100 rTKROPiD-as. 



hairs ; fur dark reddish brown, with a few pale hairs intermixed ; 

 nape and back of neck pale yellow, redder on the sides ; face, 

 including orbits, pale grey brown ; arm-bone 5 inches. 



u Pteropus rubricollis, Leiths, Journ. Mem. Soe. Imp. Cherb. Ver- 

 rcaiu." 



JIah. New Caledonia (said to be half-grown). 

 The face is very long ; the wings are attached far back towards 

 the middle of the back, being about f of an inch apart on the back. 



10. Pteropus Floresii. B. M. 



Head, nape, and shoulders pale yellowish grey ; sides of neck 

 darker yellow ; chin, cheeks, and underside of body blackish brown 

 from the dark colour of the lowor part of tho hairs ; back with short, 

 soft, close-pressed pale-brown hairs ; head large ; nose thick ; fore- 

 arm 5£ inches ; lower false grinders large, truncated, circular ; upper 

 wanting. 



Hab. Flores, Wallace. 



Something like P. griseus, but head much larger and thicker. 



11. Pteropus loochoensis. 15. M. 



Black, with a few interspersed white hairs ; nape and back', and 

 the sides of the neck, reddish yellow, paler near the shoulders ; head 

 and throat blackish brown ; face and crown brownish-washed ; fore- 

 arms and legs bald ; hairy part of back narrow. 



Hab. Loochoo, Warwick. 



Var. Black, with more white hairs ; nape and neck dirty while ; 

 head browner ; underpart of the head and temples blackish ; hairy 

 part of back narrow. Hab. Loochoo, Warwick. 



The yellow-napcd variety is very like P. keraudrenius, but the 

 skull is very different. 



Skull. Length 2 inches 4 lines, width 1 inch 5 lines. The hinder 

 grinders oblong ; the upper rather the larger. Lower false grinders 

 moderate, p circular; upper rudimentary, conical. Cutting-teeth rather 

 broad. 



12. Pteropus argentatus. The Silver Kalong. B. M. 



Black brown ; back minutely grizzled ; underside with some 

 longer silver-tipped hairs ; head slightly yellow-washed, especially 

 on temples and orbits ; sides of the forehead, nape, and back of the 

 neck bright golden yellow; forearm-bone 4| inches. 



Pteropus argentatus, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 194 ; Zool. Sulphur, 

 p. o0, not Ann. Nat. Hist. 



Hub. Amboyna ? Island of Gobio ; New Guinea. 



