new Forms of Pteropus. 367 



Pteropus solitarius, sp. n. 



Allied to Pt. lombocensis, but smaller and paler in colour. 

 Back Prout's brown, much lightened with buffy or buffy clay 

 tips to the hairs ; rump more unmixed buffy clay ; breast, 

 belly, and flanks much lighter than back, buffy tinged with 

 golden clay; mantle between ochraceous buff and buff; fore- 

 neck golden ochraceous buff, distinctly brighter than breast ; 

 occiput, crown, forehead, sides of face, chin, and throat nearly 

 similar to mantle, though slightly darker, more tinged with 

 tawny. Forearm 108*5 mm. 



Type. $ ad. skin and skull, Alor Island (Ombay), Lesser 

 Sunda Islands, 15th April, 1897; collected by A. Everett ; 

 B.M. 98. 11.3. 16. — The type is the only specimen examined. 



Pteropus rufus princeps, subsp. n. 



Similar to Pt. rufus rufus {Pt. edwardsi auct.), but skull 

 and external dimensions conspicuously larger. Total length 

 of skull 77 mm. (69-73*8 in the typical form of the species) ; 

 mandible 62 (54*5-58'2) ; forearm 170*5 (158-5-165-5). 



Type. cT ad. ale. and skull, Fort Dauphin, S.E. Mada- 

 gascar; collected by M. Cloisel ; B.M. 91. 11. 30. 10. _ 



Remarks. — The typical smaller form of the species is 

 apparently confined to the northern and central part of 

 Madagascar. 



Pteropus lylei, sp. n. 



Similar to Pt. giganteus, but in every respect much 

 smaller; breast and belly usually blackish or seal-brown (as 

 in Pt. vampyrus), but occasionally light-coloured (as in 

 Pt. giganteus). Total length of skull 61-66*5 mm., against 

 71-76 in Pt. giganteus. Forearm 148-154 mm., against 

 163*5— 176*5 in giganteus. 



Type. ? ad. skin and skull, Bangkok, Siam, 20th Aug. 

 1903; presented by Th. H. Lyle, Esq.; B.M. 4. 4. 7. 2. 



Specimens examined. Nine, in the collection of the Berlin 

 (Bangkok specimens) and British Museums (Pechabun, 

 Bangkok, Saigon). 



Range. Siam (Pechabun, Bangkok) ; Saigon. 



Remarks. — This species probably replaces Pt. giganteus in 

 Siam, Cam bod j a, and Cochin-Chin a. The Bangkok speci- 

 mens in the Berlin Museum were catalogued by Matschie 

 (' Megachiroptera,' p. 26 ; skull figured, pi. iv. fig. 8; 1899) 

 under the name Pteropus [Spectrum) assamends ; McClelland'' s 

 Pt. assamensis is, however, the Himalayan race of Pt. gigan- 

 teus, Pt. g. leucocephalus, Hodgson. 



