470 MR. O. THOMAS ON THE MAMMALS [DeC. 4, 



The following papers were read : — 



1. The Mammals of the Solomon Islands^ based on the Col- 

 lections made by Mr. C. M. Woodford during his 

 Second Expedition to the Archipelago. By Oldfield 

 Thomas, Natural History Museum. 



[Eeceived July 25, 1888.] 

 (Plates XX.-XXII.) 



In the Proceedings of the Society for last year ^ I had the pleasure 

 of describing; a collection of Bats which Mr. C. M. Woodford had 

 formed at Shortland and Fauro Islands, at the western end of the 

 Solomon Archipelago, and the present paper gives an account of a 

 second collection made by the same gentleman in the eastern islands 

 of the group. This second collection is larger and more important 

 than the first, for, apart from the considerable number of duplicates, 

 the set acquired by the British Museum consists of 42 specimens 

 belonging to 19 species. Two species only of the ten previously 

 found are not represented in it, and by the inclusion of these and of 

 a Rat described by Mr. E. P. Ramsay from Florida Island, the 

 present paper is made a complete list of the Mammals known to 

 occur in the group. 



Of the specimens now described a few were collected at Eubiana, 

 New Georgia, but the great mass of them, and all the new species, 

 were obtained at Aola, on the north-east coast of Guadalcanar, 

 where Mr. Woodford resided for several mouths'. 



The total number of mammals now known from the Solomons is 

 brought up by the present collection from 13 to 22, and of these no 

 less than 8 have been discovered by Mr. Woodford, the previous 

 collection having contained 2 and the present one 6 new species. 

 There are also two new genera of Bats to add to the one previously 

 described. 



All the specimens are beautifully preserved in spirit, and Mr. 

 Woodford is to be congratulated on the fact that the care and 

 trouble he must have expended on the collection have been rewarded 

 hy the addition of so large a number of new and interesting species 

 to the Mammalian fauna of the Australian region. 



CHIROPTERA. 



1. Pteropus grandis, Thos. 



Pteropus grandis, Thos. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 320, pi. xxv. 



a. S ' Rubiana, New Georgia. 



Forearm 163 millim. 



This fine species was one of Mr. Woodford's previous discoveries, 

 the original specimens having been obtained by him at Alu, 



• P. Z. S. 1887, p. 320. 



^ Mr. Woodford ha8 given an account of his wanderirgs and personal 

 experiences in the Solomon Islands in Proc. E. Geogr. See. 1888, p. 351. 



