rxKiiopL-s r.oociiot:xsis. 181 



"21. Pteropus loochoensis, Graif. 

 Pteropiis l-eraudreni (pt.)) Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 63. 



Pteropus loochoensis, Grai/, Cat. Monk. Sj-c. p. lOG (1870 : Liu-kiu 

 Is.) ; 3Iiller, Fam. c<r Gen. Bats, p. oS • (1907). 



Pselapiion luchiien.sis, Seitz, 31iltli. I). Ges. Nnfurk. Osfasiois, v. 

 p. 364 (1892: l.iii-kiiis). 



Pteropus keraudreiii, var. loochooensis, Fritze, Zool. Jahrb., Si/st. vii. 

 p. 854 (1894: Okinawa). 



Pteropus (Spectrum) loochoensis, Matschte, Mer/acfiir. p. 27 (1899: 

 Liu-kius) ; Troiiessart , Cat. Mamm., liupjil. p. 53 (1904 : 

 Liu-kius). 



Pteropus keraudreni loochooensis, L'onhote, Xm: Zool. ix. p. 628 

 (1902: Liu-kius). 



Pteropus keraudreni {nee Pt. keraudren, Q. H; G.), var. /3, Dohson, 

 Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 65 (1878: Liu-kius). Var. hh. Trouefsart, 

 Rev. ^- Moff. Zool. (3) vi. p. 20:5 (1870: Liu-kius). Var. a, 

 Trouessarf, Cat. Mamm. i. p. 83 (1897: Liu-kius). 



Dltifpiosis. — Similar to Pt. mariannus, but with smaller premolars 

 and conspicuously longer fur. Forearm 135-1 42';'i mm. Ilab. Liu- 

 kiu Is. 



Skull and teeth. — Skull as in Pt. mariunnus. Premolars abovo 

 and below larger than in Pt. yapensis, but smaller than in Pt. 

 mariannus ; see measurements, p. 183. 



Fur. — Longer than in the allied species; approximate length, 

 back 14-17, mantle and belly I0-I8 ram.: com\rdrQ Pt. yapenslr 

 ■dxid j)elewensis. Least width of furred area of back about 42 mm. 



Colour (type, J yg. ad.). — Back and rump glossy blackish seal- 

 brown thinly sprinkled all over with greyish-white. — Breast, bell}', 

 and tlauks glossy scal-browu sprinkled with silvery greyish and 

 buffy hairs. — Mantle bufl'y, palest (nearly cream-buff) posteriorly, 

 tinged witli orange ochraceous in middle, and passing into ocbra- 

 ceous-buff on sides of neck ; median line of foreneck much clouded 

 with mars-brown and seal-brown. Concealed seal-brown bases of 

 buffy hairs very short in centre of mantle, somewhat longer pos- 

 teriorly in shoulder region, wanting on sides of neck. — Occiput 

 similar to mantle or somewhat tinged with tawny ; crown mottled 

 dark brown, russet, and buffy ; circumocular region conspicuously 

 paler (owing to predominance of buffy element) than centre of 

 crown ; cheeks seal-brown sprinkled with bufly ; chin and throat 

 blackish seal-brown with some trace of paler admi.x.ture. 



A second specimen ( $ ad., teeth somewhat worn, 49.1.5.1 ; 

 Gray's "variety" of Pt. loochoensis, 1. s. c. p. 106) is lighter in 

 colour, chiefly owing to a stronger admixture of whitish-grey and 

 buffy hairs on back and underparts and a considerably paler colour 

 of mantle and head. — Back blackish heavily mixed with buffy and 

 greyish along median line, much less so on sides of back and rumj). 

 — Breast. l)elly, and Hanks a little paler than seal-brown, heavily 

 mixed with light greyish on sides of breast and belly, and with 

 bufl'y on centre of breast; anal region slightly washed with mavs- 



