1887.] 



FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 



321 



passes along outside the forearm nearly to the wrist. Femora and 

 proximal third of tibiee thickly clothed with softer woollier fur. 

 ■ Face, middle of back, chin, and centre Hue of belly black. Neck 

 all round, shoulders, sides of body, and hind limbs below dark ma- 

 roon-red, the tufts over the shoulder-glands rather paler. Rump 

 and upperside of thighs bright orange-yellow, coutrasliug markedly 

 with the sombre hue of the back. 



Skull agreeing closely with that of ft. goiildi in size and pro- 

 portions. 



Teeth (fig. 1) large and heavy as compared to those of Ft. gouldi, 

 Pt. chri/soproctus, and others, but far smaller and lighter than those 

 of PL vielanopogon. Upper incisors broad, touching each other, the 

 combined breadth of the four 8 mm. Canines rather short, thick 

 and stout, with a broad and prominent internal basal ledge. Anterior 

 premolars minute, deciduous. Second premolar large and broad, 

 with a prominent internal secondary cusp. All the cheek-teeth 



Fig. 1. 



Teeth of Fteropus grandii, natural size. 



broad and strong ; combined length of the three largest 18 mm., and 

 the breadth of the centre one 4 mm. Last molar slightly larger 

 than one of the outer incisors, its antero-posterior diameter 2*2 mm. 

 Lower teeth presenting very much the same characters as the upper. 

 Outer incisors very large, 2 mm. in transverse diameter. Canine 

 with large internal basal ledge or cingulum as in the upper jaw. 

 Second premolar unusually near the canine, the comparatively large 

 first premolar larger than the diastemata in front of and behind it, 

 2*6 mm. in diameter. Last molar about equal to one of the middle 

 upper incisors, smaller than the outer and larger than the inner 

 lower incisors. 



Dimensions of an adult male in skin : — Head and body (c.) 325 

 mm., head 74, muzzle 32, ear (above crown) 30, forearm 170 

 ( = 6*7 in.), thumb 73, index finger 118, tibia 122, calcaneum 24. 



Skull (specimen b). Basal length 67, greatest breadth 39, supra- 

 orbital foramen to tip of nasals 30, interorbital breadth 10, inter- 

 temporal breadth 7"5, breadth from tip to tip of postorbital processes 

 30, palate length 40. 



