haniplon); Dulmn, Cat. Chlr. li. M. p. <;0 (1878: Quail I.; 

 llowiolc's fj:roup ; (idiilil I.; J'ercy I.) I 'rniiti'.-isayt, llcv.^- Mag. 

 Zool. {'4) \\. yt. 202 (187!t: (^'ape Voi'k ; Quail I.; Howick's Is. ; 

 (Jould I.; Percy I.); Collett, Zool. Jahrb. ii. p. 843 ('1887; 

 Wiickav) ; Jentinl;, Cut. Si/st. Mamm. p. 149 (1888 : C. York) ; 

 Otjilbif, Cat. Ausf.r. Mamm. p. 79 (1892: N.E. Australia); 

 Votleit, P. Z.S. 1897, p. ;319 (N.Australia: DalyR.,?!. Darwin); 

 Luca,?, Proc. R. 8or. (ineeyKland, xii. p. .51 (1897) ; Dahl, 

 Zooloyiiit, (4) i. p. 190 (1897 : N. Au.'Stralia ; liabits) ; Troxessnrt, 

 (M. Mamm. i. p. 82 (1897: N. Australia); Seabra, Jam. Sci. 

 Math. Lisbon, (2) v, no. 19, p 168, pL i. fig-. 7 (palate-ridpe.s) 

 (1898); Matschie, Me//achir. p. 18, pi. vii. fips. 2, 2 a, 2 h 

 (.skull : Rockliauipton) (1899 : Thursday I. ; Rockliamptou) ; 

 Troucs-iart, Cat. Mamm., Si/p/.'l. p. ol (1904: Queen.sland ; 

 Torres Sir. Ls.) ; Ma/i-r, Fam.. .y Oen. Bats, p. ,58 (1907). 

 ? I'teropus edulis (pt., r/ef Geoff.), J. Anderson, C<it. Mamm. hid. 

 Mm. pt. i. p. 100 (1881 : S. Australia). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Pi. ahcto, but with narrower palate aiul 

 rostrum, weaker dejitition, .somewhat lonj^er ears, and lonn;er I'ur. 

 Blackish above and beneath, tliinly spiinkled with whitish or 

 huffy ; mantle chocoLitc. Forearm l.j;3-180 mm, IJuIk N. and 

 X.E. Australia. 



Skull and teeth. — Skull much like that of Pt. alecto, but (probably 

 owing to reduced size of teeth) ijalate narrower and rostrum 

 more compressed laterally : maxillary widtli externally across 

 m'-m^ 17'3-19 mm., against 19-21-2 mm, iu Pt. alecto with. 

 similar &\zq of skull. — General chai-acters of teeth the same 

 as in Pt. alecto, but dentition averaging markedly weaker, the 

 reduction in the size of the teeth being especially noticeable in p', 

 p'', m', Pj, p^, m^, m^, and rather more in the width than the 

 length of the teeth (compare measurements, pp. 369 and 374). 



Faits. — Relatively somewhat larger than iu /'/. alecto, but not 

 tWreriug in shape. Outer margin flatly concave in upper Ihird, tip 

 rather narrowly rounded off. 



Far. — Longer tlian in Pt. alecto. Approximate length, back 

 11-14, mantle 14-18, belly 13-15 mm. Distribution of fur as in 

 the allied species. 



Colour. — Mantle chocolate or chestnut-chocolate, in shoulder 

 region often lightened with yellowish ochraceous ; hairs uniform 

 to base or with extreme base blackisli. Head, back, rump, and 

 entire underside blackish, glossy on back and rump, dull on under- 

 parts, thinly sprinkled on back and rump with greyish-white, on 

 •underparts with greyish-buffy hairs. Base of hairs of crown in 

 some specimens vandyck-brown or chocolate, in others blacki.sli 

 like tips of hairs, llegion round eyes waslied with dark vandyck- 

 brown or chocolate. 



Se.vnal differeutiation. — As in Pt. alecto. 



Meafnirement.?. On pp. 373, 374. 



Specimens e.vamined. Twenty-eight, in the collections of the 

 Berlin and British Museums, including the cotypes of the species. 



Runfje. Queensland, south at least to Rockhampton, and including 

 Torres Straits islands and islands off eastern coast of Queensland ; 



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