466 BOBSOXTA MA<5^\i. 



that the figure is " d'apres un crane rapporte i)ar ilM. Quoy ct 

 (Jaimard' : there can bo no doubt that Blainville's statement is 

 eiTO'.ieous; the figure is not drawn from the type nor from any 

 otlier f»kull of D. moluccensis, but agrees very closely with the tji)o 

 BtullofZ*. peroni in the Paris iluscum. The type specimen and 

 skull of D. moluccensis were figured by Quoy and Caimard (1. c.). 



History in lUei-ature. — Until recently (lUO!!) all revisers of 

 the genus followed Temminck (18.'37) in considering B. moluccensis 

 indistinguishable from T). jjeroni. 



liemarls. — This species is easily discriminated from all other 

 forms of the genus, except the closely allied I), mcupia, hy its large 

 size and heavy dentition. In the Amboina group it occurs together 

 with D. viridis, which is at once distinguished by the difl:l'renfc 

 structure of the premolars and molars and by its much smaller size. 



a. Ad. skull. Purchased (Frank). 4Ct.!j 5.'). 



ft. c? ad. sk. ; skull. Buru. Dr. A. E. Wnlluce [C.]. 62,.5.-24.--'. 



c. Yg. ad. sk. ; skull. Cerain ; 1860. Dr. A. II. WiiUuce [C.]. 01.12.1 1.3. 



5. Dobsonia magna, Thos. 



Cephalotes peroui {nee 1]. Geoff.), Peters Sf Doria, Ann, Mus. Cir. 

 Gcnova, xvi. p. 01)1 (pt.) (1881 : Andni) ; Jentink, Cat. Ost. 

 Mamin. p. 2G7 (pt.) (18S7: Mysol ; Waigeou; Andai) ; id., Cat. 

 ,, Syst. Mainin. p. 156 (pt.) (^1888: My.sol ; "N^'aigeou ; Andai); 



Thomas, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gtnova, (2) xviii. p. 608 (1897: Ighi- 

 birei); Heller, Abh. Mus. Dresden, vi. n. 8, p. 4 (pt.) (1807: 

 Mysol; Waigeou; Andai; 15ongu) ; Mafschie, Krieyers Neu- 

 Guinea, p. 77 (1890). 



Cephalotes palliatus (pt.), Mati^chie, MeyarJiir. p. 87 (1899: Astro- 

 labe I'ay) ; Troucssarf, Cat. Matnin., Suppl. p. 04, n. 555 (1904). 



Dobsonia paliafa, Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mtis. x.xviii. p. 166 (pt.) 

 (1906: Mvsol; Waigeou; New Guinea); id., Nora Guinea, v. 

 p. 302 (1907: Mosso R. ; Sentani Lake: Humboldt Bay Exp.) ; 

 id., op. cit. ix. p. 4, pi. i. fig. 2 (palate-ridges) (1908: Tsoord It.; 

 van Weel's Camp ; Alkniaar). 



• ' Dobsonia magna, Thomas, Ann. Sf- May. K. H. (7) xvi. p. 423 



(1 Oct. 1905: Tamata, Mambare li.) ; Miller, Fam. ^- Gen. Bats, 

 : p. 64 (K)07) : K. Andersen, Ann. Sj- May. N. II. (8) iv. pp. 530, 



• I 633 (1909: characters; athnities). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to D. moluccensis, but larger. Forearm 146- 

 152-5 mm. Hub. New Guinea ; ilysol ; AVaigeou. 



Colour. — Two 2 ^f^- skins, Yodda Kiver, August, 7.2.1.1 and 2: 

 Back of neck bistre, darkest in centre, palest on sides of neck, and 

 shading to shiny blackish bistre on head. Underparts warm drab 

 (a tinge of drab faintly Avashed with fawn), conspicuously mixed 

 with raw-umber and light tawny-olive on middle of breast and 

 belly ; hairs on underside of membranes light tawny-olive. — An 

 adult male from Mambare Eiver (type of species, April) and a 

 Toung adult male from Area Eiver (May) are practically similar in 

 colour to the Yodda Eiver specimens. 



Measurements. On pp. 477, 479, 481. 



Specimens examined. Thirteen, in the collections of the Lej'den 



