780 SYCONYCTEEIS CEASSA MAJOR. 



papuana (see also Jentiuk, Notes Leyd. Mus. xxiii. p. 137 ; 1902). 

 There remiiins (always judgiug from the single specimen available) 

 nothing to distinguish y('HSc/ii ivom papuana but its slightly smaller 

 size, a difference which no doubt is only one of average. 



1 d. Syconycteris crassa crassa, Thos. 



Carponycteris crassa, Thoinas, Nuv. Zool. ii. p. 163 (June, 1895: 

 Fergusson I.) ; id., Nov. Zool. iii. p. 526 (pt.) (1896 : Kiriwina) ; 

 id., Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva, (2) xviii. p. 6U8 (pt.) (1897 : Fergus- 

 sou 1. ; Kiriwina) ; Heller, Abh. Mus. Dresden, vi. n. 8, p. 4 

 (1897). 



Macroglossus crassus, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. i. p. 90, u. 4876 

 (1897). 



Macroglossus [Syconycteris] crassus (pt.), Matschie, Megaclur. p. 100 

 (1899). 



Carponycteris [Syconycteris] crassa (pt.), Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., 

 Suppl. p. 66, n. 564 (1904J. 



Syconycteris crassa (pt.), Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. xxviii. p. 172 

 (1907) ; Miller, Fam. l<f Gen. Bats, p. 72 (1907). 



Syconycteris crassa crassa, K. Andersen, Ann. i§- May. N. H. (8) vii. 

 p. 643 (1911 : revision). 



Diagnosis. — As S. c. papM«Hrt, but averaging in every respect 

 larger (see table p. 778 and measurements pp. 782-784). The 

 smallest specimens examined are similar in size to the largest of 

 papmana. 



Specimens examined. Those in collection. 



Range. Trobriand Islands (Kirivrina) ; D'Entrecasteaux Islands 

 (Fergusson I.). [The Woodlark Islands are inhabited by a distinct 

 species, S. naias.'] 



Type in collection. Skull, total length 28-8, mandible from 

 condyle 21-5, c-m' (crowns) 8-7 ; p', length 1-2, breadth 0-8 ; 

 forearm 45-5, third metacarpal 33-5 ; ear, length from orifice 13-5, 

 greatest breadth (flattened) 10-5 ; tibia 16-5 mm. 



a. (5 ad. al. ; skull. Trobriandls. A. S. Meek [C.]. 9.5.11.7.1. 



b, c. 6 pull., $ ad. al. ; Kiriwina I. A. S. Meek [C.]. 96.11.5.9, 10. 



skull of the ad. 

 d. c? ad. al. ; skiiU. Fergusson I. A. S. Meek [0.]. 95.5.8.2. 



( Type of subspecies.) 



1 e. Syconycteris crassa major, K. And. 



? Macroglossus minimus (pt., nee E. Geoff.), Jentink, Cat. Syst. 



M« WOT. p. 158 (1888: Amboina). 

 Syconycteris papuana (pt., nee Matschie) , Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. 



xxiii. p. 136 ( 1902 : Amboina) ; id., op. c. xxviii. p. 172 (1906). 

 Carponycteris [Syconycteris] papuana (pt), Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., 



6'wj5/;. p. 65, n. 562(1904). 

 Syconycteris crassa major, K. Andersen, Ann. 8f Mag. N. II. (8) vii. 



p. 643 (1 June, 1911 : Amboina ; Cerarn). 



Diagnosis. — As S. c. crassa, but averaging larger (see table p. 778 

 and measurements pp. 782-784). This is the largest form of the 

 genus, but in other respects it does not differ appreciably from 



