SYCONYCTERIS CEASSA rAPTJANA. / ( 7 



(l-ei/en.iis) are characterized by the ratlier smaller average length of 

 the tooth-rows, those from tlie liismarck Archipelago (Jinsvhi) by 

 tlieir slightly smaller average size ; finally, east (Trobriaiid and 

 ])'Entrecasteaux Islands : crcissa) and even more so "west (Amboina 

 group : major) of JN'ew Guinea the general size of the animals is 

 noticeably increased, though not more so but that there is still no 

 absolutely hard-and-fast line between i^apuana and crassa, nor 

 between crossa :ind major. 



Si/nopsis of the Snhsjjecies of S. crassa. 



a. Average size medium or small: Skull, total 



length 2o-27'3, foreann 39-44 mm. 

 a'. Medium : Skull, total length 25-8-27-3, 

 forearm 40-44 mm. 

 «-. Tooth-rows averaging slightly longer : 

 c-m'' (crowns) 7'(3-8*8 mm. (New 



Guinea ; Aru Is.) la. S. c.paimaiia, p. 777. 



P. Tooth-rows averaging slightly shorter : 

 c-m- (crowns) about 7 mm. (Key 



Is.) id. S. c. ket/e>isw, p. 779. 



b'. Small : Skull, total length about 25, fore- 

 arm 39 mm. (Bismarck Arch.) 1 c. S, c.Jinschi, p. 779. 



b. Averaging larger : Skull, total length 27 'G- 



298, forearm 43'5-47 mm. 

 c. Kathftr smaller: Skull 27'6-28-8, forearm 



43'5-47mm. (Trobriand Is. ; D'Entre- 



casteaux Is. "I Id. fS. c. crassa, p. 780. 



d'. Ilather larger : Skull 28-8- 29-8, forearm 



46-49 mm. (Amboiua group) 1 e. S. c. major, p. 780. 



1 a. Syconycteris crassa papuana, Matsdne. 



Macroglossus minimus (pt., nee E. Geoff.), Peters S)- Doria, Ann. 



Mus. Civ. Geneva, xvi. p. 691 (1881 : Andai ; Sorong ; A.ru Is.) ; 



Jentink, Cat. Si/st. Mamm. p. lo8 (1888 : Aru Is.). 

 Carponvcteiis minima (pt.). Heller, Abh. Mus. Dresden, vi. n. 8, 



p. 4 (1897). 

 Carponycteris crassa (pt.), Thomas, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, (2) xviii. 



p. 608 (1897 : Ighibirei : no specimens examined). 

 Macroglossus [Syconycteris] papuanus, Matschie, Meguchir. p. 99 



(1899: Andai; Sorong; Aru Is.). 

 Syconycteris papuana, Matschie, Krieffer's ' Neu-Gui7i€a,' p. 78 

 "(1899); Jentink, Notes Let/d. Mus. xxiii. pp. 137, 138 (pt.) 



(1902 : Aru Is. ; Andai) ; iVillink, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ltd. Ixv. 



p. 278 (pt.) (1905); Jentink, Notes Let/d. Mus. xxviii. p. 172 



(1907). 

 Carponvcteris [Svconycteri.sl papuana, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., 



Suiip'l. p. 65. n."662 (pt.j (1904). 

 Syconycteris crassa papuana, K. Andersen, Anri. ^- Mag. N. H. (8) 



vii. p. 643 (1911 : revision). 



Diagnosis. — Sec Synopsis, above. 



The table p. 778 illustrates the differences in size of the local 

 forms of S. crassa (for more detailed measurements see pp. 782-784). 



