2. PTEKOPUS. Ill 



Pteropus griseus, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xv. p. 94, t. 6 ; Temm. Man. i. 

 p. 187, t. 11 ; ii. p. 81, t. 35. f. 6, t. 36. f. 12, 15. 



Hab. Timor, 3Ius. Leyden. 



Skull, length 1 inch 11 lines, width 13 lines ; face rather attenu- 

 ated. The ujiper false grinder rudimentary, acute ; lower moderate, 

 truncate, cylindrical. Hinder grinders small, truncated ; the upper 

 subtrigonal, largest ; the lower subcircular. 



See also Temm. Mon. t. 36. f. IG, 17. 



27. Pteropus chinensis. B. M. 



Fur uniform pale brownish white, of the neck and shoulders rather 

 spreading, of the back short, rather close-pressed ; cheek, throat, and 

 underside of body rather darker ; of rump, vent, and thighs rather 

 redder ; the lower half of forearm with long close-pressed hairs ; 

 wings pale brown, outer upper edge and tip whitish ; head large ; 

 nose rather elongate. 



Hab. China, Fortune. 



Like P. lei(Copterixs, but fur very different and face broader. 



** Face with hroicn streaks. 



28. Pteropus personatus. B. M. 



Fur rather short, close, uniform pale whitish brown ; chest and 

 middle of back darker ; face white, with a dark-brown streak from 

 nose to eye, extending up the forehead to meet a collar round the 

 upper part of the throat ; back, shouldei's, lower part of upper arm, 

 thighs, and legs hairy ; forearm-bone 3J inches. 



Pteropus personatus, Temm. Mon. i. p. 189 ; ii. p. 82 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1866, fig. 



Hab. Ternate, Wallace. 



Skull 1 inch 10 lines long, 1 inch 1 line broad at the zygomatic 

 arch ; the lower surface much arched. The hinder upper grinders 

 very small, deciduous ; the two hinder lower small ; the last very 

 small, cylindrical. The front false grinder near the canines, with a 

 space between it and the first grinder ; the lower moderate, the 

 upper very smaU. 



•** Face with white streaks. 



29. Pteropus Wallace!. The Black-faced Kalong. B. M. 



Fur very soft, reddish grey brown ; hair of the back ashy black, 

 of the belly ashy, with red tips ; the nape and side of the shoulders 

 greyer ; a broad band along the upper lip, a spot on check at angle 

 of mouth, a streak up the centre of the nose (which are each edged 

 with darker brown), the back, the chin, and a lanceolate spot over 



