1. SPKCTRUJl. ]((] 



the nmip bright golden yellow ; underside of thighs ami pubis 

 yellowish. 



La Roussette, Brissm. La Rossette, Bvffon., II. N. x. t.l4. Vesper- 

 tilio vampyms, Schreh. not Linn. Pteropus vulgaris, Geuff. Ann. 

 Mm. XV. p. 92 ; Temm. Mon. i. p. 132 ; ii. p. 74, t. 38 (yoimg). 



Hab. Isle of France ; Bourbon ; Madagascar ? 



Var. mauvidanum . Head and back, thighs and upper arm above, 

 straw-colour ; back of the head and neck bright yellow red ; a broad 

 lozenge-shaped spot between the shoulders, extending a short dis- 

 tance down the back ; the throat, chest, and abdomen dark red 

 brown ; belly and underside of the upper arm yellow ; wings brown. 

 Ears small, narrow. Hah. Mauritius. B. M. 



Temminck describes the nape as yellow ; in the Museum specimen 

 it is only rather yellower brown than the back, and darker than the 

 head. 



2. Spectrum rubricolle. The Roussette. B. M. 



Ears small, hidden ; wings far apart at base ; fur soft, abundant, 

 dark brown ; head rather grizzled ; belly with some white stifFer 

 hairs intermixed ; collar reddish ; forearm-bone 3| inches. 



Roussette, Daub. Mem. Ac. Sc. 1759, p. 385. Rougette, Biiff<j)i, II. 

 N. X. t. 17. Pteropus rubricollis, Geoff'. Ann. Miis. x\. p. 93. 

 Tcnun. Man. i. p. 183, ii. p. 75 (not Siebokl). P. collai-is, Licht. 

 Doub. p. 2. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope ; Mauritius. 



3. Spectrum dasymallum. The Solaosili. B. yi.. 



Ears small ; fur soft, erect, dense, woolly. Reddish brown, 

 slightly grizzled ; collar broad, pale yellow : head red brown ; fore- 

 arm bone 5\ inches, haii'y above two-thirds of its length. No upper 

 false grinder. 



Pteropus dasymalliis, Temm. Mon, i. p. 180, t. 10, t. 15. f. 10, 11 ; ii. 

 p. 73. P. rubricollis, Siebold, Faun. Japon. (not Geoff.). 



Hab. Japan, Verraux. 



Skull 2k inches long, \\ wide: zygomatic arch tliin, high. 

 Grinders large ; hinder upper and lower small, oblong, equal-sized ; 

 lower false grinder cylindrical, upper wanting. Upper cutting-teeth 

 rather broad, equal. 8kull like the typical Fteropi in form. 



4. Spectrum anetianum. B. M. 



Fur very long, soft, abundant, dull red brown, varied with ycl-' 

 lowish or grey hairs ; hair black, with pale ends ; upper part of 

 neck bay ; a half collar on back of lower part of neck, and .shoulders, 

 pale yellow; head black, witli interspersed yellow hairs; chest and 

 underside black. Ears narrow ; forearms and legs hairy. 



Female. Head and underside rather redder. 



Ilnb. Xew Hebrides : Anoiteuui, Rairner. 



Skull, length 2.|, ^Aidth l.| ; nose from orbit 9 lines ; the grinders 



