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Macroglossus minimua. The Kiodote. B. M. 



Macroglo33U3 minimus, Gray, Mag. Z. 8f B. ; Temm. Mon. ii. p. 98, 

 Pteropus minimus, Geoff. Ann. Mm. xv. p. 535. P. rostratus, 

 Horsf. Z. Java, t. ; Temm. Monog. i. p. 191, 1. 15. f. 25, 30, t. 16. 

 f. 1, 2. Macroglossa Kiodotes, Lesson. M. Ilorsfieldii, Lesson. 

 Kiodote, Mamm. Lifh. i. 



Hah. Java, Hardwicke. 



Vet)'. Smaller, darker. Hah. Mysol Island, Wallace ; Philippine 

 Islands, Cuming. 



Temminck observes that " the specimens from the different islands 

 vary in the shade of colour, and in the length and slenderness of the 

 face of the skull." — Temm. Mon. ii. p. 97. 



n. Face broad, moderate. Cuttimj-teeth in a continued transverse series. 

 Grinders oblong, thick. 



6. XANTHAEPYIA. 



Tail short, on the underside of the short interfemoral membrane, 

 free at the end. Face elongate, rather slender. Lower jaw slender. 

 Grinders rather far apart in front. Ears elongate. Fur short, 

 closely adpressed. Neck of male with a gland and radiating hairs 

 on each side. Wings from the sides of the back. Back of limbs 

 hairy. Wings to the base of the toes. The great blood-vessel from 

 the armpit and the groin simple, until it nearly reaches the margin 

 of the wing. Thumb elongate ; lower joint moderate, enclosed ; 

 upper joint much longer, free. Index finger clawed. Interfemoral 

 membrane with a band on each side from the tail to the heel. Cut- 

 ting-teeth ^. Canine elongate. True grinders ^, hinder small ; 

 false grinders f , rather far aj)art. 



Xantharpyia, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 1843 ; Voy. Stdph. 1854. 

 Cynonycteris (part.), Peters, Mossamb. ; Wagner, Pachysoma 

 (part.), Tomes. ? Pterocyon, Peters, Monats. Preuss. Akad. Berlin, 

 1865, p. 256. 



• Head very slender, elongate. Fur very sparse and short, especially on the 

 back. Arm-bone nearly bald. Senonycteria. 



1. Xantharpyia seminuda. B. M. 



Fur of back chestnut-brown ; head, nock, shouldere, and upper 

 part of chest white ; chest and belly paler brown. Fur of back soft, 

 of underpart very thin ; upper joint of thumb rather longer tlian the 

 lower. Arm-bone 3| inches. 



Pteropus seminudus, KeUiart, MS. B. M. ! P. Leschenaiiltii, Kelaart, 

 Prod. Ceylon, p. 27 (not Geoffroy). 



Eab. Ceylon, (in spirit) Thwaitm. 



See Pteropus Leschenaultii, Dcsm. Tomm. Mon. ii. p. 86. Grey 



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