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Pl'EROPUS PFKSON'ATUS. 



Diagnosis. — Allied to Pt. teminincli, biit teeth excessirelv reduced 

 in size. One longitudinal stripe of dark vandyck-brown through 

 and above each eye. Size smallest: forearm 86-96 miu. Hab. 

 Moluccas ; N. Celebes. 



SJnill and teeth. — Essential chiinicters of skull as in ]^t. tem- 

 mincl'i, but size somewhat smaller ; deflection of basicranial axis 

 greater (alveohir line projected backward passing through upper 

 part of supraoccipitnll ; orbits not quite as lai'ge as in temmincln ; 

 temporal crests separated : coronoid process of mandible very weak, 

 front margin sloping backward. — Teeth excessively reduced in size 

 (very much like those of Pt. suhni/er, though with still smaller m, 

 and m.,), but not modified in structure ; cingulum of upper and 

 lower canines very weak. 



Far. — As in Pt. temmincli and cajnatratus, but rather shorter : 

 length on back about 9, mantle 11, belly 8-9 mm. — Distribution of 

 fur as in Pt. capistratus, but fur on upperside of tibia extending 

 backward to ankle and in a thin iine along upperside of metatarsus 

 o base of phalanges ; short scattered hairs on phalanges. 



Colour. — In general aspect approaching that of Pt. mpistratus, 

 but pattern of head-stripes different. — Back and rump silvery 

 white with a slight creamy tinge, this colour confined to the shorter 

 tips of the hairs ; long base of fur contrasting seal-brown or 

 vandyck- crown. Dark base of fur showing slightly through on 

 back, much more so on rump, thighs, and tibiffi. — Breast, belly, and 



Extern.'iJ measurtments of Pteropus temmiucki, capistratus, 

 and personatus. 



Fl. temmiucki. Pt. capistratus. \ Pt. pcrsonutiis. 



4 acl. 4 ad. j 7 ad. 



(Incl. cotypes.) (Incl. cotypes.) I (Incl. type.) 



Forearm 



Pollex, total length, c. u 



„ metacarpal 



,, 1st pbalanx 



2nd digit, metacarpal 



„ 1st phalanx 



„ 2nd-3rd phalanx, c. u. 

 3rd digit, metacarpal 



,, Ist yibalaux 



„ 2nd phalanx 



4th digit, metacarpal 



„ Ist phalanx 



,. 2ud phalanx 



oth digit, metacarpal . . . 



,, Ist pbalaux 



„ 2nd phalanx 



Lower leg 



Foot, c. n 



