172 PTEROPUS WALLACEI. 



The back of the young specimen is of a uniform rich 

 red color , here and there , although very symetrical , in- 

 terrupted by pure white spots. 



Pteropus wallacei Gray. 



Gray's type-specimen of this species is an immature in- 

 dividual and Prof. Peters thought it to be a young of 

 Pteropus personatus. Dobson however in his Catalogue of 

 the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum 

 previously considered it a distinct species , the peculiar mark- 

 ings of the fur of the face being very difierent from 

 those of Pteropus personatus , but he was unable to decide 

 the question. Till now the type was the only known speci- 

 men. Therefore the specimen before me is of peculiar 

 interest. It is a fullgrown individual which exactly presents 

 the same curious markings of the fur of the face as de- 

 scribed by Gray and Dobson, 



A white patch ornates the shoulders. Backside of hu- 

 merus , forearms , femur and tibia , inside of humerus 

 and of the third part of forearms closely covered with 

 hairs: wing-membrane along the sides of the body very 

 hairy: the wing-membrane between the body and the fifth 

 finger for its greatest part covered with widely spread 

 hairs: the part of the membrane between the end of the 

 fifth finger and the foot is fringed with short soft hairs. 

 Ears entirely destitute of hairs. 



Upper incisors separated from the canines by a large 

 interval, outer upper incisors longer than the inner ones. 

 Lower incisors separated by an interval as large as the 

 space between them and the canines. There are only two 

 lower incisors; although I see no trace of it, it may be 

 that there has been perhaps a deciduous pair. The second 

 lower premolar is a very developed tooth being nearly as 

 long as the canine, but much broader and stouter. 



m.m. 



Length of head and body 200 



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Notes from the Xjeyden I\^useuixi, "Vol. "V. 



