598 CYNOrXEETTS SPHIKX SPHIKX. 



1. Cynopterus sphinx, VaJil. 



Cynoj^derus marginatus (pt.), Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 81. 



(Svnonyms under the subspecies.) 



Diagnosis. — Surface cusp of p^ and m^ small or absent ; ears 

 loug, 18-20'5 mm. from orifice ; general size medium or large, 

 forearm 66-83 mm. 



liange. Indian Peninsula general!}-, south to Ceylon, north-west 

 to Sind, north-east through Assam and North 13urma to North 

 Siam ; unknown from Lower Siam and the Malay Peninsula ; 

 rcoccurring in Sumatra, Java, and Lombok. 



Synopsis of the Subspecies of Cynopterus sphinx. 



a. Cranial rostrum (front of orbit to 

 J nares) usually a little mure than, 



rarely equal to, one-fourth of 

 total length of skull (lambda to 

 gnathion) ; general size averag- 

 ing smaller, forearm 66-78 mm. 

 «'. Averaging smaller ; forearm 66- 

 73-0 mm. (Ceylon ; ludifm 

 Pen. S., E., and N.E. ; Assam; 



N. Burma ; N. Siam) 1 «. C. s. uphinr, p. 598. 



V . Averaging larger, forearm 73- 



78 mm. (Indian Pen. N.W.). 1 b. C. s. gangeticng, p. 604, 

 h. Cranial rostrum usually a little less 

 thaa or equal to one-fourth of 

 total length of skull ; largest 

 form of the species, forearm 

 74'o-83 mm. (Sumatra; Java; 

 Lombok ; ? Timor) \ c, C. s. tittheccheilus, p, 605, 



1 a. Cynopterus sphinx sphinx, Vahl. 



Vespertilio sphinx, Vakl, Sh: Kat. SelsJc. iv. Heft 1, p. 123 (1797 ; 



Tranquebar). 

 Cynopterus sphinx 2. sphinx, Matsckie, Megachir. p. 75 (1899 : 



S. India; Coorg). 

 Cynopterus sphinx, Bonhote, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 191 (pt.) (Nan) ; 



Irmiessarf, Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 61, n. 543 (1904). 

 Cynopterus sphinx sphinx, K. Andersen, Ann. Sf Maq. N. H. (8) vi. 



*p. 624 (1910: Ceylon; Indian Pen. S., E., N.E.; Assam; N. 



Siam). 

 Vespertilio fibulatus, TaJil, Skr. Nat. S'elsk. iv. Heft 1, p. 124 



(1797 : Tranquebar). 

 Pteropus pusillua (La Roussette olive), S. Geoffroy, Cat. Mamm. 



Mus. Nat. d' Hist. Nat. p. 49 (1803: "Inde"); Besmarest, N. 



Diet. d'Hisf. Nat. xxiv., Tabl. Meth. Mamm. p. 11 (1804). 

 Roussette ou Pt(5rope olive, Desmarest, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxiv., 



Addit. p. 29 (1804). 

 Pteropus marginatus, E. Geoffroy, Ann. Mus. d'Hisf. Nat. xv. 



p. 97, pi. T. (animal) (1810 .- Bengal) ; Oken, Lehrh. Natiirg. iii. 



Abth. 2, p. 934 (1816) ; Desmarest, N. Did. d'Hist. Nat., new 



ed. xxix, p. 514, pi. vii. fig. 2 (copy from Geoffroy) (1819) ; id., 



