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? Tiibonopboriis de'^niaie.^ti, Burnett, Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Art, Apr.- 

 Juue 1829, p. 269 (iioiu. mid.) [cf. Fa'iner, Ind. Gen. Mainin. 

 p. 083, 1904]. 



I' f Pteropus] desniaresti, K. Andersen, Ann. if Mug. -V. H. (8) i. 

 p. 432, footnute (1908 : ideutilicatiou). 



Diagnosis. — Aiitero-interiiul corner of va^ sharply marked off as 

 a distincfc cusp or ledge ; no weJl-marked untero-interual ledge in 

 m' ; outer and inner longitudinal ridges of cheek-teeth simple (not 

 slightly bilobed). Skull, total length 48-8-5] -7 mm.; maxillary 

 tooth-row (c-m-, crowns) 20-22 ; forearm IO80-] 17. Hah. Timor 

 group. 



Sicull and dentition. — Skull similar to that of D. e.voleta, though 

 apparently averaging a trifle smaller. Antero-internal basal 

 ledge in p^ and p* well-developed and sharply marked off, on the 

 whole rather larger than in e.voleta : undeveloped in m\ though 

 often indicated by a shallow rounded depression near anterior 

 extremity of inner longitudinal ridge ; in p^ small, sometimes not 

 quite distinctl)' differentiated ; in p^ strong, sharply marked off; 

 in m, differentiated as a distinct cusp sharply separated by a deep 

 notch from inner longitudinal ridge. Posterior basal ledges and 

 median surface-i'idges essentially as in D. e.xohta. 



Colour. — S ad. skin, teeth somewhat worn, Alor 1., April 

 (beginning of dry season), 98.11.3.17 : — Back of neck olive, shading 

 to dark olive-bistre on head. Rump brownish olive. Flanks drab, 

 mised with very light tawny-olive anteriorly ; breast and belly 

 much suffused with light golden tawny-olive ; hairs on underside 

 of membranes similar to flanks. — An adult female, same place and 

 date (skin 98.11.3.18, teeth well worn), differs chiefly in the colour 

 of the uuderparts, which are nearly uniform drab with only a slight 

 admixture of tawny-olive on breast. All available specimens from 

 Timor are more or less faded, but would seem to have differed in 

 no noteworthy colour character from the Alor skins. 

 Measurements. On pp. 477, 479, 481. 



i^.pecimens examined. Eleven, in the collections of the Leyden 

 (six), Paris (two), and British Museums, from the following 

 localities: — Timor (eight, skulls of four; including cotypes of 

 species), Alor (two, with skulls), and Wetter (one immature, with 

 skull). 



Ranje. Timor group; so far recorded from tlic islands of Flores, 

 Timor, Alor, and Wetter. 



Coti/pes in tlie Paris iluseum. Original description based on 

 two males obtained in Timor b)^ Peroii, Register numbers .V 118 

 (n. 786) and A 119 (n. 786 A), both mounted and mach faded, and 

 botli now ticketed " Ceplwlotcs Peronii (Gooff.), typo, ancienne 

 collection," without locality on the labels. Specimen A 118 has 

 the notopataglum of the right side partly removed to show the 

 furred back (compare left si.le of Geofl'roy's figure) ; the skiiU of 

 this specimen is A 6735 of the Museum d'anatomie comparee, 

 teeth worn, dentition complete (except for want of right i.,), skull 

 :;omcwhat broken on right side, occipital portion once cut off and 



