1882.] ON NEW PTEROPI FROM THE CAROLINE ISLANDS. 755 



the ' Voyage of the Coquille.' It differs, however, from this in 

 having but one row of spots towards the apex of the primaries, the 

 secondaries more caudate, and the sulphurous spot on the discal 

 area larger. 



Danais adustus, sp. nov. 



Exp. 2*7 inches. 



Alis rufo-fuscis, macula ultra cellulce finem elongata, punctis duobus 

 supra earn, apicem versus tribus minutissimis serieque submargi- 

 nali albis; posticis macula duplici elongata ultra cellulam serieque 

 duplici punctorum submarginalium coloris ejusdem: subtus ut 

 supra, sed maculis omnibus majoi'ibus aliisque ad cellulcB finem 

 posticarum positis. 

 Hab. New Ireland. 



This species is allied to Danais mytilene of Felder from New 

 Guinea, and belongs to a small group all the members of which are 

 of a uniform reddish-brown colour on the upper surface, marked 

 with a few white spots. Mr, Butler has recently described two 

 species which are closely allied, one from the Solomon, the other 

 from the Duke-of-York Islands ; but both differ considerably from 

 the present species in the arrangement of the white spots, as will be 

 seen by a reference to the description above. The specimen from 

 which this description is taken is a male, and was sent us by Mr. E. 

 L. Layard. Though in but poor condition, we have not hesitated to 

 name it. 



7. Description of two new Species of Pteropus from the 

 Caroline Islands. By Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S., British 



Museum. 



[Eeceived December 2, 1882.] 



(Plates LIV., LV.) 



Up to the present time no species of Pteropus have been recorded 

 from the Caroline Islands, with the exception of the large and widely 

 distributed Pt, keraudreni, Q. & G. ; so that it was with much 

 interest that I found several small Flyiugfoxes in a collection recently 

 obtained from the Godeffroy Museum, and formed for that Insti- 

 tution by Dr. Kubary. 



In all there were five specimens, two from Mortlock Island and 

 three from Ponape. These five belong to two species, both new, of 

 the first of which there is only a single specimen from Mortlock I., 

 while the other is represented by the second Mortlock specimen and 

 the three from Ponape. Both species are remarkable for the com- 

 parative weakness of their dentition, a character no doubt resvxUing 

 from the soft nature of some Caroline-Island fruit upon which they 

 feed. 



