47-i DOhiOyiS. TRJEDATKIX. 



Ceplmlotes palliatus, Mufschie, Ahh. Sench. nat. Ges. xxv. Heft 2, 



p. 272 (1900 : Patani, S.W. Gilolo). 

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



(1900: Ilaii ; Moiotai ; Terunte ; Batcliiau). 

 Dobsoiiia crenulata, K. Andersen, Ann. Sf Mag. N. II. (8) iv. pp. 532, 



r)3o (1 Dec. 1009: fliaracters ; affinities). 



Difii/nosls. — ftiiiiilar to IJ. vlrldis, but larger and -with conspi- 

 cuously lieavier dentition. Maxillary tooth-row (c-ru", crowns) 

 20-21 mm., iorearm 125-12S'5. IJab. Gilolo group. 



Sl-idl and dentition. — Skull as in D. viridis, but distinctly larger 

 and more heavily built. Structure of premolars and molars quite 

 as in the allied s])ecies, but individual teeth on tlie whole noticeably 

 heavier (see measurements, p. 4S2). Lower incisors present in 

 three adult skulls, absent in one. 



Colour (type).— Similar to that of dark-coloured individuals of 

 D. viridis (antea, p. 473, specimens 7.1.1.2')8-2G1). 



Measurements. On \)\). 478, 480, 482. 



Specimens examined. Eleven, in the collections of the Leydon (ten) 

 and British Museum-!, from the following localities: — Eau (four 

 immatures, witli skulls), Morotai (two, with skulls), Ternate (type, 

 with skull), ami Batchian (four, skulls of two). 



Bancje. Gilolo group, generally distributed. So far known from 

 the islands of Bau, Jlorotai, Gilolo, Ternate, and Batchian. 



Type in collection. 



«. 5 subp.d.sk.; sliull. Ternate. Dr. A. E. Wallace [C]. (50.8.20.2. 



{Tij-pe of species.) 



10. Dobsonia praedatrix, K. And. 

 Ceplmlotes peroni (pt.), iJobson, Cat. Chir. B. i[. p. 91. 



Cephalotes peroui {nee E. Geoff.), Dobson, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 118 



(Duke of York I. ) ; id., R Z. -S'. 1878, p. 316 (Duke of York I.) ; 



id., Cat. Chir. B. 3/. p. 91 (pt.) (1878: Duke of York I.); 



Trouessart, Ilev. i^- Mar/. Zvol. (;'.) vi. p. 208, n. 330 (pt.) (1879) ; 



Jenlink, Cat. St/si. Mamm. p. 1-"C (pt.) (1888 : Duke of Y'ork 1.) ; 



TrouesHtrt, Cat. Mamm. i. p. 87, u. 470 (pt.) (1897). 

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

 Cephalotes palliatns (pt., 7ivc E.Geoff.), Matschie, Megachir. p. 87 



(^1899: New Britain); Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Siippl. p. 04, 



n. Two (1904). 

 Dobsonia paliata (pt.), Jentinh, Notes Legd. Mus. xxvui. p. 160 



(1906: Duke of York I.). 

 Dobsonia prajdatrix, K. Andersen, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (8) iv. pp. o32, 



o33 (1 Dec. 1909: characters; afKnities). 



' ' Biaf/nosis. — Allied to D. viridis and crenulata. but cranial rostrum 

 considerably heavier. General size very nearly as D. viridis, smaller 

 than 1). crenulata; forearm 111-5-121-5 mm. Ifah. Bismarck 

 Archipelago. 



,SI-hII and dentition. — Skull heavily built; rostrum unusually 

 broad and deep at base, breadth across lower edges of lachrymal 

 foiamina 12-S-13-8 mm. in three adult sktills, against 11-0-12-8 in 

 twelve adult skulls of B. viridis and crenxdata ; interorbital region 



