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Ft. V. natunre (Natuna Islands and Borneo ; see below) is 

 characterized by its small size : forearm 182"5-196 mm. ; 

 Ft. V. malaccensis is considerably larger: forearm 200- 

 209 mm. ; Ft. v. vampyrus (Java) the largest : forearm 208- 

 220 mm., and, together with Ft. v. pluton (Bali and Lombok), 

 the larirest bat known. 



Fteropus vampyrus natunce, subsp. n. 



Similar to Ft. vampyrus malaccensis, but smaller. Skull, 

 total length about 73-78 mm.; forearm 182-5-196 mm. 



Type. ,$ ad. skin and skull, Pulo Panjang, North Natuna 

 Islands, Sept. 1894; collected by E. Hose; presented by 

 the Tring Museum ; B.M. 95. 11. 8. 1. 



Specimens examined. Twelve, in the collections of the 

 Leyden, U.S. National*, and British Museums. 



Fange. North Natuna Islands (Bungurau ; Pulo Panjang) ; 

 N. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Femarks. — See Ft. vampyrus malaccensis (above). 



Fterojms morio, sp. n. 



Allied to Ft. alecto, but much smaller and with much 

 longer fur. Hair of back 16-17 mm., against 7-11 in 

 Pt. alecto. Back seal-brown, slightly lightened by dark 

 Vandyck-brown tips to most of the hairs and sprinkled with 

 a few whitish hairs ; rump conspicuously washed with pale 

 Vandyck-brown, owing to brownish tips to hairs being longer 

 and paler than on back ; underparts essentially as in Pt. 

 alecto ; mantle deep chocolate with blackish bases to the 

 hairs ; sides of neck, foreneck, and head as in Pt. alecto. 

 Forearm about 141 nnn. (160-175 in Pt. alecto). 



Type. $ ad. skin and skull, Waingapo, Sumba, Oct. 1896 ; 

 collected by A. Everett ; B.M. 98. 11. 3. 15. 



Specimens examined. Four*, in the collection of the British 

 Museum. 



Range. Sumba and Savu, Lesser Sunda Islands. 



Pteropus p)ilosus, sp. n. 



Allied to Pi. pselaphon (Bonin and Volcano Islands), but 

 1*2 and 2h larger, fur much shorter, forearm and tibia less 

 tliickly clothed, feet naked, colour much paler, external 

 dimensions larger. Zg more than three times (in Pt. pselaphon 

 about twice and a half) the bulk of i^ ; pi about twice the 

 size of (in Pt. pselaphon subequal to) m^. Approximate length 



* U.S. N. M. 104723-26 ; Bimgurau. 



