PEN-rnETOE. j^g 



1 . Tlioopterus nigrescens, Gra>j. 



Cjmpterus latidens, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 86. 



Cynopterus inarginatua var. nigrescens, Gray, Cat. Monk. &c. p U?. 

 (lo/U: Morotai). ^ 



^^iTKUQ'"Ar^'^'^°?*'''^'^ nigrescens, Matschie, Mecjackir. p. 77 

 (1904)' ^^''''"^°^ ' y/-o«6'..a/.^, 6'«<. J/am«., Suppl. p. 6l>, u. 544 



^^'Ss)^^ nigrescens, 7ra/«A-, iV^a^. Ty^. Ned. Ind. Ixv. p. 277 



Tlioopterus nigrescens, Miller, Fam. ^ Gen. Bats, p. 50 (1907) 

 Gynopterus latulens, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. ^.86, pi. v. li^ 3 



1888 : Menado) ; ? Elera, Cat. Sist. F. Fe7,> p. 7 (1895 : Luzon 

 the P™^^"'=^?.,La3'»na and Batangas) ; TrLWt, Cat. Mc^Jl 



n ?■ n 7 18^5 ^M ' ^; ^' '^''^''■' ^^^'- ^"'- ^'•^«'^''«. ^ii. 

 n. /, p. i (isyy; Minaliassa). 



^t,,.._Much longer than in Cjmpteras, length on centre of back 

 abOTo """^ ^ ^ """■ '^^^^''' ""''^ "metatarsus densely clothed 



Colour (type, feraale).-Back warm Front's brown, underfnr pale 

 drab-grey ; head similar, but slightly darker, nape of neck paler. 

 Underparts, from chm to luterfemoral, hair-brown, slightly shaded 

 with a warmer brown on flanks and sides of breast and belly 

 S bro^^i^™ '"""^^ unmarked ; metacarpals and phalanges (dried) 



Measurements. On pp. 676, 678, 680 



fjT'r''\r"T'-^- ?"""' ^''- ^^'^ t^-pe, one mounted adult 

 female from Menado in the Eerlin Museum (Faber coll., skull out 

 much broken), and one mounted subadult male in the Levdon 

 Museum (same locality and collector, skull in). ^ 



JJ^ye Known with certainty from the Gilolo group (Morotai^ 

 and Celebes (Menado and Minahassa). Recorded in%\terature 



idind 'of LuLn!-^° '"" '^' P^^^^'^^^^ °' ^^^^^"^ -^ S^^-»--' 

 ^l/pe in collection. 



a. 2 ad. sk. ; skull. Morotai. Dr. A. E. Wallace [C.]. 62.10.21 fi 



(Ti/jx of species and of C. latidcm, Dobson.) 



25. PENTHETOE », gen. n. 



Type : P. lucasi. 

 Ptenochirus (pt., nee Pet.), Dobson, Ann. .^- Ma;. N H. (5) vi 



P,V . , -^^^^^P^ ^^^^"- ''*' (^^I'^opterus =. Ptenochirus 4. Penthet or) '■ 

 Matschie Meyachir. p. 77 (1899: genus, dh-ided hito two sub- 

 genera, Ptenoehirus{^ = Ptenochirus+Penthetor) and Men^enms)- 

 fhetZ^ ^ ^''^'' ^' ^^ ^^^°^= = Ptenochirii+Pen. 



of*fh?£?' ^ "'.""'•""'•j i'? ^ll"sion to the general dark colour of the~fW 

 either sex^ '^ "''' """^ ^^' ''^'''''' °^ brighter-coloured neck-tufts iu 



