2. PTEROPUS. J()5 



gimvrc'u^''^^'''^''''' "^'^'' ^^^'^^^^^' ^^^^'^J Cape Upstart, Mac 

 Var Head and ueck of male reddish black ; chest and beUy paler, 

 or dark red brown ; female, head greyish black. Eab. North Au- 

 stralia, Llsey, 1856. 



See al&oPteropus sccqmlatus, Peters, Ann. & Mag. N F 1863 xi 

 p. 231 ; Gould, Introd. Mamm. Aust. p. 47. Two humeral 

 spots of golden-yellow hair, and on the underside of the 

 wing-membranes an abundance of woolly hair of the same 

 colour. i^«6. Cape York, Pe<m. Size oi F. medim. 



7. Pteropus jubatus. The Maned Kalong. B. M. 



Blackish brown ; back slightly grizzled beneath with many inter- 

 spersed white hairs ; CTown of the head, occiput, and nape pale 

 brown (or reddish : sides of neck red; face, the upper part of the 

 shoulders, and back black; length of forearm-bone 7^ inches. 



Pteropusjubatus,^.r/,. Zo<,/.^/te,t. 16; Blainv. Osteog. Cheirop.t. 



1, 2 (skeleton); Waerh. P Z. S. 1843, p. 67; Temm. Monog. ii. 



P- ,7- . ^- PP-rhoceplialus, Me>/en, X. A. N. Cur. xvi. p. 604, t 45, 



q78 P Ar m'!™''??' J'^"^-^J«n; F. Cuv. Ann. Sci. Xut. xii. p 

 3/8. P. Macklotu, Mus. Zool. Soc. ^ 



Hah. Philippines, Cuming. Stuffed adult, and an adult and a 

 young specmien in spirit, from Mr. Cuming. 



Skull brain-case swoUen hke that of P. medms, and with the 

 space of the upper cutting-teeth rather narrow. Length nearly •> 

 inches (end imperfect), width r'8'"; hinder grinders smaU, sub- 

 equal ; orbits nearly complete. 



*** Orbits like back. Smaller Bats. 



8. Pteropus mysolensis. The 21ysol Kahng. B. M. 

 _ Black ; fur of back short, close, of underside long, crisp, and with 

 interspersed long white hairs ; back of crown, nape, sides of neck 

 and front of shoulders bright red yellow ; head black ; wings black' 

 from the sides of the back, wide apart at the base. ' 



Hob. Island of Mysol, Wallace ; Tcrnate, Wallace. 



Yar. ceramensis. Head black to behind the ear ; the nape and 

 back of neck pale yellow, with only darker tips to the hairs. Eab. 

 Ceram, Wallace. Like P. l-ennulrenius; but the wings are wide 

 apart on the back, and the nape is orange to the shoulders. 



9. Pteropus ornatus. B. M. 



Fur very soft, abundant, long : back and legs to base of toes co- 

 vered with long hairs ; shoulders and forearms with shorter adpressed 



