310 FTKKOrrs TVBEHCrLATV.^. 



and face, palest (russet washed with a peculiar tinge of ochraceous) 

 en back, breast, belly, and Hanks. 



Measurements. On pp. '^V,i, 314. 



Specimens examined. The mounted skin of the type of Ft. tvher- 

 culatvf ; an odd skull (Paris Mnsenrn, Keg. no. (3746), erroneously 

 described by Quoy and Caimard {I. s. c.) and figured by Blainville 

 (/. *. c.) as the skull of Pi. vanil-orensis. 



Bunge. Probably either Yaiiikoro (Sta. Cruz Is.) or Guam 

 (Marianne Is.). 



Type in the Paris Museum. 



History in literature. — An examination (Dec. 1 907) of the 

 material on which Qnoy and Gaimard based their Pt.vanilorensis— 

 viz., two mounted skins and an odd skull, stated to have been 

 obtained in the island of Yanikoro (P'eb.-March 1828) during the 

 voyage of the 'Astrolabe,' and now in the collection of the Paris 

 Museum — has satisfied me that the skins (skull of one in situ., 

 skull of the other extracted in Dec. 1907) represent a species 

 closely alhed to Ft. mariannus, the skull (Reg. no. 6746) a totally 

 diflf'erent species, allied to Ft. pselaplwn and pilosus, and later 

 on described hy Peters (1869, I. s. o.), on other material, under 

 the name Ft. tuherculatvs. The skull wrongly believed to be that 

 of Ft. vauilorensis was figured by Blainville (1840, 1. s. c.) under 

 this latter name ; a comparison of this figure Avith that of 

 the skull of the type of I't. tuherculatus published in Matschie's 

 ' Megachiroptera ' (1899, J. s. c.) will show the perfect identity 

 of the characters df the skull and teeth. — I retain the name 

 Ft. ranilorensis for the species represented by Quoy & Gaimard's 

 skins. 



That Ft. tiihenidatus, the habitat of which was hitherto unknown, 

 proves to be represented in the Paris Museum by a skull stated to 

 have been obtained in Vanikoro, might seem to settle the question 

 as to the true home of this rare sjiecies. But the evidence can 

 haidly be considered perfectly conclusive ; since Quoy and Gaimard 

 were mistaken in referring the skull to Ft. vanilrorensis, they may 

 also have erred in stating that it was from Yanikoro. So much 

 only is sure, that Yanikoio and Guam are the only places visited 

 by the ' Astrolabe ' in which it can have been obtained. 



7^/. tuherculatus, Peters (1869, /. s. c), was based on an adult 

 female from unknown locality, in the collection of the Paris 

 Museum (Keg. no. A. 40, mounted; skull extracted mauy years 

 ago, for figuring by Peters, and again replaced in skin). Peters 

 considered this species allied to Ft. macl-loti, a view which, 

 as already pointed out by Matschie (/, ?. <■.), has no foundation 

 whatever ; Ft. tuherculatus has no closer relatives among known 

 Bpccies than Ft, pselophon auA pilosus. 



