POBSONIA FXOIETA. 461 



Smaller than usual : forearm about 80 mm., in the smallest of the 

 other species (Z>. inermis and nesea) 105-110 mm. Colour of fur 

 unknown (much faded in single skin available). 



Measurements. On pp. 477, 479, 4»1. 



Spedme^as examined. Two, the type of the species and u 

 mounted specimen from uncertain locality (Leyden Museum, 

 L'ephalotes peroni, rr, with skull dd, a fully adult male, teeth 

 somewhat worn, collected by Dr. Bernstein, presumably dating 

 from his seventh and last journey, and, if so, no doubt obtained in 

 iSorong, .Snlawati, Batanta, or neighbourhood). These are the only 

 specimens known to exist in collections. 

 . Range. Amberbaki, X.W. New Guinea. 



Type, in the Paris Museum, a female, preserved in alcohol, skull 

 extracted in 1909. The specimen is slightly immature (finger 

 joints unconsolidated, sagittal crest not fully developed, fronto- 

 parietal suture unobliterated), but apparently full-grown ; measure- 

 ments practically the same as those of the adult male in Leyden. 



Remarks.— This is the only known representative of a section of 

 Dobsonia characterized by the simple cheek-teeth, with only 

 inconspicuo\i8 traces of the antero-internal and posterior ledges so 

 prominent in other species. Externally, apart from its small size, 

 it is closely similar to the typical species of the genus. 



1^ Dobsonia exoleta, A". AntL 

 Cephalotes peroni (pt.), Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 91. 



Cephalotes peroni (nee E. Geoff,), Gray, Zool. ' Samarany,' Vert. 

 p. 13 (pt.) (1849 : Celebes) ; Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 91 (pt.) 

 (1878 : Celebes) ; Hosetiberg, Malay. Arch. p. 2QS (1878 : not 

 seen in Celebes) ; Truuessarf, Rev. S,- May. Zool. (S) vi. p. 208, 

 n. 330 (pt.) (1870) ; Jentmk, Xotss Leyd. Mus. v. p. 174 (1883 : 

 Amurang); id., Cat. Ost. Mamm. p. 2G7 (pt.) (1887 : Gorontalo) ; 

 id,, Cat. Syd. Mamm. ]>. loO (pt.) (1888 ; Gorontalo; Menado ; 

 Celebes); Hickson, Nat. in X. Celebe.% pp. 85, S59, 360 (1889: 

 Menado) ; A. B. Meyer, Abh, Mus. Dresden, vii. n. 7, p. 9 

 (1899 : Tomohon ; Kotobangon ; Buol). 



Dobsonia peroni (pt.), Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. ii. p. 1278 (1899). 



Cephalotes palliatus (pt.), Truuessart, Cat. Mamm. i. p. 87, n. 470 

 (1897) ; Mattichie, Megachir. p. 87 (1899: Menado) ; Trouessart, 

 Cat. Mamm., Sup2}l. p. 64, n. /)55 (1904). 



Dobsonia paliata (pt.), Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. xxviii. p, 166 

 (1906: Celebes). 



Dobsonia exoleta. A'. Andersen, Ami. ^- May, N, H. (8) iv, pp. o3l, 

 633(1 Dee. 1909: characters; affinities). 



Diagnosis. — A well developed antero-internal basal ledge in 

 p' and p' ; no trace of a similar ledge in m^ ; posterior basal ledge 

 well marked in p", p*, p^, and p^ ; median ridge distinct in m', mj, 

 and m^. Skull, total length about 62 mm., maxillary tooth-row, 

 c-m* (crowns) iO-5-21-3, forearm 112-5-116. Hub. Celebes. 



Skull and dentition*.- — Rostrum (front of orbit to tip of nasals) 

 slightly more than breadth across lower edges of lachrymal 



* rigs. 2.'>.A.B, C. D. p. 1.'>1. 



