2. tteropus. 105 



Pteropus polioceplialus, Temtn. Monog. i. p. 179, ii. p. GG ; Gould, 

 Mamm. Aust. lii. t. 28 I 



JIab. Australia : River Clarence, Gould ; Cape Upstart, Mac- 

 gillivray. 



Var. Head and neck of male reddish black ; chest and belly paler, 

 or dark red brown ; female, head greyish black. Hab. North Au- 

 stralia, Elsey, 1856. 



See also Pteropus scapulatus, Peters, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 18G3, xi. 

 p. 231 ; Could, Introd. Mamm. Aust. p. 47. Two humeral 

 spots of golden-yellow hair, and on the underside of tho 

 wing-membranes an abundance of woolly hair of the samo 

 colour. JIab. Capo York, I*eters. Size of P. mcdius. 



7. Pteropus jubatus. The Maned Kalong. B. M. 



Blackish brown ; back slightly grizzled beneath with many inter- 

 spersed white hairs ; crown of the head, occiput, and nape palo 

 brown (or reddish) ; sides of neck red ; face, the upper part of the 

 shoulders, and back black ; length of forearm-bone 7| inches. 



Pteropus jubatus, Esch. Zool. Alias, t. 1G ; Blainv. Ostcoq. Cheirop. t. 

 ], 2 (skeleton) : Watcrh. I\ Z. S. 1843, p. G7 ; Temm. Monog. ii. 

 p. G9. 1'. pyrrhoccplialus, Meyen, N. A. N. Our. xvi. p. G04, t. 45, 

 t. 4G. f. 1. Acerodon, Jourdan ; F. Cuv. Ann. Sci. Nat. xii. p. 

 378. P. Macklotii, Mus. Zool. Soc. 



Hab. Philippines, Cuming. Stuffed adult, and an adult and a 

 young specimen in spirit, from Mr. Cuming. 



Skull, brain-case swollen like that of P. medius, and with the 

 space of the upper cutting-teeth rather narrow. Length nearly 2 

 inches (end imperfect), width 1" 8'" ; hinder grinders small, sub- 

 equal ; orbits nearly complete. 



*** Orbits like back. Smaller Bats. 

 8. Pteropus mysolensis. The Mysol Kalong. B. M. 



Black ; fur of back short, close, of underside long, crisp, and with 

 interspersed long .white hairs ; back of crown, nape, sides of neck, 

 and front of shoulders bright red yellow ; head black ; wings black, 

 from tho sides of tho back, wido apart at the base. 



JJab. Island of Mysol, Wallace ; Tcrnate, Wallace. 



Var. ceramensis. Head black to behind the ear; the nape and 

 back of neck pale yellow, with only darker tips to the hairs. Hab. 

 Ceram, Wallace. Like P. Jceraudrenius; but the wings are wide 

 apart on the back, and the nape is orange to the shoulders. 



9. Pteropus ornatus. B. M. 



Fur very soft, abundant, long ; back and legs to base of toes co- 

 vered with long hairs ; shoulders and forearms with shorter adprcssed 



