PTEROPUS NIGER. 



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Above, humerus and proximal third of forearm clothed with 

 short, densel5'-set fur; femur and tibia to a short distance from 

 ankle long-haired ; small bunches of rather long hairs on upperside 

 of foot at base of first phalanges and distal extremity of second 

 phalanges. Eelow, humerus and proximal part of forearm and 

 tibia densely furred ; closely-set woolly fur on membrane along 

 outer side of forearm, and on plagiopatagium to a line between 

 elbow and knee. 



Fig. 12.— Fieropus niger, (S ■ Mauritius. No. 66.1.24.1. }. 



Colour. — Chief characters : face, sides of back and rump, anal 

 region, and fur on tibia above and below huffy, strongly contrasting 

 with dark mantle, spinal tract, and underparts. 



