new Forms of Pteropus. 363 



and sides of head mixed blackish, buffy, and pale greyish ; 

 throat blackish. Forearm about 139 mm. 



Type, $ a( l. skin and skull, Narcondam, Andaman 

 Islands, Oct. 1904 ; presented by C. G. Rogers, Esq. ; B.M. 

 6. 9. 1. 1. 



Specimens examined. Two, in the collection of the British 

 Museum. 



Range. As yet only known from Narcondam, North 

 Andamans. 



Remarks. — This species probably replaces Pt. hypomelanus 

 in the Andaman Islands. From the geographically nearest 

 race of that species, Pt. hypomelanus geminorum (Mergui 

 Archipelago), it differs chiefly in the conspicuously longer 

 fur. the lesser amount of greyish admixture in the colour of 

 the fur, the bright-coloured centre of breast and belly, and 

 the slightly smaller eyes. — In general colour Pt. satyrus 

 approaches the Andaman representative of the Pt. melanotics 

 group, viz. Pt. tytleri, from which it is easily distinguished 

 by the smaller size, much smaller skull and teeth, and less 

 developed posterior basal ledges of premolars and molars. — 

 In the Nicobars it is replaced by a distinct species, Pt. 

 faunulus. 



Pteropus colonus, sp. n. 



Allied to Pt. hypomelanus, but much smaller. Forearm 

 109-114 mm. 



Back and rump Prout's brown, rather thinly and incon- 

 spicuously sprinkled with greyish-white hairs. Breast, 

 belly, and flanks dark Prout's brown (type) or Mars-brown 

 (paratype), thinly (type) or thickly (paratype) sprinkled 

 with greyish-white hairs. Mantle and sides of neck strongly 

 contrasting with back, cream-buff slightly washed with 

 ochraceous buff; foreneck similar, but considerably darkened 

 by admixture of brownish. Crown and occiput similar to 

 mantle, the colour passing gradually into a darker shade 

 on sides of head, and this in turn into dark brownish on 

 throat. . 



Type. ? ad. skin and skull, Alu, Shortland Island, Solo- 

 mon Islands, April 1886; collected by C. M. Woodford, 

 Esq. ; B.M. 87. 1. 18. 3. 



Specimens examined. Two, in the collection of the British 

 Museum. 



Range. Shortland Island, West Solomons. 



Remarks. — No doubt an eastern offshoot of Pt. hypomelanus. 

 In the colour of the fur of the upperside it accords very 



