XOTOPTKKIS. 793 



brown or ciiiiiumon wood-Lirowu (uo seal-brown at extreme base) 

 with short russet tips; no white epaulettes (see Melonycturis 

 rnelanops, p. 1'6'd). jN'ape of neck cinnamon wood-brown, paler 

 than back (owing to absence or extreme shortness of russet tips to 

 the hairs). Ereast, belly, and Hanks uniform wood-brown with a 

 faint tinge of fawn ; foreneck similar, but more greyish wood- 

 brown. Head uniform russet, similar to back, but slightly paler. 

 Colour of forearm, digits, and membranes as in M. melaiiops. 

 " Iris brown " (C. M. Woodford). 



An adult female from Fauro I. (^skin) and an adult male from 

 Guadalcanar (alcoholic) are similar in colour to the type. 



Measurements. On pp. 8U6-SOS. 



Specimens examined. Those in collection. 



Bange. Solomon Islands. So far recorded from Shortland and 

 Fauro among the western, and Guadalcanar among the eastern 

 islands. 



Type, in collection. Skull, total length 34, mandible from condyle 

 24-7, c-m^ (crowns) 11-6, forearm 53"5, third metacarpal 41, tibia 

 22 mm. 



a. Jiid.sk.; Alu, Sliortlaud ; C. M. Woodford, Esq. [C.]. 87.1.18.9. 



skull. Apr. 18b6. (T^ye of species.) 



h. S pull. nl. Alu, Sbortland; C. M. Woodford, Esq. [C.]. 87.1 18 11 



Apr. 1886. 



c. 2 ad. sk. : Fauro; May, 188(5. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [C.l. 87 118 10 

 skull. 



d. cJad. al. ; Aula, Guadalcanar. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [CI. 88.1.5.15 

 skull. 



34. NOTOPTERIS, Gray. 



J\'oto2^(eris, Dobson, Cat. Chir. U. M. p. 92, 



Tvpe. 

 1809. Notopteris, Omy, F. Z. S. 18o9, p. 36 (29 June). N. macdonaldi. 



Notopteris, Gray, I. s. c. (1859); Peters, MB. A/c. Berlin, 1865, 

 p. 256 (^list of genera of Chiroptera) ; Gray, P. '/,. S. 1866, p. 64 

 (revision of genera of Cliiroptera) ; id.. Cat. Munk. ^-c. p. 114 

 (1870); Dobson, Ami. 4- .Vay. X. H. (4) .\vi. p. 354 (1875: 

 arrangement of genera of Chn-optera) ; id., Cat. Chir. B. M. 

 p. 92 (1878) ; Thovias, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 324 (synopsis of Macro- 

 glossine genera); Flower <!$• Lydekker, Mavim. p. 664 (1891); 

 H'inye, E Mux. Liindii, ii. pt. ], pp. 24, 27, 28, 56, 59 (1892: 

 affinities ; dental fornuila ; homologies of missing premolars) • 

 Malschie, Meyachir. p. 88 (1899;; Miller, Fam. 6,- Gen. Bats] 

 p. 74 (1907) ; Trouessart, Bull. Mus. d'llist. Nat. Paris, 1908, 

 p. 259 (notes on the New Caledonian species I. 



Diagnosis. — Allied to Nesonycteris (supraorbital canal long, 

 premaxillae broad above, i, absent, index without claw), but pre- 

 maxillsc ankylosed together inferiorly, i' deciduous, p' and p 

 absent (cheek-teeth ;), p^ unusually large, tail excessively long 

 (subequal to forearm), tibia lengthened (half as long as forearm), 

 membranes from spinal line, "back" (notopatagium ) naked in 



