136 MACROGLOSSUS, SYCONYCTERIS 



as it were bilobate. Lower lip divided by a deep groove 

 into two cushions. Triangular lobe at the base of the outer 

 margin of the ear. Upper-incisors very strongly developed, 

 not in pairs, middle ones close together very projecting; 

 of about the same size are the projecting outer ones, pla- 

 ced much closer to the middle ones than to the canines ; 

 lower incisors crowded between the canines, strongly deve- 

 loped, outer ones nearly double the size of the inner ones, 

 the latter bifid on the anterior margin; like the upper 

 incisors so the lower ones are projecting. All premolars 

 and molars equidistant, solely the anterior premolar rather 

 close to the canine, they are much stronger build than in 

 the other species, flattening gradatim backward. The lower 

 jaw is very strong compared with that bony part in the 

 other species, the coronoid process is much more elongated 

 and sloping backward. Bony palate like in the other spe- 

 cies. Palate-ridges indistinct as the animals being dried 

 skins. Wing-membrane from the base of the fifth toe. 

 The bats here described apparently are specimens of the 

 species of the genus Syconycteris, described by Matschie as 

 Syconycteris papuana. 



Aru-islantls. 3 specimens in alcohol (L. M.); 2 speci- 

 mens in alcohol (Dr. M.). 



Dr. M. L. M. 



IMeasures in millimeters: (/ 9 </ d" -9 



Distance between eye and upperlip 11 10 11 10 11 



forearm 39 36 39 89 41 



second finger 30 26 30 30 29 



third finger 71 66 75 77 76 



fourth finger 58 53 58 62 62 



fifth finger 53 50 55 57 58 



The two specimens from the Dresden Museum as well 

 as the first measured (f from the Leyden Museum belong 

 to the Macroglossiis-genus, meanwhile the other cT and 

 9 specimens from the Leyden Museum, as their dentition 

 show are certainly Syconycteris-specimens. Our three speci- 



JVotes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXIII. 



