On rteropus mascarinus, ^[ason. 35 L 



conjuncta, siibhumerali externa bievi, basali. Pygidio sat crebre 

 punctato. Prostcrno striis cuiivergeiitibus, btria mesOBternali 

 Integra. Tibiis anticis S-O-denticulatis. 



•' Long. 4], lat. 3 mill. 



" la valle Sarafschan." Turkestan. 



Saprinus iateristrius, Sols. Reise Fedscli. Turkest., 

 Col. ii. p. 24:0 (1«76). 



" Oblongo-ovatus, convexus^ pieeo-niger, nitidus, antennis pedibus- 

 que piceis, his rufescentibus. Capite subtiliter, minus dense 

 punctulato, fronto antice transversim impressa et utrinque sub- 

 carinata, stria frontali medio interrupta. Thoraee transverso, 

 basi utrinque subsinuato, versus angulos anticos arcuatim 

 angU'stato, couvexo, disco subtilissirae, minus dense, versus 

 marjj;inem anteriorem etlafera panic fortius et crebrius punctuata, 

 summa biusi punctis majoribus immixtis ; stria marginal! 

 Integra, interne striola, antice et postice abbreviata, margini 

 lateral! parallela, adjecta, Elytris lateribus parura rotundatis, 

 apice solum versus angulum internum subtiliter, disperse punctu- 

 latis ; striis dorsalibus paulo pone medium abbreviatis, prima 

 ceteris breviore, -i-ta antice cum suturali confluente, subhumerali 

 interna abbreviata, cum humcrali conjuncta, externa basi notata. 

 Pygidio crebre, prot'unde, minus subtiliter punctato. Prosterno 

 striis lateralibus antrorsum sen.sim approximatis. Tibiis anticis 

 4-5-denticulati8, dentibus tribua ultimis validis. 



' Long. 3, lat. 2 mill. 



' Ad urbem Taschkent." Turkestan. 



XLVI. — Some Remarks on Pteropus niascarinus, Mason. 

 By Knud Andersen. 



In tlio September number of this Journal (pp. 220-222) 

 j^lr. Geo. E. Mason gives a description of a supposed extinct 

 species of fruit- batj Pteropus mascarinus, from the small 

 island La llonde, about 15 miles north-east of Mauritius. 

 The species is based on a single skull found in a fissure, in a 

 superficial depasit of red earth, associated with bones of 

 introduced animals, such as goat and rabbit. 



A perusal of the description and measurements of the skull 

 and teeth of Pt. niascarinus has satisfied me tliat the species 

 must be exceedingly like the now living Pt. rodricensis, 

 Dobson. 



The skull of Pt. mascarintis is described as having n 



