293 PTEnoPus ph.eocephalus. 



37815, fikia 19066), the fate of the other cotype appears to he 

 unknown. Said b)' H. Allen to be " most closely allied to 

 Ft. plueocephalas,'' without information why it was considered 

 different from this species. By Matschie (1899, /. s. c.) put down, 

 with a query, under Pt. insidaris. — Photographs of the type- 

 skull, kindly sent to me by Dr. M. W. Lyon, show a perfect 

 resemblance to Ft. insidaris in the characters of the skull and 

 dentition. Dr. Lyon has, further, compared the type of Ft. lanig^r 

 with skin and skull of a Ft, insidaris from Uala, Kuck 

 group (U.S. 15156;5), and arrived at the conclusion tliat "the two 

 specimens no doubt represent the same species ; thej^ could hardly 

 resemble each other more closely and at the same time be different 

 individuals " (in Hit.). From this evidence it appears safe to assume 

 that the type of Ft. laniger is a Ft. insidaris with wrong locality. 



a, 6. 2 5 ad. al. ; Euck, Centi-al Caro- Pui-cbased (A. Owston). 98.1.:2.1,'J. 

 skull of a. lines. 



56. Pteropus phaeocephalus, Thos. 



Pteropus phffiocephalus, Thomas, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 756, pi. liv. (ani- 

 mal ; teeth) (1883 : Mortlock) ; Oustalet, N. Arch. Mvs. d'Hist. 

 Nat. (3) vii. pt. 2, p. 152 (1895 : possible identity with Pt. insu- 

 laris) ; ? Elera, Cat. Sist. Faun. Filipinos, p. 5 (1895; Carolines) ; 

 Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. i. p. 83 (1897 : Carolines). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Pt. insidaris, but much paler. Forearm 

 105 mm, JIab. Mortlock I,, Cential Carolines. 



Colour (type). — General colour of back and rump golden cream- 

 buff, this tinge confined to tips of hairs ; base of fur nearly vandyck- 

 brown. Fur of interfemoral along inner sides of thighs and jiroximal 

 half of tibia vandyck-brown varied with some huffy and silvery 

 white hairs. — Centre of breast bright cream-buff, forming a patch 

 contrasting with surrounding darker fur. Belly, anal region, sides 

 of breast, and flanks dark mars-brown, mixed with bufl'y on sides 

 of breast and thickly sprinkled with long silvery hairs on belly and 

 anal region. — Mantle buft'y with long vandyck-brown bases to the 

 hairs, gradually shading into ochraceous-buffy on sides of neck, this 

 tinge again into ochraceous on foreueck ; fur of sides of neck and 

 foreneck vandyck-brown only at extreme base. Median (spinal ) 

 tract of mantle somewhat darkened with russet, suggesting a 

 dividing of mantle into a right and left half, as is often the case in 

 Fl. insularis. — Occiput, crown, and interocular space mixed buffy 

 and brownish with a distinct sprinkling with silvery hairs. Sides 

 of face, chin, and throat dark vandyck-brown, approaching seal- 

 brown, thinly sprinkled with silvery hairs. 



Measurements. On pp. 299, 300, 



Specimen examined. One, the type. 



Range. Mortlock, Central Caroline Islands. 



Type in collection, 



Historij in literature. — The possible identity of Pt. insidaris and 

 Pt. phatocephahis was discussed by Oustalet, in 1895 (/, s,c,), on the 



