21 ti PiERurUS NIGER. 



Mascarenes) ; Schiftz, Thierr. i. p. 154 (1821: Mauritius; 

 Reunion) ; Temminck, Man. Mamm. i. p. 182 (1825 : Mauritius ; 

 Reunion ; ? Madagascar ; ? Afiica) ; Lesson, Man. Mnmm. 

 p. 109, no. 279 (1827 : Mauritius ; Reunion) ; Gray, GnfUh's 

 Aiiim. Kingd. v. p. 65, no. 155 (1827 : Mauritius ; Reunion) ; 

 Desmarest, Diet. Sci. Nat. xlvi. p. 361 (1827 : Mauritius ; 

 Reunion) ; Is. Geoffroy, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 699 

 (1826 : Mauritius ; Reunion) ; J. B. Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 83, 

 no. 7 (1829: Reunion; Mauritius; ? Madagascar) ; Wagler, 

 Syst. Amph. p. 9 (1830) ; Temminck, Mun. Mamni. ii. p. 74, 

 pi. xxxviii. (wliole fifj. of juv., sluill of juv. and ad.) (1837) ; 

 Gray, Mag. Zool. ^ Bot. ii. p. 503 (1838: Mauritius; Reunion) ; 

 Oken, Ally. Natury. vii. Abtli. ii. p. 985 (1838; Mauritius; 

 Reunion); Wagner, Sc/ireber's Scmg., Sitppl. i. p. 350 (1839: 

 Mauritius ; Reunion ; ? Madagascar ; ? Africa) ; Lesson, N. Tabl. 

 R. An., Mamm. p. 13, no. 177 (1842: Reunion; Mauritius); 

 Schinz, Syst. Verz. Siiug. i. 'p. 124 (1844: Mauritius; Reunion) ; 

 Wagner, Schreber's Sdvg., Siippl. v. p. 602 (1853-55 : Mauritius; 

 . Reunion) ; Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. i. p. 188, iig. p. 189 



(animal) (1854 : Mauritius ; Reunion ; Madagascar) ; Giebel, 

 Snug. p. 997 (1855 : Mauritius ; Reunion) ; Schlegel, Dierkiinde, 

 i. p. 63 (1857 : Reunion ; Mauritius) ; Peters, MB. Akad. 

 Berlin, 1867, p. 323 (Mascarenes) ; Fitzinyer, SB. Akad. Wien, 

 Ix. Abth. i. p. 449 (1870: Reunion; Mauritius); Bartlett, 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 03 (Tamatave) ; Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 23 

 (1878 : Mauritius) ; Troue.ssart, Bev. S,- Mag. Zool. (3) vi. p. 204 

 (1879: Tamatave; Reunion; Mauritius); Mobius, Meeresfauna 

 Mauritius,T^.uQ (ISQO: Mauritius; habits); Jentink, Cat. Ost. 

 ilfa»w?n. p. 252 (1887: Mauritius; Madagascar); id., Cat. Syst. 

 Mamm. p. 138 (1888 : Mauritius ; Madagascar) ; H. Allen, Pi-oc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1 889, p. 336 (wing-membranes) ; Trotiessart, 

 Cat. Mamm. i. p. 77 (1897 : Tamatave ; Reunion ; Mauritius) ; 

 Matschie, Megachir. pi. ix. figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b (skull) (1809). 



Spectrum vulgare, Gray, Cat. Monk. ^c. p. 100 (1870: Mauritius; 

 Reunion : ? Madagascar). 



Pteropus edwardsi (pt., ncc E. Geoff.), Pollen, in Pollen ^- v. Dam, 

 Eech. Faune Madagascar, ii. p. 26 (1868: Reunion). 



Pteropus pteropus, " Brisson,^' Merriam, Science, (n. s.) i. no. 14, 

 p. 376 (5 Apr. 1895). 



Diac/nosis, — Skull and dentition (fig. 12) quite as in Pt. rufus and 

 comorcnsis. Ears small, almost concealed in the fur. Tibia thickly 

 haired above. Sides of back and rump buffy, contrasting with 

 dark spinal tract. Forearm 159-171 mm. Hab. Mascarenes. 



Ears. — Small, almost hidden in the long fur. Tip sharply 

 pointed, outer margin distinctly concave below tip. Hinder face 

 of conch clothed with short, thinly-set hairs on basal half, tip 

 naked. 



Interfemoral.— Centred portion concealed by the far, scarcely 

 more than 2 mm. in depth. 



Far. — Longer than in Pt. rufus ; directed backward but not 

 closely adpressed on back, semierect on nape of neck. Approximate 

 length of hairs at middle cf back 26 mm., middle of mantle 27 mm., 

 middle of belly 26 mm. Width of furred area at middle of back 

 about 65 mm. 



