FTEROPUS NEOHiErr.xicrs. 387 



Type in tlie Geuoa Museum. 



Pteropiis melmwpogon \ixv. 2Mpuana, Peters & Doria ; 1881. — 

 Type locality, Mansinam, N.W. New Guinea. Type, $ ad., col- 

 lected by Dr. 0. Beccari ; forearm 190 mm., ear 25, tibia 85 

 (Peters & Doria, I. s. c). 



a. cJ imni. al. ; Grange I., Baxter Bay, Museo Civieo, Genoa 97.8.7.4. 

 skull. S.E. New Guinea; [P.]. 



Marcli, 18U0 {I/r. L. 

 Loriu). 



77. Pteropus neohibernicus, Pet. 

 Pterojjus melanopogon (pt.), Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. -14. 



Pteropus melanopoffon vai-. neohibernicus:, Peters, MB. Akarl. 

 Ecn-lin, 187'3 (18 May), p. 317 (New Ireland) ; JJob.wn, P. Z. S. 



1878, p. 8Io (Duke oi" York I.) ; Troiwssart, Cat. Muimn. i. p 80 



(1897 : New Ireland; Duke of York I.). 

 Pteropus neohibernicus, Peters ^^ Doria, Ann. Mits. Civ. Genuia, 



xvi. p. 690 (1881 : New Ireland), 

 Pteropus (Euuvfteri.s) nielanopogon d. neohibernicus, Matsch'e, 



Megachlr. p.' 12 (1899 : New Ireland ; Duke of York I. ; 



New Britain), e. neohibernicus, Truuessart, Cat. Mamin., Stcppl. 



p. 49 (1904 : New Ireland^ 

 Pteropus de^reiier, Peters, MB. Akad. Berlin, 187« (18 May\ p. 318, 



footnote (Aru Is,, errore) ; Peters Sr Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Genora, xvi. p. 690 (1881 : Aru Is., errore). 

 Pteropus nielanopogon var. degener, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. i. 



p. 80 (1897 : Aru Is., errore). 

 Pteropu-s (Eunycteris) nielanopogon c. degener, Matschie, Mec/achir. 



p. 12 (1899: Aru Is., errore). h. degener, Trouessart, Cut. 



Mamm., Suppl. p. 49 (1904 : Aru Is., errore). 

 Pteropus melanopogon {nee Pet.), Dobson, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 115 



(Duke of York I.) ; Trouessart, Rev. i^- Maij. ZjOoI. (3) vi. p. 205 



(pt.) (1879 : New Ireland ; Duke of York I.) ; Jentink, Cat. Sjst. 



Mamm. p. 142 (pt.) (1888: New Britain); FJliot, Cut. Mamm. 



Field Col. Mus. p. 492 (1907 : ? Duke of York I.). 

 Pteropus melanopogon var. a, Dohsmi, ('at. Chir. B. M. p. 45 



(1878 : Aru Is., errore). Var. y, id., op. cit. p. 46 (1878 : Duke of 



York I.). 

 Pteropus eoronatus, Thomas, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 481, footnote, pi. xx. 



tig. 2 (head), pi. xxi. figs. 2, 3 (teeth) {1869 : Mioko 1., nr. Duke 



of York 1.); Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. i. p. 82 (1897: Duke of 



York 1.) ; Mntschie, Meijachir. p. 14 (1899 : Mioko) ; Trwussart, 



Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 49 (1904 : Bismarck Arch.) ; Miller, Fani. 



<5 Gen. Bats, p. 58 (1907). 

 Pteropus rufus {nee E. Geoff'., nee Tiedern.), Pamsay, Pec. Austral. 



Mus. i. no. 6, p. 105 (March, 1891 : New Britain). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Pt. jiapuanus, but colour of back paler. 

 Forearm 189-199 mm. Hab. Bismarck Archipelago. 



Far. — Jjength and distribution essentially as in Pt. papvanus. 

 Approximate length of fur, back 5-l(t, mantLe and bellv 1 1-15 mm, 



2 c i: 



