•il'2 PTEHOPirS POIJOCBrUALUS. 



the specimens now in the Lejrlen Museum can be jioiiited out as 

 types ; the Le5-(]en specimen which, as said hy Temminck, already 

 in 1825 was in very poor condition may, most likely, have been 

 destroyed ; the other Leyden type may, or may not, be one of 

 the specimens in the Leyden Museum the history of which has 

 been lost (c, d, h, i, in Jentiuk's Cat. Syst. p. 13!t)- No specimens 

 now in the iJritish or Paris Museums can be identified with those 

 referred to by Temminck as seen by him in London and Paris. — - 

 Temminck's description (compared with the specimens in the Leyden 

 Museum labelled Ft. poliocephalus and probably dating back to his 

 time) leaves no doubt as to the identification of the species. 



Q. The PTKJiOPi.s scapilatls groitp. 



fipecies. — P. scapulalus, ivoodfordi. 



Range. Australia; Solomon Islands. 



General characters. — Brain-case strongly deflected, rostrum of 

 normal length, ascending rami of premaxillse unusually heavy, 

 orbits moderate, sagittal crest undeveloped or low, coronoid very 

 weak, low, and much sloping, condyle of mandible level of alveolar 

 line. Dentition degenerated : all teeth reduced, cheek-teeth 

 excessively narrow, cingulum of canines narrow ; aberration from 

 tooth-formula (disappearance of m^ and m^; supernumerary pre- 

 molars) more frequent than in any other group. Ears macrotis style 

 in one, small in the other species ; interfemoral scarcely developed in 

 centre ; fur short, more or less closely adpressed on back. Colour 

 brownish above and beneath (with or without a conspicuous 

 sprinkling with pale hairs) : mantle buffy, cinnamon, or russet. 

 Males with glandular neck-tufts. Size moderate or small (forearm 

 181-143 in one, 92-99 in the other species). 



Differentiation of species. — Ft. woodfordi (Solomon Islands) is 

 perfectly similar to J^t. scapulatus (Australia) in skull and dentition, 

 differing chiefly in the much smaller size and very short ears. 



Affinities of rjroup. — Probably rather closely connected with the 

 Ft. macrotis group, from which it differs particniarly in the strong 

 degeneration of the dentition. 



