PTEROrrs MELANOPOGON AND AEUENSIS. 



24:5 



Measurements of skulls of Pteropus melanopogou, and teeth of 

 Pt. melanopogon and aruensis. 



Skull, total leuglh to gnatbion 



„ palation to incisive foramina ... 

 „ front of orbit to tip of nasals ... 

 ,, width of brain-case at zygomata 



„ zygomatic width 



,, width across m^, externally 



„ lachrymal width 



,, width across canines, extemaliy ... 



„ postorbital constriction 



,, interorbital constriction 



,, width of mosopterygoid fossa .. 



„ between p^-p^, internally 



,, between cingula of canines 



„ orbital diameter 



Mandible, length 



„ coronoid height 



Upper teeth, c-m- 



Lower teeth, c-mj 



p3, length 



„ width 



pS length 



„ width 



m', length 



,, width 



111^, length 



„ width 



Pi, length 



„ width 



Pj, length 



,, width 



P4, length 



„ width 



iDj, length 



„ width 



m^, length 



,, width 



HI J, length 



,, width 



P(. melanopogon. 



Skulls: 2 ad. 



Teeth: 2 ad,, 



2 iium.* 



MiN. 



mm. 



40 

 28-2 

 27-2 

 44 

 22-8 

 17-8 

 lG-2 

 7-5 

 11 

 8-5 

 14 

 8-5 

 15-2 

 64-5 

 32-8 

 32-5 

 36 

 6 

 4 



6-2 

 4-2 

 7 



3-8 

 3 



2-5 

 2-5 

 22 

 5 8 

 3-7 

 6 



3-8 

 6 



3-5 

 4-8 

 32 

 2 2 

 '>-2 



Max. 



mm. 

 90 

 44-5 

 31-2 

 29-2 

 49 

 23-5 

 19-8 

 16-8 

 8-7 

 12-7 

 9-7 

 14-8 

 9-2 

 16-8 

 73 

 37 

 34-5 

 39 

 (i-8 

 4-7 

 7 



49 

 7-1 

 4-1 

 3-3 

 3 

 3 



2-8 

 6-8 

 4 



G-8 

 4 



6-7 

 38 

 51 

 3-7 

 2fi 

 2 5 



Pt. aruensis. 

 Skulls : none. 

 Teeth : 3 imm. 



MiN. Max. 



6 



3-8 



5-8 



4-3 



6-8 



37 



2-8 



2-2 



2-7 



ei 



3-7 



6-2 



3-8 



63 



3-7 



5 



3-2 



6-2 



3-2 



2-8 

 6-2 



6-8 

 6 7 



5-2 



2-8 

 9.0 



* 2 ad., viz. B.M. 62.5.24.1 (Burn), Leyden Museum skeleton a (Amboina) ; 

 2 imm., viz. B.M. 61.12.11.5 (Gorara) and 83.3.24.1 (Timor Laut). 

 t Leyden Museum, teeth of skulls a, b, c. 



