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 cellule finem elongaia, punctis duobus 
supra eam, apicem versus tribus minutissimis serieque submargi- 
nali albis ; posticis macula duplici elongata ultra cellulam serieque 
duplict punctorum submarginalium coloris ejusdem: subtus ut 
supra, sed maculis omnibus majoribus aliisque ad cellule 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 Ouprizip Tuomas, F.Z.S., British 
Museum. 
[Received 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 Flyingfoxes 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 Ponapé. These five belong to two species, both new, of 
the first of which there is only a single specimen from Mortlock L, 
while the other is represented by the second Mortlock specimen and 
the three from Ponapé. Both species are remarkable for the com- 
parative weakness of their dentition, a character no doubt resulting 
from the soft nature of some Caroline-Island fruit upon which they 
feed. 
