On Pteropus mascailiuis, A'Lison. 351 



conjuncta, subhumerali externa bievi, basal!. Pygidio sat crebre 

 punctato. Prosterno striis convergeiitibus, stria mososternali 

 iufegra. Tibiis anticis 5-6-deuticulatis.. 



♦' Long. 4j, lat. 3 mill. 



"In valle Sarafschan." Turkestan. 



Sajyrinus latenstrius, Sols. Reise Fedsch. Turkest., 

 Col. ii. p. 240 (lb76). 



" Oblongo-ovatiis, convexus, piceo-niger, nitidus, antennis pedibus- 

 que piceis, bis rufescentibus. Capite subtiliter, minus dense 

 punctulato, froiite antice trausversim impressa et utrinque sub- 

 carinata, stria frontali medio interrupta. Thorace trauaverso, 

 basi utrinque subsinuato, versus angulos anticos areuatim 

 angustato-, convexo, disco subtilissirae, minus dense, versus 

 marginem anteriorem et latcra paulo fortius et crebrius punctuata, 

 siirama basi punctis majoribus immixtis ; sti'ia marginali 

 iiitegra, interne striola, antice et postice abbreviata, margiui 

 laterali parallela, adjecta. Elytris lateribus parura rotundatis, 

 apice solum versus angulum internum subtiliter, dispei'se punctu- 

 latis ; striis dorsalibus paulo pone medium abbreviatis, prima 

 ceteris breviore, 4-ta antice cum suturali confluente, subhumerali 

 interna abbreviata, cum humorali conjuncta, externa basi notata. 

 Pj^gidio crebre, profunde, minus subtiliter punctato, Prosterno 

 striis lateralibus antrorsum seusira approximatis. Tibiis anticis 

 4-5-denticulatis, dentibus tribus ultimis validis. 



" Long. 3, lat. 2 mill. 



" Ad urbem Taschkent." Turkestan.. 



XLVI. — Some Remarks on Pteropus masearinus^ Mason. 

 By Knud Andersen. 



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

 ]\Ir. Geo. E. Mason gives a description of a supposed extinct 

 species of fruit- bat, Pteropus mascarimts, from tlie small 

 island La Ronde, about 15 miks north-east of Mauritius. 

 1"he species is based on a single skull found in a fissure, in a 

 superficial deposit 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. mascarinus has satisfied me that the species 

 must be exceedingly like the now living Pt. rodricensis, 

 Dobson. 



The skull of Pt. mascarinus is described as having n 



