17S PTKriOITS MAKIAXXI'S. 



ISJcidl and iectli. — Skull as in Pi. yapenslx. Cheek-teoth on the 

 whole much shorter (antcro-posteriorly) thon in Pt. yapcnsis, hut 

 verj' nearlj' of the same width ; lonj^th of p'' 3'S— i mm. (against 4*5 

 in the allied species), of p' 3-8-4 (against 4-3-4-5), of m' 4-2-4-5 

 (.5-5-2), of m^ 4-4-1 (4-4-4-5), of m^ 3-3-2 (3-5-3-7). Structure of 

 teeth as in Ft. yapensis. 



Colour. — Series, cotypes of species : Back and rump blackish, 

 slightly sprinkled with silvery greyish hairs. — Underparts blackish 

 seal-brown, siitiilnrly sprinkled. Foreneck sometimes slightly 

 washed with dark russet. — Mantle, sides of neck, and occiput (as 

 far as back of ears) huffy, pure in tinge or more or less clouded 

 Avith russet ; base of hairs dark brown everywhere (females) or 

 only in posterior ])ortion of mantle and on occiput (males). — Crown 

 approaching vandyck-brown, with or without a slight wash of 

 russet, gradually darkening on sides of head into the blackish 

 seal-brown of chin and throat. 

 -- Measurements. On pp. 182, 183. 

 " i^liecimens e.ramined. Ten, cotyjies of species. 



Range. Eastern Carolines : Ualan (Kushai). 



Cot]ipes in the Berlin Museum. 



Pteropus nalanns, Peters; 1883. — Based on ten specimens 

 obtained by Dr. 0. Finseh in Ualan, viz., mounted specimens 5798, 

 5808, 5809, with skulls separate, and alcoholic specimens 5788 

 (two), 5791 (two), 5792 (two), and ?5799 (one). Seven specimens 

 are more or less young, two young adults (apparently full-grown), 

 one adult. Skull of cotype 5808 figured in • Megachiroptera des 

 Berliner Museums ' (7. s. c). 



llemarls. — This species is the Ualan re]ncsentativp of Pt. 

 yapensis. It is scarcely distinguishable, with certainty, from this 

 latter by any other character than the much smaller size of the 

 teeth. 



20. Pteropns niariannus, Desm. 

 Pteropus I'eraudreni (pt.), Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. ^1. p. C3. 



Pteropus mariannns, Deamarest, Mainm. ii., Suppl. p. ;j-17, footnote 



(1822: Mariannes). 

 Pteropus marianus, Gi'ehel, Sttuy. p. 998 (1855 : Mariani es). 

 Pteropus (Spectrum ) marianniis, Matschie, Meyuchir. p. 27, pi. v. 



tigs. 15, 16 (skull) (1809: Guam); Trouessarf, Cat. Mamni., 



(S'!/p^;/. p. 53 (pt.) (1904: Mariannes). 

 Pteropus keraudren, Quoy ^- Caimanl, Voy. ' Uranir,^ Zool. pt. 2, 



p. 51, pi. iii. fig. ] (animal), fig. 2 (skull) (1824: Guain;; 



Lesson, Mail. Mamm. p. lU!), no. 281 (pt.) (1827); Bcsmarest, 



Diet. Sci. Nat. xlvi. ]). 364 (1827 : Mariannes) ; Is. Gvoffroy, 



Diet. Class, crilist. Nat. xiv. p. 701 (1828: Mariannes); J. B. 



Fisclier, Syn. Mamm. p. 84, no. 10 (1829 : Guam) ; Lesson, Hist. 



Nat. Mamm. {Compl. Bufon) v. p. 56 (1836: Mariannes); Oken, 



■ .1%. i\'«<?/r/-/Mc;(. vii. Abth. ii. p. 990 (1838); Le.oson, N. TaU. 



''■''■ i?. Anivi.,' Mamm. p. 13, no. 183 (pt.) (1812: Mariannes); 



E. Desmurest, Diet. Unir. d'llist. Nat. xi. p. 218 (1848 : Guam) : 



