PTKROrus ANKTIANUS. 



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completely cover the vaiidyck-browu subapioal portion. — Breast, 

 belly, and fiauks much more uniform in colour: vandyck-brown, 

 washed with mara-brown on sides of breast and belly, anal region, 

 and fiauks. Most hairs darlc vandyck-brown or approximately seal- 

 brown at base, mars-brown at tip. — Mantle rich chestnut-tawny 

 in front (back of neck), between ochraceous-buff and buff posteriorly 

 (shoulders), these anterior and posterior portions of the mantle 

 rather stron<2;ly contrasting with each other, though not separated 

 by any definite line of demarcation ; colour gradually darkening to 

 chestnut vandyck-brown on sides of neck, this again on foreneck to 

 dark vandyck-brown. Concealed base of fur of mantle and sides of 

 neck seal-browu. — Chestnut tawny colour of nape passing on occiput 

 and crown into Front's brown washed with tawny and sprinkled 

 with huffy hairs. Interocular space, sides of head, chin, and throat 

 seal-brown, slightly mixed with tawny hairs. 



Individual variation in colour. — Not great, chiefly depending on 

 the paler or darker buffy tinge, and the greater or less length of 

 the hair-tips on back and rump. The extreme in light colour (so 

 far as the small series goes) is shown in specimen 54.8.25.2 ( 2 ad., 

 teeth well worn ; cotype of species) : back and rump pale buffy, 

 somewhat varied with mars-brown ; the extreme in dark colour by 



External measureinents of Pteropus uawaiensis, samoensis, 

 and anetianus. 



Pf. 

 7iaU'aie/isk. 



4 ad. 

 (Incl. type.) 



MiN. Max. 



inm. mm. 



Forearm 124 131*5 



Pollex, total lengtli, c. u ' 49-2 55 



,, metacarpal ) 11-2 r2"8 



„ 1st phalanx I 262 27-7 



2nd digit, metacarpal I 58 655 



„ Ist phalanx 13 175 



2nd-3rd phalanx, c. u. ..., 13-7 HS 



3pd digit, metacarpal 81 87 



„ Ist phalanx 60 65 



2nd phalanx 84-8 92 



4th digit, metacarpal 81 85"5 



„ 1st phalanx 51 54'5 



,, 2nd phalanx i 50 52 5 



5th digit, metacarpal | 85*5 92 



1st phalanx I 38 39-5 



2nd phalanx j 34-8 39 



Lower leg j 53-8 56-5 



Foot, c. u I 



Calear ^...i ... 13 



v2. 



