23S I'TEKoPu.s MEi.Axoroaox. 



neohiheniimtt {origmaWy these five species were described as varieties 

 of one form): hntPt. pa/iuanus and neohihcrnicus are so essentially 

 differeut from the three former species in dentition and palute- 

 ridges (5 + 8-f 3) that a close relationship witli the melanopogon 

 grou]) would seem to be excluded. 



38. Pteropus melanopogon, Pet. 

 l'tero];)us melanopocjon (pt.)) Dobsou, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 44. 



Pteropus pliaiops {nee Temm., 1825), Temminck, Mon. Maimn. ii. 

 p. 65 (pt.), pi. XXXV. tig. 8 (head), ^\. xxxvi. figs. 1,2, 3 (skull) 

 (1837 : Amboiua) ; Wagner, Schrehers Siiiiff., Siippl. i. p. 34(3 (pt.) 

 U839 : Amboija) ; <S'. Aliiiler, in TommincJc s Nat. Gesch. Nederl. 

 Ocerz. Bez., Zoorjd. pp. 20, 59 (pt.) (1839-44 : Amboina ; Banda) ; 

 Lesson, N. Tab/. R. An., Mamm. p. 13, no. 171 (pt.) (1842: Am- 

 boina) ; Schinz, Si/st. Verz. Siimj. i. p. 122 (pt.) (1844 : Amboina ; 

 Banda): Gray, Zool. ' Samara7i(/,' Vert. p. 11 (pt.) (1849: Am- 

 boina; iiandaj; Wagner, Schrebers Suiu/., Suppl. v. p. 596 (pt.) 

 (1853-55: Amboina; Banda); Fitzinger, SB. Akad. Wien, Ix. 

 Abth. i. p. 418 (pt.) ( 1870 : Amboina ; Banda) ; Rosenberg, Malay. 

 ylrc/i. pp. 322, 360 (1878 : Ceram ; Goram). 

 1 Pteropus phajops (pt.), Giebel, Sdug. p. 996 (1855: Amboina). 



Eunycteris pliaiops var., Gray, Cat. Monk. iJJc. p. 113 (1870: Buru ; 

 Ceram; Goram). 



Pteropus melanopogon, Beter-i, MB. Akad. Berlin, 1867 (27 May), 

 p. 330 (Buru; Amboina; I3oano ; Saparuf) ; Ceram; Goram; 

 Manavolka); Dohson, Cat. Chir. B. 31. pp. 44,47 (pt.) (1878: 

 liuru ; Ceram ; Goram ; the locality '• Ceram " lor .specimen d is a 

 mistakfi for Goram) ; Truuessart, Rev. ^- Mag. Zool. (3) vi. p. 205 

 (pt.) (1879: Amboina; Boano ; Saparua; Ceram; Goram; Mana- 

 volka); Jcntink, Cat. Osf. Mamm. p. 255 (pt.) (1887: Siao, 

 Sanghir Is. ; Burn ; Amboina ; Boano : Ceram ; Goram ; Mana- 

 volka) ; id. Cat. Syst. Mamm. p. 142 (1888: Siao: Buru; 

 Amboina; Boano; Saparua; Ceram; (ioram ; Manavolka); 

 Troucssart, Cat. Mamm. i. p. 80 (pt.) (1897 : Buru; Amboina; 

 Ceram) ; Willink, Nat. Tijd. Nederl. Ind. Ixv. p. 272 (pt.) (1905 : 

 Buru ; Amboina ; Ceram ; Goram ; Banda) ; Miller, Bum. i)- Gen. 

 Bats, p. 58 (1907). 



Pteropus (Eunvcteiis) melanopogon, Matschie, Megachir. p. 11 

 (1899 : Burii ; Amboina) ; Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Suppl, 

 p. 49 (1904 : Sanghir; Buru; Amboina; Ceram). 



Diagnosis. — Skull typical Pteropine. Posterior ledges of pre- 

 molars above and below well marked but short ; cingulum of 

 canines well defined but rather narrow. Ears moderate, broadly 

 rounded ofi" above ; wing-membranes arising very close together 

 from sides of spine ; interfcmoral short in centre ; fur of back 

 extremely short, adpressed, and restricted to a very narrow spinal 

 line ; forearm and tibia practically naked. Back blackish ; head 

 and neck all round rich chestnut lightened with golden orange-buff 

 above ; breast and belly generally uniform light golden bufly, some- 

 times buffy in centre and darker on sides ; chin and throat blackish. 

 Size very "large: forearm 196-204 mm. Hah. Amboina group; 

 Banda Is. ; Timor Lnut, ) j^jj :,, ;;., ,.',j ir-.-i ; 



