AUUKXPA AXI) C'OKHIGKXHA. '"^ 1 7 



with sliite-colourod hairs, (lie latter becoming predominant on chin 

 and tiiroat. 



Type and panifi/pe. — Tiie tjpe f c? ad., skin and skull, no. 

 144758) and tlio paratypo described above, both in the U.S. 

 National ^lusenni, seem to bo so far the only specimens on record, 

 Only the paratype has been examined by the writer. 



lieinarlcs. — 8ee hifrt), under Ptcropvs liojts, 



ragelG4. 

 Add the following species : — 



l-jbis. Fteropus liops, T?io.s\ 



Pteropns liop?^^, Thomas, Ann. S,- May. N. IL. (8) v. p. .".8.3 (1 App. 

 1910: P.iunj. 



JJicKjnosis. — Very .similar to Pi. dast/mallits and fonnosvs, but 

 much {i.e. in every respect about ono-fifth) smaller. Ilah. Amboina 

 group (thus far recorded only from Buru). 



Skull, total length about 4!)'8 mm. (in dasi/mcdlus and /orniosHS 

 ()0-2-64-2U c-m^' (crowns) 18-2 (28-25), forearm 101 (l'25-5 - 

 l.'^»7), third metacarpal 7U'5 (87'5-96). See also tables of measure- 

 ments, pp. 8;32-834). 



Fnr. — Long, dense, a!id silky, as in the allied species; tibia 

 thickly covered above nearly to heel ; length of fur on back 20 mm, 

 (longest hairs) and 10 (general mass of hair). 



Colour (type and paratypes, as catalogued below, all slightly 

 immature). — As I'(. da.vjmdUus, but head and underj'arts decidedly 

 paler. Back Isabella more or less conspicuouslj- lightened with 

 pale golden bufFy wood-brown, in some specimens the Isabella, ia 

 others the pale buffy Avood-brown tinge predominant ; base of hairs 

 always dark brown. Breast, belly, and flanks dark Isabella (Isabella 

 tinged with brown), more or less thinly lightened with pale wood- 

 brown hair-tips. Mantle, sides of neck, and foreneck ftlmost 

 cream-buff witli strongly contrasting concealed dark brown bases 

 to the hairs, the cream-buff tinge shading gradually on occiput and 

 crown into golden buff. Muzzle, sides of head, chin, and throat 

 brownish isabella (similar to breast and belly), 



liemarliS. — The affinities of Pi. dasymallns (South Liu-kiu Is.) 

 and the closely allied, perhaps not more than subspecifically distinct, 

 Pt. formosus (Formosa) were hitherto somewhat obscure. Though 

 in skull and dentition undoubtedly of the hifpomclamis pattern, they 

 presented some external characters (unusually heavy coat, thickly 

 furred tibia;, peculiar coloration) not closely approached by any 

 other member of the Pi. h'lpomelanns group. The discovery' of 

 Pt. Uvps carries the dasynudhis type as far south as the centre of 

 Austro-Malaya, and at tho same time seems to link it more inti- 

 mately to Pt. yi'isens and jnimihts. The skull and teeth of the 

 recently described Pt. pinnihi.i (p, 810) are in every respect so 

 similar to those of Pt. Hops as to differ only in trivial details, while 

 its external appearance i.s decidedlv that of Pt. r/risens. The 



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