PTEROPUS ANKTJAXt'S. 



293 



no. 56.7.7.2 (d ad., teeth somewhat wore): back and rump 

 vandyck-brown powdered with dark huffy (owing to extreme short- 

 ness of pale hair-tips), and Avashed with mars-brown laterally alons; 

 membranes. Occiput and crown often conspicn.ously varied with 

 silvery grey hairs. The mantle and nnderparts show little variation, 

 except in the slightly darker or slightly paler shade of the colours. 



Measurements. On pp. "291, 292. 



Specimens examined, llie British Museum series. 



Raiiffe, The island of Aneiteum, New Hebrides. 



Cotiipes in collection. 



//rt^j'te— This species seems to be confined to the windward side 

 of the island of Aneiteum and not to intrude upon the districts 

 frequented by the much larger Pt. geddiei on the leeward side of 

 the same island. Besides feeding on the fruit of trees, it is said to 

 be fond of the berries of a Vacci)iinm, a low bush growing abun- 

 dantly on the lower slopes of the hills. Xativc name " Nalivatraii " 

 (in contradistinction to jf-'r.^ccZt^tci, which is called "Nawathelgau"'). 

 (J. MacGillivray, I. s. e.) 



a, h. S imm., J ad. 

 ska. ; skulls. 



c. d. (5" ad., 1 ad. ; 



skulls. 

 €. (^ ad. sk. ; 



skull. 

 /. $ imm. skull. 



S ad. sk. ; 



skull. 

 cJ ad.sk.; skull. 



Aneiteum, N.Hebrides; 

 No". IS.'iS {J. Mac- 

 Gillivray). 



Aneiteum (•/, Mac- 

 Gillivray). 



Aneiteum ; Nov. 1853 

 (./. MacGillivray). 



Aneiteum. 



Aneiteum. 



New Hebrides. 



Lords of the 54.8.25.1, :i. 



Admiralty [P.]. 



[Co/ypes o( species.) 

 Lords of the 54.8.25.3, -1. 



Admiralty [P ]. 

 Lords of the / .^6.7.7.2. 



Admiralty [P.]. [ .^7.12.24.1. 

 Purchased' 6L5.22.1. 



(Cuming"). 

 Tomes Coll. 7.1.L255. 



Tomes Coll. 



(Verreaus). 



7.1.1.250. 



J. The Pteropcs pselaphox group. 



Species. — Six : Pi. insularis, pJucocephalus, jjselaphov, pilosvs, 

 tuber culattis, and leucopterus. 



Range. — Micronesia : Benin, Volcano, Pelew, and Caroline Lslands 

 (perhaps extending to the Mariannes) ; Philippines. 



General characters (compare tig. 15, p. 302, skull and dentition 

 of Pt. p)selaphon). — Skull of the typical species {Pt. pselaphon, 

 2Jilosus, tuierculati(s) very similar to that of the Pt. .lamoensis type : 

 rostrum short and stout, coronoid very high and steeply ascending. 

 Upper incisors large ; cingulum of incisors and canines very strongly 

 or even excessively developed, that of upper canines often divided 

 into separate tubercles ; (in one species, Pt. tuhercalatus, a small 

 cusp-like projection on hinder trenchant margin of upper canines 

 above middle of teeth ;) i^ and p^ enlarged ; posterior basal ledges 

 of cheek-teeth very large and sharply marked otf from teeth ; 

 inner longitudinal ridge of m, often more or less distinctly divided 

 into an anterior and posterior portion. Ears short; fur rich, 



