'>;52 i\Ir. K. Andersen on the 



Tvpe:— Ad. al., with skull; Sumba, 3 Oct., 1895. Col- 

 lected by A. Everett. B.M. 97. 4. 18. 12. 



Dobsonia crenulata, sp. n. 



Allied to D. viridis, but larojer and with conspicuously 

 heavier dentition; maxillary tooth-row 20-21 mm. (18'5- 

 19"5 in viridis), forearm 1 25-128*5 mm. (113-117*5). 

 Hab. Gilolo group, generally distributed. 



Tvpe : — ? subad., skin and skull ; Ternate. Collected by 

 Dr. A. R. Wallace. B.M. 60. 8. 26. 2. 



Specimens examined, eleven, from the following locali- 

 ties : — Rau (four), Morotai (two), Ternate (one), Batchian 

 (four) . 



Dobsonia pradatrix, sp. n. 



Allied to D. viridis and crenulata, but cranial rostrum 

 considerably heavier (across lower edges of lachrymal fora- 

 mina 12'8-13'8 ram.) ; general size very nearly as D. viridis, 

 smaller than D. crenulata: forearm lll'5-121-5 mm. 

 Hab. Bismarck Archipelago. 



Type : — Imra. sk., with skull ; Duke of York group. 

 Collected by the Rev. G. Brown. B.M. 77. 7. 18. 5. 



Specimens examined, five. 



Dobsonia inermis, sp. n. 



A small species of the D. viridis group : forearm 105'5- 

 109 mm. ; premaxillse and upper canines not slanted more 

 strongly forward than usual. Hab. East Solomon Islands. 



'Jype : ? ad., skin and. skull; San Christoval, Dec. 1854. 

 Collected by Dr. F. M. Rayner (Voyage of the 'Herald'). 

 B.M. 56. 7. 7. 5. 



Specimens examined, two, from San Christoval and Ugi. 



Dobsonia nesea, sp. n. 



Allied to D. inermis and very nearly of the same general 

 size, but premaxillse and upper canines slanted peculiarly 

 forward (tip of nasals vertically above hinder edge (in 

 D. inermis above front half j of alveole of canine) ; premolars 

 and molars larger, but not differing in structure. Forearm 

 about 109"o mm. Hab. W. and C. Solomon Islands. 



Type : — J ad., skin and skull ; Alu, Shorthand, Apr. 1886. 

 Collected by C. M. Woodford, Esq. B.M. 87. 1. 18. 8. 



Specimens examined, three, from Shortland (one) and 

 Rubiana (two). 



