138 MACROGLOSSUS, SYCONYCTERIS 



As they belong to two diöerent genera (1447 is a 

 Syconycteris ^ 144Ö a Macroglossus) I will describe them 

 separately. 



N°. 1447. Rhinarium broad; rather deep groove between 

 the prominent nostrils running down to the border of the 

 upperlip ; on both sides another deep groove, dividing the 

 upperlip like in the Amboina-specimens as it were into 

 two lobes ; lowerlip also deeply grooved in the middle. 

 Triangular lobe at the base of the outer margin of the 

 ear. Dentition exactly alike the above described of the 

 Amboina-specimens. Of the seven palate-ridges are the 

 anterior six of the same semi-circular shape and equidistant, 

 the seventh however is much more distant and less curved; 

 the latter is placed about midway between the sixth palate- 

 ridge and the on its anterior border serrate smooth-palate. 

 Wing-membrane from the base of the fifth toe. I don't 

 hesitate in calling this animal Syconycteris papuana Mat- 

 schie. It is from Andai, the locality of Matschie's type- 

 specimen. 



N°. 1446. Rhinarium, grooves on the upper- and lower- 

 lip, dentition, ear lobule and attachment of wing-membrane 

 agree so exactly with the same parts of the Murray-island- 

 specimen, that I bring it like that specimen to 3/acro^/o5sw5 

 nanus Matschie. Notwithstanding in this specimen the sixth 

 palate-ridge is normally represented and the seventh at 

 some distance of the sixth and somewhat concave in the 

 middle anteriorly. I think the material is too small to 

 judge at present in how far such minute differences are 

 of more than individual signification. In the measurements 

 there are slight differences too, but we should bear in 

 mind that N°. 1446 is a male meanwhile the Murray- 

 island-specimen is a female. 



Notes from the L<eyden JVluseum, Vol. X,X.1I1. 



