230 



PTEROruS NIADICrS. 



sciil-brown, distinctly but not heavily sprinkled with greyish-white 

 hairs, and (on tlie rump) M'ith tawny tips to the brown hairs, the 

 admixture of paler hairs being thicker on the humerus and along 

 tlie membranes ; in the Uritish Museum specimen the pale grej'ish 

 are much in excess of the dark brown (in this specimen almost 

 blackish) hairs, so as to make the whole of the back and rump 

 appear light hair-brown or almost drab, sprinkled with blackish ; 

 the third specimen (] 41231) is intermediate. — Middle of breast rich 

 ochraceous, brightest (brilliant ochraceous-bufF or orange-buff) in 

 the centre, gradually shading to tawny and from this to cinnamon- 

 rufous or russet laterally. Anteriorly, towards the foretieck, the 

 bright colour passes into chestnut more or less clouded with 

 blackish, posteriorly, in anal region, into dull chestnut or chocolate 

 more or less mixed with pale greyish. Extreme base of hairs in 

 bright area seal- brown. Flanks and sides of breast and belly pale 

 drab or drab-grey sprinkled with blackish hairs, or blackish heavily 

 sj>riDklod witii pale drab or di'ab-grey. — Mantle chestnut more or 

 less distinctly sprinkled with golden tawny hairs, shading poste- 

 riorly, in a transverse line across shoulders, into tawny lightened 



External measurements 0/ Pteropus melanotus, tytleri, 

 and niadicus. 



Ft. 'luelanotus. 

 Sad. 



MiN. Max. 



I mm. 



Forearm ' 153 



Pillex, total length, c. u 65'5 



,, raetacra-pal | 14 



,, 1st pbaianx j 35 



2ncl digit, metacarjwl ' 80'5 



1st phalanx ,' \Qb 



„ 2nd-3rd phalanx, c. 11. .j 16 



3rd digit, metacarpal I 105'5 



,, 1st phalanx ; 77'5 



2nd pbaianx | 108 



4tli digit, metacarpal ! 101 



,, 1st phalanx : 61 



„ i'nd phalanx ! 63 



5th digit, metacarpal 109'5 



„ 1st phalanx , 45 



,, 2nd phalanx i 47"5 



Ear, length from oriiice ' (?27*) 



„ greatest width, flattened (? 19 *) 



Lower leg , 72 



Foot, c. u I 47"5 



Calcar 



inm. 

 165 



71 



17 



39-5 



86-5 



20 



18 

 112 



80-5 

 120 

 108-5 



66 



70 

 117-5 



50 



54 



76 



Ft. tytleri. 

 $ ad. 



mm. 



149-5 

 63-5 

 14-5 

 36-5 

 75-5 

 18 

 16 



101 

 70 



99-5 

 58-5 

 61 



105-5 

 44-5 

 46 



66 

 46-5 



Ft. niadicus. 



3 ad. I 



(Incl. two j 



paratypes.) , 



MiN. Max. 



mm. 

 153 



705 



17 



37 



77 



18-2 



16 

 101 



74 



99 



08-5 



(iO-5 



58-5 

 105-5 



47 



47 



68 

 i'7 



mm. 

 160 



73-5 



17-5 



38-5 



81 



19-5 



18 

 108 



78 



114-5 

 102 



65 



66 

 113-5 



48 



48 



72-5 

 51-5 



* From a slightly immature alcoholic specimen. 

 t Estimate from skins. 



