1. SPECTRUM. 101 



the rump bright golden yellow ; undersido of thighs and pubis 

 yellowish. 



La Roussette, Brisson. La Rossettc, liuffon, II. N. x. t.14. Vespcr- 

 tilio vompyrus, Schreb. not linn. Pteropus vulgaris, Geoff". Ann. 

 Mm. xv. p. 92 ; 'Temm. Mon. i. p. 132 ; li. p. 74, t. 38 (young). 



ffab. Isle of France ; Bourbon ; Madagascar ? 



Var. mauritianum. Head and back, thighs and upper arm above, 

 straw-colour ; back of the head and neck bright yellow red ; a broad 

 lozenge-shaped spot between tho shoulders, extending a short dis- 

 tance down the back ; the throat, chest, and abdomen dark red 

 brown ; belly and underside of the upper arm yellow ; wings brown. 

 Ears small, narrow. Hab. Mauritius. B. M. 



Temminck describes the nape as yellow ; in the Museum specimen 

 it is only rather yellower brown than the back, and darker than the 

 head. 



2. Spectrum rubricolle. The lioussette. B. M. 



Ears small, hidden ; wings far apart at base ; fur soft, abundant, 

 dark brown ; head rather grizzled ; belly with some white stiff er 

 hairs intermixed ; collar reddish ; forearm-bone 3| inches. 



Itoussotto, Daub. Mem. Ac. Sc. 1759, p. 385. Rougette, Iiuffon, II. 

 N. x. t. 17. Pteropus vubricollis, Geoff". Ann. Mm. xv. p. 93. 

 Temm. Mon. i. p. 183, ii. p. 75 (not Sicoold). P. collaris, Licht. 

 JDoub. p. 2. 



Hub. Capo of Good Hope ; Mauritius. 



3. Spectrum dasymallum. The, Sobaosiki. B. M. 



Ears small; fur soft, erect, dense, woolly. Reddish brown, 

 slightly grizzled; collar broad, pale yellow : head red brown ; fore- 

 arm bone 5| inches, hairy above two-thirds of its length. No upper 

 false grinder. 



Pteropus dasymallus, Temm. Mon. i. p. 180, t. 10, t. 15. f. 10, 11 ; ii. 

 p. 73. P. rubricollis, Siebold, Faun. Japon. (not Geoff.). 



Hab. Japan, Verraux. 



Skull 2^ inches long, 1| wido ; zygomatic arch thin, high. 

 ( ! tinders largo ; hinder upper and lower small, oblong, equal-sized ; 

 lower false grinder cylindrical, upper wanting. Upper cutting-teeth 

 rather broad, equal. Skull like the typical Pteropi in form. 



4. Spectrum anetianum. B. M. 



Fur very long, soft, abundant, dull red brown, varied with yel- 

 lowish or grey hairs ; hair black, with pale ends ; upper part of 

 nock bay ; a half collar on back of lower part of neck, and shoulders, 

 pale yellow ; head black, with interspersed yellow hairs ; chest and 

 underside black. Ears narrow ; forearms and legs hairy. 



Female. Head and underside rather redder. 



1 1 ah. New Hebrides : Aneitcuni, liayner. 



Skull, length 2|, width l,j ; nose from orbit 9 lines ; the grinders 



