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October 13, 1835. 

 Richard Owen, Esq., in the Chair. 



«„f "'v ^'l'*^ "^"'"^ !^^ attention of the Meeting to a Pterovhr 

 £«^whxch had recentlybeen obtained from the nfighbourhood of 

 the river Gambia, and which was exhibited. He directed esDecial 

 nojceto twolargetuftsof white hairs placed npZtSshSerl 

 and forming a very conspicuous feature in its appearance These 

 he remarked, might probably cover cutaneous glands destined for the' 



Tf n^ i!f^ ? i ^^^ ^''■' °'' P^""^^?^ to attract the opposite sex 



Iteould scarcelybe conceived that they have any influence L in ' 

 tTonTAi ' l^->--y of the animal ; although the^aSd post 

 t^on of the Tv-ings might seem to render necessary such a .uJpTe 

 mental aid : their position in advance of the ordinary alar membraneš 

 ^'ultT/l'T' '°"' -^^-bl-'^e to supplemeltai^Tings " 



He stated that on account, chiefly. of the position of the w?ngs so 

 far backward as almost to seem to be placed behind the cTntfe of 

 gra^atJ^he.vas disposedtoconsider that the 5«^ exh^bLd mT^ht 

 be regarded as the type of a new genus, to which the name of ^S 

 j;,Aor.. might be given. But the genus would he con'el^d t t' 

 dmost entirely on tins single character, and he hesitated t7propose 

 lt definitively until he had an opportunity of examiuing a spedmen 

 presen^ed m spirit. and conseąuently not liable to fb« AL^!" ! 

 which theindividual skin exhLted Lįt W b en uS^^^^ 

 one of the two other species of P^e;-o;,fpreviously obtained from the 

 šame country by Mr. Rendall, and brought undlr the notice o7 tt 

 feociety on July 14 (page 100) by Mr. Ogilby the šame įaekw^d 

 position of the wings exists. In dentary characters The new s^e 

 cies agrees with those just referred to. the only exception bel/i-n 

 the presence of a third abnormal incisor on tL S?of° the Tp^p^r 



.,3^R^-^'^^ '^ ^' ^ ^°™ ""^ ""'^^ ^^terest to zoologists, Mr Bennett 

 stated his intention to describe it more fully in a pfper wWh Hp To 

 posed to prepare on the subject. He charl^terLed U J^he ' "^^ 



Pteropus EPOMoPHours. Pter. pallide brunneus, postici pallidior ■ 

 ventre albido ; scopd humerali albd magnd pautmor, 



LoDg. tot. 64 poli. ; capitis, 24, ; expansio alarum, 12 

 tlab. m regione Gambiensi. 



Professor Agassiz. at the reąuest of the Chairman explained bJ, 

 No. XXXIV.— Proceedings of the Zoological Society. 



