PTER0PU3 P0I.I0C£PUiLC3. 399 



extending on membrane for a space of about 22 mm..; least width 

 of furred area of back 70 mm. 



Upperside of humerus and proximal half or two-thirds of forearm 

 covered with rather densely set, adpressed hairs. Tibia thickly 

 clothed above to ankle with unusually long hairs. — Beneath, basal 

 third or half of forearm covered with rather long adpressed hairs. 

 Underside of antebrachial membrane, lateral membrane along 

 outer side of forearm to carpal joint, and between humerus and 

 basal half of forearm in front and femur behind, densely covered 

 with long, woolly, frizzled hairs. Tibia densely haired below to a 

 short distance from ankle. 



Colour. — Series of skins, adult and slightly immature: — General 

 colour of back, rump, thighs, and tibite olive-buff more or less 

 darkened with brownish. Chiefly two kinds of individual hairs ; 

 the one (generally conspicuously longer) uniform blackish or dark 

 brown from base to tip : the other (generally shorter) a darker or 

 paler shade of olive-buff; thinly spread among these some shiny 

 silvery whitish-grey hairs ; the mixture of these colours produces 

 the general effect of an olive-buif more or less shaded with brown ; 

 in some individuals the dark brownish are largely in excess of the 

 olive-bufi'y hairs (general effect dark brown washed with olive- 

 bufif) ; in others, and more frequently, the olive-buff are in excess 

 of the brownish hairs (olive-buff more or less darkened with 

 brown). — JKreast, belly, and flanks similar to back, or slightly 

 darker, sometimes distinctly tinged with pale russet. — Mantle, 

 sides of neck, and foreneck tawny, forming a complete collar ; 

 tawny colour confined to tips of hairs, middle portion much paler, 

 ochraceous-buff, basal portion blackish seal-brown. — The tawny 

 colour of the mantle extends in some individuals forward on 

 occiput or hinder part of crown ; in most specimens, however, the 

 whole of the head (above, on sides, and beneath) is similar in 

 colour to the back. 



Measurements. On pp. 400, 401. 



Sjiecimens examined. Twenty, in the collections of the Ley den 

 and British Museums. 



Range. Eastern Australian coast districts, from Cape Howe in 

 the south to Cape York in the north ; occasionally as far south as 

 Melbourne. — Temminck's statement that this species occurs also in 

 Tasmania (two mounted specimens in the Leyden ifuseum, ticketed 

 Tasmania, are indistinguishable from continental specimens) is 

 contradicted b)' Gould, and remains unsupported by any recent 

 evidence, llecorded by Matschie {l.s.c.) from the Trobriand Islands. 



Cotiipes probably not in existence. 



Habits. — Gould met with this species in the dense and luxuriant 

 brushes that fringe the south-eastern portion of Australia, such as 

 those of lUamara, in the neighbourhood of the Hunter, the Manning, 

 and the Clarence. It is strictly nocturnal, remaining during the 

 day suspended from the branches of the larger trees clothing the 

 gullies and mountain sides. The enormous numbers that might be 

 seen pendent from the trees in the more secluded parts of the 



