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elytral interstices, and differing also by the peculiar terminal 

 joint of the maxillary palpi. In P. auripilus the pubescence 

 is more conspicuous and the punctures on the thorax are 

 hardly half as coarse or numerous. 



Length 4;^ ; breadth nearly 2 lines. 



Southland. My specimen was found by Mr. A. Philpott. 



[To be continued.] 



XXV. — A new Species of Pteropu3/ro/7i the Loyalty Islands, 

 By ivNUD Andersen. 



Pteropus auratus, sp. n. 



Allied to Pt. vetuhis (New Caledonia), but easily distin- 

 guished by its larger ears and different colour of the fur. 

 Forearm (type) 145*5 ram. 



Ears. — Length from base of orifice 24*5 mm., against 

 20 in Pt. vetulus ; greatest breadth 17 mm., against 12. 

 General form of ears as iti the allied species. 



Colour. — Back golden ochvaceous clouded with brownish ; 

 individual hairs vandyck-brown at base, with long golden 

 ochraceous-buff tips. Breast and belly rich golden ochra- 

 ceous, palest (golden ochraceous-buff) at base of hairs, 

 shading to tawny on foreneck, sides of neck, and flanks, and 

 to tawny russet faintly sjiriiikled with ochraceous on chin, 

 throat, and anal region. Mantle rich golden ochraceous-buff", 

 this colour confined to tips of hairs, middle portion of indi- 

 vidual hairs buff, extreme base next to skin seal-brown ; 

 colour of mantle shading gradually into tawny on occiput and 

 sides of neck. Crown buffy, slightly darkened with 

 brownish and shading gradually into tawny on sides of head. 



Type. ? ad. al. (with skull) ; Lifu, Loyalty Islands ; 

 collected by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee; B.M. 77. 7. 23. 1. 



Remarks. — Though strikingly different in general aspect, 

 the colour of this beautiful species is easily derived from 

 that of the New Caledonian Pt. vetulus : the dark brown 

 colour of the head and underparts of a Pt. vetulus is in 

 Pt. auratus replaced by golden ochraceous or ochraceous-buff, 

 and the dark brown of the back by mixed golden ochraceous- 

 buff and brownish. In the single available specimen p*, m*, 

 P3, p4, and mi are decidedly smaller than in three skulls of 

 Pt. vetulus. 



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