702 NYCliMEXE VAItirS. 



Head and iiajio ol' iieek similar to back, but washed with raw-;imber, 

 this hitter tinge shading into tawny-olive on sides of neck. Centre 

 of breast and belly greyish white, contrasting with dull brownish 

 colour of sides of breast and belly, anal region, and flanks. 



Measurements. On pp. 717, 719, 7:^1. 



Specimen examined. The type, in collection, appears to be the 

 only specimen on record. 



a. 5 ad. sk.; skull. Tondano, Minalias?a, Tomes Coll. 7.1.1.271. 



N.Celebes; 1851* (Z^/ie of species.) 



{Dr. A. R. Wallace). 



•i. Nyctimene variiis, K. And. 



Nyctimene varias, K. Andersen, Attn. ^- Mm/. N. H. (8) vi. p. 622 

 (1 Dec. 1910: Mt. Mada, Jiuru). 



Diagnosis. — Closely allied to JV. minutvs, as small as. or only very 

 little larger than, that species (forearm 55 mm.), but with consider- 

 ably heavier teeth (c-m' 10, against 8-8 mm. ; compare also 

 measurements of individual teeth, p. 7-1); fur longer, more woolly 

 and spreading (length of general mass of hair of back 10, of longest 

 hairs of back 15 mm.) ; colour of back coarsely mottled with dark 

 brownish tips to the hairs; dorsal stripe coutined to posterior half 

 of back. lied). Known only from the island of Euru ; presumably 

 generally distributed over the Amboina group. 



Other characters as in N. minutus : inner cusp of p' completely 

 fused with outer, m' and m^ not reduced, membranes from third 

 toe. 



From the only other species of Nyctimene known to inhabit the 

 Amboina group, viz. iV^. cephaJotes (forearm 60-5-(i9 mm.), this form 

 is readily distinguished by its smaller size, fused cusps of p\ mottled 

 colour oif back, and feebly developed dorsal stripe. 



Colour (type, adult skin, probably female). — General colour of 

 back drab-wocdbrown rather thickly varied with dark brown; 

 individual hairs blackish brown for basal half, then light wood- 

 brown, with narrower dark brown (brownish bistre) tips. Seal- 

 brown dorsal stripe narrow, irregular and ill-defined, traceable only 

 along posterior half or third of back. Nape of neck similar to back ; 

 crown and sides of head nearly uniform pale wood-brown, with 

 short blackish brown bases to the hairs of the crown. Foreneck 

 and centre of breast and belly greyish white ; sides of breast and 

 belly, anal region, and flanks dull broccoli-brown with a faint wash 

 of fawn. 



Measurements. On pp. 717, 719, 721. 



Specimen examined. The type (in collection) is the only specimen 

 on record. 



a Ad sk • skull. Mt.Mada, W. Buru ; Hon. W. Both- 10.11.13.1. 

 Sept. 1898 {A. scliild [P.]. 



Everett). {Type of species.; 



