1, sPEcTRUM. 101 
the rump bright golden yellow; underside of thighs and pubis 
yellowish. 
La Roussette, Brisson. La Rossette, Buffon, H. N.x. t.14. Vesper- 
tilio vampyrus, Schreb. not Linn. Pteropus vulgaris, Geoff. Ann. 
Mus. xv. p. 92; Temm. Mon. i. p. 182; ii. p. 74, t. 88 (young). 
Hab. Isle of France; Bourbon ; Madagascar ? 
Var. mauritianum. Head and back, thighs and upper arm above, 
straw-colour; back of the head and neck bright yellow red; abroad 
lozenge-shaped spot between the shoulders, extending a short dis- 
tance down the back; the throat, chest, and abdomen dark red 
brown ; belly and underside of the upper arm yellow; wings brown. 
Ears small, narrow. Hab. Mauritius. B.M. 
Temminck describes the nape as yellow ; in the Museum specimen 
it is only rather yellower brown than the back, and darker than the 
head. 
2. Spectrum rubricolle. The Roussette. B.M. 
Ears small, hidden; wings far apart at base; fur soft, abundant, 
dark brown; head rather grizzled; belly with some white stiffer 
hairs intermixed ; collar reddish; forearm-bone 33 inches. 
Roussette, Daub. Mém. Ac. Se. 1759, p. 385. Rougette, Buffon, H. 
N. x. t. 17. Pteropus rubricollis, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xv. p. 93. 
Temm., Mon. i. p. 183, ii. p. 75 (not Stebold). P. collaris, Lrcht. 
Doub. p. 2.. ; 
Hab. Cape of Good Hope; Mauritius. 
3. Spectrum dasymallum. The Sodaosiki. B. M. 
Ears small; fur soft, erect, dense, woolly. Reddish brown, 
slightly grizzled; collar broad, pale yellow: head red brown ; fore- 
arm bone 54 inches, hairy above two-thirds of itslength. No upper 
false grinder. 
Pteropus dasymallus, Temm. Mon. i. p. 180, t. 10, t. 16. f. 10, 12; ii. 
p. 73. P. rubricollis, Stebold, Faun. Japon. (not Geoff). 
Hab. Japan, Verraux. 
Skull 23 inches long, 13 wide; zygomatic arch thin, high. 
Grinders large ; hinder upper and lower small, oblong, equal-sized ; 
lower false grinder cylindrical, upper wanting. Upper cutting-teeth 
rather broad, equal. Skull like the typical Pterop: in form. 
4. Spectrum anetianum. B. M. 
Fur very long, soft, abundant, dull red brown, varied with yel- 
lowish or grey hairs; hair black, with pale ends; upper part of 
neck bay ; a half collar on back of lower part of neck, and shoulders, 
pale yellow; head black, with interspersed yellow hairs; chest and 
underside black. Ears narrow; forearms and legs hairy. 
Female. ead and underside rather redder. 
Hab. New Hebrides: Aneiteum, Rayner. | ; 
Skull, length 23, width 13; nose from orbit 9 lines ; the grinders 
