IIARPYIOXYCTERIS. 799 



2. Notopteris neocaledonica, Trouess. 



Notopteris luacdonaldi neocaledonica, Trouessart, Bull. Mus. d' Hist. 

 Nat. 1908, n. (!, p. 257 (Oct. 1908 : New Caledonia). 



Diagnosis. — Similai" in everj' respect to N. mncdonalcU, but 

 perhaps smaller (forearms of three cotypes, all immature, 56-5- 

 59 mm.). 



Further material is required before the distinctness of this form 

 can be considered satisfactorily established. All the cotypes ex- 

 amined by the present writer, although stated in the original 

 description to be perfectly adult, are decidedly immature, and, apart 

 from their smaller general size, they show no tangible differences 

 from X. macihnahll ; even the size of the teeth is practically exactly 

 as in specimens from New Hebrides and Fiji Islands. 



Range. Xow Caledonia (Adio Caves, Xekliai vallej-, near Poya ; 

 " on ne trouve ces aniraaux que dans les deux roches miniformes et 

 caverncuses dites d'Adio ; ils ne sont pas connus dans le reste de la 

 Nouvelle-(/aledonie," Trouessart, I. c). 



Cotjipes in the Paris Museum, four alcoholic specimens (three and 

 ekuU of one examined), collected by M. Archambault. For measure- 

 ments see pp. 806-808. 



Subfamily III. HARPYIONYCTERINtE. 



Diagnosis. — Premaxillae, upper incisors, and upper and lower 

 canines more strongly proclivous than in other Fruit-bats ; molari- 

 form teeth multicuspidate. [One genus.] 



Ravge. — The Philippines. 



Affinities. — See p. 803. 



35. HARPYIONYCTERIS, Tho.*. 



Type. 



189fi. Harpvionycteris, Thomas, Ann. ^- Maq. N. H. 



(6)'xvii'i. p. 243 (1 Sept.) ' H. whitehead! , 



Harpyionycteris, 'l'fio>mi!<, I. .«. c. (1896 .- "one of the most isolated 

 of all the genera" of Aregachiroptera, but perhaps "most con- 

 veniently placed near Xonffiarpi/ia [i. e. Rousettu.i] and Boneia") ; 

 Mat^chie, Mei/achir. p. 70 {1899: " miichte fast vermuthen, dass 

 Harpyionycteris in die Niihe von iStylocteniiun nnd Pteropus zu 

 stellen ist und sich zu Fteralope.v ahnlich verhalt, wie Stylo- 

 ctenium zu Sericonycteris [i. e. Pteropus] " !) ; Miller, Fain. S)- 

 Gtn. Bats, p. 77 (1907: distinct subfamily). 



Summanj of principal characters (see also Diagnosis of the sub- 

 family, above). — Premaxillie ankylosed together in front ; in- 

 cisors -J -J (lower pair rudimentary), upper canines bicuspidate, 

 lower canines tricuspidate and situated close together at extremity 

 of mandible, cheek-teeth ^ ; index clawed, tail absent, tibia un- 



