D0J3S0NIA INEEMIS. 475 



broader. Structure of premolars and molars as in the allied species ; 

 size of leeth ou tlio whole decidcdlj- smaller than in U. creavluta 

 and very nearly as in JJ. viridis, except ]i' and p^, ■\vliich are practi- 

 cally as laige as iu 1). crenulata (com])arc measurements, p. 48:.'). 

 Lower incisors present in all adult skulls (three) examined. 



Colour. — Type: 13ack of neck brownish bistre distinctly washed 

 Avith raw-umber; head shiny blackish bistie. Undcrjjarts drab, 

 tinged M'ilh broccoli-brown and mixed with light golden tawny-olive 

 on middle of ])reast and belly. — Tv/o mounted specimens from Xew 

 Uritaiii ( S ad., 5 ad., lierlin Museum, Einsch, (ii^W, GU44) are 

 rather closely similar in colour to the type, though on the whole 

 somewhat darker. 



MeasuronCHin. On pp. 478, 480, 482. 



Specimen.^ c.caminrd. Five, in the collections of theJiirliu (three) 

 and JJritish irusenms. 



liaiir/e. iS'ew Britain, Xew Ireland, Duke of York Island. 



Type in collection. 



a. Imiu. sk. ; slaiil. IJulie of Yuri; group. Kev. G. Brown [C.]. 77.7.18.5. 



( 'J'l/jie of .species.) 

 li. Juv. :il. (inilk Duke of York <^roup. Kev. 0. Brown [C.]. 77. 7. IS. 14. 



tlontition. sei' n/itin, 



p. -io-I. footnote;. 



1 1 . Dobsonia iiiermis, K. And. 

 Ctplialotes peroai (pt.), IJobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 91. 



Ceplialotes peroni (pt., )iec E. Geo-ff.), Dolsou, I. c. (1S78: Siin 

 (Jluistoval ) ; Trouexsart, liev. i!^- Maff. Zool. (.Sj vi. p. il08, n. ."'>•' !0 

 (1879) ; TJiovuis, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 3:^3 (Ugi ; San Christoval) ; 

 Trowssart, Cat. JLimm. i. p. 87, n. 470 (18!*7). 



l)()bsouia peroni (pt.), 'rrouesnaii, C(d. Mamm, ii. p. 1278 (1899). 



Dob.'onia inerniis, K. Andersen, yhin. k\- May. y. IL. (8) iv. pp. 532, 

 5o3 (I Dec. 1909: differential ciiarac-ters). 



/^iV/r/xosis.— Similar to D. viridis, but in every respect smaller. 

 Forearm 105-5-1 09 mm. J/ub. East Solomon Islands : San Chris- 

 toval and Ugi. 



Colour. — Type (San Christoval) : Lack of neck dark hair-brown 

 with scarcely any olive tinge, shading into blacki.sh bro\^n on head. 

 Vnderparts warm drab (a tinge of drab with a faint hue of dark 

 fawn), distinctly though rather inconspicuously mixed with raw- 

 umber and tawny-olive along niiddlo of breast and belly. 



Measurements. On pp. 478, 480, 482. 



Specimens examined. Two, as registered below ; these and a 

 specimen from Ugi in the Stockholm Museum appear to be the only 

 specimens so far obtained. 



Tifpe in collection. 



Jlem'irls. — This, the extreme eastern representative of the genus, 

 differs only in rather trivial characters from the species inhabiting 

 the Amboina group and Key Islands {D. viridis), viz. the smaller 

 geneial size and correspondingly smaller and more delicate-looking 

 skull, slenderer ro.strum. and maikedly (perhaps also relatively) 



