120 i'teropida:. 



Ceplialotes Peronii, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 104, t. 7 ; Temm. Man. 

 ii. p. 100, t. 85. f. 7; Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 38. Hypoderma 

 Pallasii, Is. Geoff. Diet. Class. II. Nat. xv. II. moluccensis, Quoy 

 §■ Gaim. Voy. Astral, p. 180, t. 2. Anat. (Junior) Pteropus 

 palliatus, Geoff. Ann, Mus. xv. p. 09. 



Hub. Timor ; Amboyna. B. M. 



Lips at tho angle of the mouth wrinkled, with a series of short 

 beards on the inner edge. Skull broad, 2 inches 2 lines long, 

 1 inch 5£ lines wide ; under surface nearly flat. Grinders A, the 

 upper hinder oblong, narrow behind; the lower smaller, oblong. The 

 lower false grinders moderate, elongate ; the upper wanting in both 

 skulls. Lower canines very close. A second skull, length 1 inchlOlines, 

 width 1 inch 1| line; tho hinder grinder oblong, lower rather the 

 smallest ; tho first upper grinder near tho canine ; the lower false 

 grinder crowded in betweon the base of tho first grinder and tho 

 canine ; the canine and tho first and second grinders with a denticle 

 on the lower edge, more distinct in the teeth of the lower jaw. 



Section B. Teeth 28. True grinders § . |, The false grinders § . J, front 

 small, often deciduous. Wings from the sides of the body. Penis- 

 gland jieshy. It is the small hinder upper and lower true grinders of 

 the former section that are deficient. 



Tribe IV. HARPYIANA. 



Cutting-teeth | or -§■ ; lower, when present, crowded before the 

 canines. Head short. Nostrils tubular, expanding. 



0. HARPYIA. 



Head short, broad, tapering. Nostrils elongate, tubular, diver- 

 ging. The back, shoulders, thighs, edge of the wings, near the side, 

 and the interfemoral membrane hairy. Fur very soft. Tail short, 

 free at the end, on underside of the interfemoral membrane. Lower 

 joint of the thumb elongate, and the base of tho upper one enclosed 

 in the broad membrane. Wings arising from the sides of the body, 

 and affixed nearly to tho middle of the outer toe. Index finger 

 clawed. Cutting-teeth *-, upper small, close. 



" lntermaxillaries rudimentary, cartilaginous." — Temm. Mon. ii. 

 p. 90. 



Harpyia, Illiger; Temm. Mon. ii. 98. Ceplialotes, Geoff. Gelasi- 

 nus, Lesson. Uronvcteris, Gray, Ann. $" Mag. N. II. 1803, xi. 

 p. 386. 



