4/2 MR. O. THOMAS ON THE MAMMALS [DeC. 4, 



3. Pteropus rayneri. Gray. 



a~c. 2 c?, 1 $• Aola, Guadalcanal-. [2^.] 

 Forearms 138, 132, and 120 millim. 



4. Pteropus "WOODFORDi, Thos. (Plate XX. fig. 1, Plate XXI. 

 fig. 1-) 



Pteropus woodfordi, Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) i. p. 156 (1888). 



a-d. 2 c? and 2 ? . Aola. [3.] 



Size small. Fur soft and woolly, not adpressed on the back. 

 Ears small, hairy, scarcely projecting beyond the fur of the head. 

 "Wings arising about half an inch apart on the back ; the fur rather 

 more than an inch wide on this part. Hind limbs below knees 

 entirely naked. Interfemoral membrane narrow, almost obsolete in 

 the centre, concealed by the fur. Face and chin brown or black, 

 becoming in old specimens quite grey. Collar dull rufous or 

 yellow, markedly different in colour both from the head and back. 

 Tufts on shoulder-glands deep orange, not dissimilar in colour to the 

 rest of the neck. Back and belly deep brown, mixed with a few 

 shining grey hairs, which markedly increase in number in old age. 



Skull (Plate XXI. fig. 1) as in Pt. molossinus. 



Teeth small and light ; canines long and slender. Upper anterior 

 premolar persistent, about equal in cross section both to the last 

 lower molars, outer lower and all the upper incisors. Last upper 

 molar and anterior lower premolar about equal, and double the size 

 of the last-named set of teeth ; p^ with an antero-internal basal 

 cusp. 



Dimensions of a male and female, the first being the type, a very 



old specimen with a grey head and back : — 



6 2 



millim. millim. 



Head and body (c.)150 (c.) 145 



Muzzle to eye 16 16 



Ear 11-5 11-5 



Forearm 99 98 



Thumb 34 33 



Lower leg 48 46 



Depth of interfemoral behind knee 15 13 



Forearms of two additional specimens, c? 96 ; 2 92. 



Skull, 2 : — Basal length 36 ; greatest breadth 24'2 ; supraorbital 

 foramen to tip of nasals 17'S ; interorbital breadth 6*6 ; intertem- 

 poral breadth 9 ; palate, length 20*6. Teeth : — Combined breadth 

 of upper incisors 4*1 ; vertical length of canine, from cingulum to tip 

 behind 4-6 ; greatest antero-posterior diameter of canine 2'4 ; hori- 

 zontal length of p^ 2"5, of P;^ 2'2, of ^ 2-5. Height of lower 

 canine 3'4 ; horizontal length of p? 2*8 ; of p? 2*3. 



This species is most nearly allied to Pf. molossinus, Temm., of the 

 Caroline Islands, with which, alone among the smaller woolly-haired 



' The figures placed in brackets show the number of specimens obtained by 

 Mr. Woodford additional to those retained for the Museum series, these latter 

 being represented by the letters a, b, c, &c. 



