104 rTEitoriDJE. 



Hab. India : Assam, Minhot ; Nepal, Hodgson ; Madras, W. 

 Elliot. 



Varies greatly in the intensity of the colouring. Skull 2 inches 

 ] 1 lines long, 1 inch 7 lines wide. The teeth as in P. Kelaartii, 

 hut the group of cutting-teeth is much narrower, and tho space oc- 

 cupied hy tho grinders is rather shorter. 



4. Pteropus Kelaartii. The Ceylon Kalong. B. M. 



Brown ; nape and back of neck yellow ; the upper cutting-teeth 

 large, broad. 



Hab. Ceylon (in the plains), Capt. J. Stevens. 



The space occupied by the cutting-teeth is considerably (that is to 

 say, about one-fourth) wider than in tho skull of Bats from conti- 

 nental India. Externally tho two Bats aro much alike. Skull 3 

 inches 2 lines long, and 2 inches 8 lines wide. Grinders largo ; false 

 grinders of lower jaw large, of upper rudimentary or wanting ; upper 

 hinder grinder circular, lower oblong, larger. 



See also 



a. Pteropus Dussumieri, Is. Geoff. Voy. Belanger, p. 98 ; Tcmm. 



Monog. ii. p. 76. Brown mixed with white ; face, throat, 

 neck, and beneath brown ; nape and sides of neck fulvous. 

 Hab. India. Mus. Paris. 



b. Pteropus edulis, Peron and Losueur; Geoff. Ann. du Mus. xv. 



p. 92; Temm. Mon. i. p. 172, t. 15. f. 1-0, ii. t. 35. f. 1. ; 

 Vespertilio vampyrus, Linn. ; V. calceno, Herm. Obs. ; Ptero- 

 pus javanicus, llorsf. Java, t. Black ; crown, occiput, and 

 nape fulvous-brown. Hab. Java ; Sumatra ; Banda. 



5. Pteropus funereus. The Red-naped Kalong. B. M. 



Dull black ; nape and the front of the shoulders dull red brown ; 

 belly with interspersed white hairs; arm- and leg-bones nearly 

 naked ; ears acute. 



Pteropus funereus, Temm. Monog. ii. p. 63, t. 35. f. 4 ; Gould, Mamm. 

 Attst. iii. t. 30. P. edulis junior, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 337. 



Hab. Australia: Port Essington, Gilbert ; N. E. Australia, Elsey. 

 Celebes, from the Leyden Museum) Goda Island, Hewitt's group, 

 Jiayner. 



Skull very liko that of P. medius, but narrower* ; tho upper cutting- 

 teeth moderate ; length 2" 5'", breadth 1" 2'". 



6. Pteropus poliocephalus. Tlie Grey-headed Kalong. B. M. 



Fur of back close-pressed, greyish black ; nape, neck, and sides of 

 the body reddish yellow ; head, chest, and middle of tho belly 

 greyish-brown-grizzled ; wings from sides of back, far apart ; lower 

 part of forearms slightly hairy. 



