SrCONYCTRRIS CRASSA FINSCIII. t IV 



1 b. Syconycteris crassa keyensis, A'. AikI. 



S\'cnnyctei'is crassa kevensis, K. Andersat, Ann. S) Mii(/. N. II. (8) 

 vii. p. C43 a Jttiie, 1911 : Key Is.). 



Diaqnosis. — Similar in every respect to S. c. papvann, except for 

 the slightly shorter tooth-rows (c-m''', crowns, iu type 7"1 mm., as 

 against 7'6-8-8 in papnana). 



Measurements. On pp. 782-784. 



Specimens examined. Those catalogued helow. 



Range. Key Islands. 



Type in collection. 



«, /^. d" ad.. $ iinm. al. ; Key Is. Purchased (RoUe). 99.12.4.L'-3. 



skulls. (',)'J.1±4.2, S ad-, Type of subspecies.) 



1 c. Syconycteris crassa finschi, MatscMe. 



Macroglossiis [Svconycteris] finschi, Matschie, Meyachir. p. 100 



( 18U9 : Bismarck Arch.). 

 Carponycteria [Syconycteris] finschi, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Siq^il. 



p. m, n. 56;i (1904). 

 Syconycteris cras.sa finschi, K. Andersen, Ann. ^- Maf/. X. II. (8) vii. 



p. (343 (1911 : revision). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to 8. c. papvana, but averaging slightly 

 smaller; see table p. 778 and detailed measurements pp. 782-784. 



Specimen examined. The type (so far the only specimen on 

 record). 



llange. Bismarck Archipelago. 



Tijpe, in the lierlin Museum, S ad. al., skull extracted, Xew 

 Britain, collected by Dr. U. Finscli, lieg. no. 0070. Originally 

 separated as a distinct species from papnana for the following 

 reasons (apart from its slightly smaller size) : Cheek-teeth " aufial- 

 lend klein, schwach und schraal" ; rhinarium broader; two posterior 

 palate-ridges " geradlinig und von den iibrigen nicht weiter ent- 

 ternt als von einauder." From a single specimen it is impossible 

 to decide whether the check-teeth are relatively a trifle smaller or 

 narrower than in the foregoing forms of the species ; the fact that 

 they are matched by those of the smallest-toothed examples of 

 papuana renders it certain that the difference, if any, can only be 

 one of average, and the teeth are in any case not quite so narrow 

 as in S. anstralis; if, however, the teeth oi finschi should prove lo 

 avei'age rather narrower than in papuana, this form would be 

 intermediate between (S. c. papuana and S. australis, and in that 

 case it would probably be necessary to put also S. australis down 

 as a subspecies of S. crassa. Whether the rhinarium of finschi is 

 really broader than in pap>uana is doubtful : the muzzle of tlie 

 former, when examined by the writer in Berlin, was filled out with 

 cotton-wool and unnaturally broad. As to the palate-ridges, the 

 only tangible variation from the general rule is that the sixth ridge 

 runs more straightly transverse than usual, but the same variation 

 has been found bv tlie writer iu the series examined of IS. c. 



