1873.] G-. E. J)oh^on— On the Pteropidw of India. 197 



The ears are naked except at the bases posteriorly, and a nari'ow 

 triangular portion covered with short hairs terminating towards the middle 

 of the outer margin ; anteriorly, the anterior flattened edge of the inner 

 side of the conch is covered from the base upwards for about one-third of the 

 length of the ear. 



The face is naked in front of a line joining the inner angles of the eyes, 

 and on either side of the naked space (which corresponds to the position of 

 the nasal bones) a few long fine hairs arise from separate papillae. The fur is 

 rather dense and moderately long on the back of the head, neck, and shoulders, 

 but short and appressed on the back, narrowing to about two inches in width 

 across the loins. A narrow line of short fur passes outwards on to the wing 

 membrane posterior to the humerus for rather more than half its length ; 

 the elbow is quite naked, but a few short hairs cover a narrow portion of 

 the wing-membrane, about one inch and a half long, posterior to the forearm. 

 The femur, and the interfemoral membrane as far as a line corresponding to 

 the position of the semi-circular band on the under surface of the membrane 

 are covered ; the tibiae are naked, or have only a few very short hairs ; the 

 feet are quite devoid of hair. 



On the under surface, the whole body is well covered ; the antebrachial 

 membrane is similarly covered as far as a line drawn from the knee to a 

 point about one inch posterior to the elbow joint, theiice the hair passes 

 outwards on the wing-membrane posterior to the forearm, terminating at 

 about the beginning of the distal thii-d of the radius. The thighs are 

 covered, the legs and inter-femoral membrane are quite naked. 



The nape of the neck and the shoulders are usually reddish yellow or 

 golden yellow or pale straw colour, but every shade of these colours has 

 been observed, the diiFerent colours and intermediate shades appearing to 

 depend on sex, age, season, or locality. The darker shades are usually found 

 in females. 



The chest and upper part of the abdomen are either of the same colour 

 as the nape of the neck or of a darker hue. The remainder of the fur black 

 or dark brown often mixed with grayish hairs. 



The fur of the neck is coarser and longer than that covering other parts 

 of the body. In most male specimens a circular tuft of rigid unctuous hairs, 

 of a deep reddish yellow colour, is found on each side of the neck, situated 

 midway between the base of the ear and the origin of the ante-humeral 

 portion of the wing-membrane from the shoulder. In a large male obtained 

 near Calcutta, these tufts occupy a space one inch in diameter, and the hairs 

 composing them measure about one-third of an inch in length. 



Hah. — India generally, from Kachh to Burma, and from the Himalaya 

 to Ceylon. 



To this section of the genus belongs Pt. eduUs, P^ron et Lesueur, from 



