S. 



Specimens examined. The material in the Paris and British 

 Museums. 



Range. New Caledonia. 



Type in collection. 



Technical name. — Since Peters (1867, ?. s. e.) identified this 

 species with Jouan's Pt. vetulus, it has been referred to in literature 

 under that name by all authors except Gray. On the true Pt. 

 veiuhis, Jouan, see infra. 



