PTEROrUS M0L0SSINU3. 275 



Measurements. On pp. 278, 279. 



Specimens examined. Those in the British Museum collection. 



Range. Rodriguez ; ? Mauritius (see remarks on " Pt. mascar- 

 inns " below). 



T>/2^e in collection. 



Pt. rodricensi!', Dobson ; 1878. — Type localit}', llodriguez. In 

 the figure of the head given by Dobson {I. s. c. pi. iii. fig. 3) 

 the ears are rather too narrow iu their lower halt' and too strongly 

 attenuated near the tip. 



Pt. mascariniis, Mason ; 1907. — Type locality stated to be Round 

 Island, 15 miles N.E. of Mauritius ; type presumably in private 

 possession. Rased on a single skull found in a fissure, in a superficial 

 deposit of red earth, associated with bones of introduced animals ; 

 supposed by Mr. Mason, without any foundation in facts, to 

 represent an extinct species. I have not seen the type skull ; the 

 description and measurements given by Mr. Mason indicate a 

 species apparently indistinguishable from Pt. rodricensis (see Ann. 

 & Mag. N, H. (7) XX. pp. 351-355 ; 1907). 



a. (^ ad. al. ; skull. Rodriguez (Transit, of Royal Society TfiC.ll.l. 



Venus Exp. ; J. Qui- [P.]. (7}//>t' ol'species.) 



liver). 



b-e. (^ yg. ad., cT pull., Rodriguez (Transit of Royal Society 76..3.11.2-0. 



2 lid., 2 yg- ad. ; Venus E.tp. ; J. Gid- [P.]. 

 al. liver). 



f. 2 J'i- •"!• *'• Rodriguez (Transit of Royal Society 7C.3.15.13. 



Venus Exp. ; H. H. [P.]. 



Slater). 



9. J !•'!• skeleton. Rodriguez (Transit of Royal Society 76.0.15.1-J. 



Venu.«Exp.; H. H. [P.]. 



mater). 



h. 2 ad. sk. ; skull. Rodriguez (Transit, of Royal Society 78.3.15.15. 



Venus Exp.; H. H. [P.]. 



BMer). 



51. Pteropus molossinus, Tcmm. 

 Pteropus molossinus, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 30. 



Pteropus molossinus, Temminck, Esq. Zool. p. 62 (185.3 : habitat 

 unknown) ; Wagner, Schre'er's Sdu(/., Svppl. v. p. 595 (1853-65 : 

 hab. unknown); Peters, MB. Akad. Berlin, 1867, p. 332 (hab. 

 unknown) ; Fitzinger, SB. Akad. Wicn, Ix. Abth. i. p. 431 (1870 : 

 f Japan) ; Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 30 (1878 : hab. unknown) ; 

 Trouessart, Bev. £,- Mag. Zool. (3) vi. p. 203 (1879 : ? Japan) ; 

 Peters, SB. Ges. nat. Fr. 1883, no. 1, p. 2 (Ponap^) ; Jentink, 

 Cat. Ost. Mamm. p. 253 (1887: skull of type) ; id., Cat. Syst. 

 Mamm. p. 139 (1888 : Ponap^) ; Troitessart, Cat. Mamm. 1. p. 78 

 (1897 : Carolines') ; Matschie, Meqachir. pi. vi. figs. 5, 5 a, 5 6, 5 c 

 (head ; skull) (1899) ; Miller, Fam. ^ Gen. Bats, p. 58 (1907). 



Pteropus (Sericonycteris) molossinus, Matschie, Megachir. p. 32 

 (1899 : PouaptS) ; Troucfsait, Cat. Mamm., Stippl. p. 55 (1904 : 

 Ponap6). 



Pteropus breviceps, Tltomas, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 756, pi. Iv. (animal ; 

 teeth) (1883: Mortlock ; Ponap^) ; id., P. Z. S. 1887, p. 322, 

 footnote (species withdrawn) : Elera, Cut. Sist. Faun. Filipitt. 

 p. 5 (1895: Carolines). 



