108 rxEROPiD.T-;. 



t. !)) Blainv. (Osteogr. dhcirop. t. (!, wkviU), fromVanikoro, ap- 

 pears to be the same as the hitter variety. Quoj- figures a 

 variety all pale reddish brown, from Tonga. Temminck, 

 Mon. ii. p. 797. says that tlie skull of /'. vdnikotrnsis is three 

 lines and a half shorter tliaii that of 7'. h;rnii<lvenuis. If this is 

 tlic case in these two, probably similar differences will be found 

 in tlie skulls of the specimens from the other islands; but this 

 must be left for future study. 

 d, Pteropus insula ris, Voy. Pole Sud. 



17. Pteropus affinis. P.M. 



Fur of the hack soft, adpressed, black, slightly washed with 

 grey from the interspersed silvery grey hairs ; head, neck, front 

 of shoulders, and chest rufous ; nose, cheek, and chin blackish ; 

 crown slightly greyed with silver hairs ; chest and beneath black 

 grey, with alnnidance of elongated silvery-grey long hairs ; thighs 

 and legs hairy above. 



Hah. Jilolo, Wallace. 



18. Pteropus tricolor. B. M. 



Fur of back black ; head pale-brownish white ; cheeks blackish 

 grey ; neck, front of shoulders, and chest fulvous ; middle of the 

 chest and belly paler fulvous ; sides of the body and underside of legs 

 black brown ; chin blackish-washed. 



Hah. Ternate, Wallace. 



19. Pteropus Rayneri. B. M. 



Fur of the back short, adpressed, brownish black ; head, neck, 

 upper part of shoulders, and chest red bay : throat darker ; nose and 

 forehead blackish silver grey ; cheeks blacker ; middle of the chest 

 and belly black ; sides and vent broA^m. 



Male. Hump and thighs above reddish brown ; head greyer. 



Female. Rump and thighs above yellow ; head blacker. 



Yoiimj. All the colours duller ; back brown and russet brown. 



Hah. Solomon Islands : San C'hiistoval ; Guadalcanar, Rayner. 



20. Pteropus Elseyi. B. M. 



Fur short, close, uniform reddish brown ; head paler, duller ; 

 neck, upper part of shoulders, and chest bright pale red bay ; under- 

 side reddish bay ; sides of the body and near shoulders pale yellowish. 



Yoiinr/. Back black, grey-washed ; belly black ; crown and neck 

 bay ; head blackish grey. 



Hah. Xorth-east coast of AustraUa ; Clarcmont Island, J. Maopl- 

 llvray, 18G0 ; North Australia, Dr. J. E. Ehe,/. 



