'2(H) MKIMCl s ClIUYSOTUOCTrs. 



the Jbregoiug, l)ut nini]) still brighter, nearly buft-ycllovv, with 

 extreme base of hairs seal-brown. " Iris browu '" (A. S. Meek). 



Se.rrud diff.retUintwn. — Probably as in Pt. lavcUamw (p. 259), 

 but DO females seen. 



Measurements. On pp. 203, 264. 



Specimens e.ramined. Three, as registered below. 



Itawje. Shortland Island (Ahi) and Bougainville, W. Solomon 

 Islands. 



Type in collection. 



llcniarlcs. — The differential characters given in the diagnosis of 

 Ihis species rest on a cosnjtari.son with J^t. hivdlinms. From 

 Pt. riibianus it is easily discriminated by its larger ears and much 

 darker colour. Tl;e vandyek-brown tinge of the back in Pt. ruhianua 

 is in Pi. grandis rei)laced by blackish or dark seal-browu ; tbe dark 

 russet and deep tawny of tlie mantle, foreneck, and sides of breast 

 and belly, by dark chocolate ; the mixed huffy and chestnut of the 

 face, by blackish. The colonr of tbe fur of Pt. rp-andis is, on the 

 whole, mnch like that of Pt. lai'cUanus. except for the complete 

 suppression of tbe light sprinkling of the colour of the face, so 

 conspicuous in Pt. JareUanvs. In the characters of the skull and 

 teeth Pt. ip-andis is similar to Pt. rnhiamis ; cingulnm of canines 

 as in that species, narrower than in JH. lavellannx. The lengtli and 

 distribution of the fur is practically tlie same in all three species. 



ff. Ad. skull. Aln, ^;llortlam^ I., C. M. Woodford. Esq. 87.1.18.1. 



Hohiiiions ; April, [C.J. 



t88(i. 



i'. c? ad. &!;.: skull. Alu ; April, 1S86. C. M. AVoodford, Esq. 87.1.18.2. 



[C ]. ( Type of species.") 



c. ci ftd. fk.; skull. Ciiin, BougainvilU>, A. 8. Meek |C!]. 8.11.1fi.4. 



SoUiiiioiis ; 11 •T:iu. 



v.m. 



-17. Pteropus chrysoproctus, Tuiuu. 



PUroims elii->i!>opi-octiis (pt.), Dobson. Cat. Chir. ]!. il. p. 47. 



I'tcropu.i chrysoproctus, TemviiinI;, Moii. Mtnnm. ii. p. fi", pi. .\.\xv. 

 ii^:. 2 (head), pi. xxxvi. tigs. 7, s (i-kull) (1K57: Amboina) ; 

 IVafjncr, Sc/nrher'K S(iu(/., ib'ujjjL i. p- •■i4S (1839: Amboina); 

 <S'. AliU/er, in 'J'nnminrk'.f Nat. (jesch. Arderl. Ocer~. L'cz.. Zont/d. 



PJ\'..J(l./ , ._.....y, t........ .'v.-.-^v. ^.-.^ , . .... ^.. .> 



yxurtc/. ,^...«w...... , Wdi/nfr, Svltrfhcr !< SiiiKj., Snppl. v. p. o07 



(IHoii-oi) : Amboina^; (Icrvnu, Ilist Nut. Mfniim. i. )>. 187 

 (18-54: Anib.jr.a) : Giehel, >>aw/. p. i'!'4, footnutc (ISo.J; .Am- 

 boina); I'inseh, Neu-(ruinea, p. 15(l(18Ho: .Ainboina); Peterii, 

 MB. Aki'.il llrr/in, ]8r>7, p. ."Wl (Aiiiboira; Ocvnni; I'ulo IVi- 

 jang; Ciovaiii); Fita'n(/('i; Sli. Ahail. IVifi, l.\. Abtli. i. ]). 425 

 (1870: Aiiiboina) ; Mur<-hi, Atti S,><: Itat. Sri. .\,it. xv. p. 515, 

 ')1. viii. fiir. 2 (1872-73: structure of bail's): Dobgon, Cat. Chir. 

 'U. M. p. 47 (pt.) (b^7S : Waluljelbi I.) ; Po^iuh'nj, .Muhiij. Arch. 



