104 ITKKOl'ID.K. 



Hah. India : Assam. Minhot ; Nepal, lloihjsoa ; Madras, W. 

 EU'iot. 



Varies greatlj' in the intensity of the colouring. Skull 2 inches 

 ] 1 lines long, 1 inch 7 lines wide. The teeth as in P. Kelaurtli, 

 but the group of cutting-teeth is much narrower, and the space oc- 

 cupied by the grinders is rather shorter. 



4. Pteropus Kelaartii. Tlie Ceijhn Kaloag. B. M. 



Brown ; nape and back of neck yellow ; the upper cutting-teeth 

 large, broad. 



Hab. Ceylon (in the plains), Capt. J. Stevens. 



The space occupied by the cutting-teeth is considerably (that is to 

 say, about one-fourth) wider than in the skiill of Bats from conti- 

 nental India. Externally the two Bats are much alike. SkuU 3 

 inches 2 lines long, and 2 inches 8 lines wide. Grinders large ; false 

 grinders of lower jaw large, of upper rudimentary or wanting ; upper 

 hinder grinder circular, lower oblong, larger. 



See also 



a. Pteropus Dussumieri, Is. Geoff. Voy. Belangcr, p. 9S ; Temm. 



Monog. ii. p. 76. Brown mixed with white ; face, throat, 

 neck, and beneath brown ; nape and sides of neck fulvous. 

 Hab. India. Mus. Paris. 



b. Pteropus eJitlis, Peron and Lcsueur; Geoff. Ann. du Mus. xv. 



p. 92; Tcmm. Mon. i. p. 172, t. 15. f. 1-6, ii. t. 35. f. 1. ; 

 Vespertilio vampijrus, Linn. ; V. calceno, Herm. Obs. ; Ptero- 

 pus javanicus, Horsf. Java, t. Black ; cro^vn, occiput, and 

 nape fidvous-brown. Hab. Java ; Sumatra ; Bauda. 



5. Pteropus funereus. The Red-tuiped Kahnj. B. M. 



Dull black ; nape and the front of the shoulders dull red brown ; 

 beUy Avith interspersed white hairs ; arm- and leg-bones nearly 

 naked ; ears acute. 



Pteropus funereus, Temm. Moiiof/. ii. p. 63, t. 35. f. 4 ; Gould, 3Iamm. 

 Atist. ill. t. 30. P. edulis junior, To7)ics, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 337. 



Hab. Australia : Port Essington, Gilbert ; N. E. Australia, Elsey. 

 Celebes, from the Leyden Museum ; Goda Island, Hewitt's group, 

 Mayner. 



Skull very like that of P. medius, but narrower ; the upper cutting- 

 teeth moderate ; length 2" 5'', breadth 1" 2'". 



(). Pteropus poliocephalus. 27ie Greij-headed Kalony. B. M. 



Fur of back close-pressed, grej'ish black ; nape, neck, and sides of 

 the body reddish yeUow ; head, chest, and middle of the belly 

 greyish-brown-grizzled ; wings from sides of back, far apart ; lower 

 part of forearms slightly haiiy. 



