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Macroglossus minimus. The Kiodote. B.M. 
Macroglossus minimus, Gray, Mag. Z. & B.; Temm. Mon. ii. p. 98. 
Pteropus minimus, Geof. Ann. Mus. xv. p. 535. P. rostratus, 
Horsf. Z. Java, t.; Temm. Monog. i. p. 191, t. 15. f. 25, 30, t. 16. 
f.1,2. Macroglossa Kiodotes, Lesson. M. Horsfieldii, Lesson. 
Kiodote, Mamm. Lith. t. 
Hab. Java, Hardwicke. 
Var. Smaller, darker. Hab. Mysol Island, Wallace; Philippine 
Islands, Cuming. 
Temminck observes that “ the specimens from the different islands 
vary in the shade of colour, and in the length and slenderness of the 
face of the skull.” —Temm. Mon. ii. p. 97. 
B. Face broad, moderate. Cutting-teeth in a continued transverse series. 
Grinders oblong, thick. 
6. XANTHARPYIA. 
Tail short, on the underside of the short interfemoral membrane, 
free at the end. Face elongate, rather slender. Lower jaw slender. 
Grinders rather far apart in front. Ears elongate. Fur short, 
closely adpressed. Neck of male with a gland and radiating hairs 
on each side. Wings from the sides of the back. Back of limbs 
hairy. Wings to the base of the toes. The great blood-vessel from 
the armpit and the groin simple, until it nearly reaches the margin 
of the wing. Thumb elongate; lower joint moderate, enclosed ; 
upper joint much longer, free, Index finger clawed. Interfemoral 
membrane with a band on each side from the tail to the heel. Cut- 
ting-teeth 4. Canine elongate. True grinders 3, hinder small ; 
false grinders 2, rather far apart. 
Xantharpyia, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 1843; Voy. Sulph. 1854. 
Cynonycteris (part.), Peters, Mossamb.; Wagner. Pachysoma 
(part.), Tomes. ? Pterocyon, Peters, Monats. Preuss. Akad, Berlin, 
1865, p. 256. 
* Head very slender, elongate. Fur very ae and short, especially on the 
back. Arm-bone nearly bald. Senonycteris. 
1. Xantharpyia seminuda. B.M. 
Fur of back chestnut-brown; head, neck, shoulders, and upper 
part of chest white; chest and belly paler brown. Fur of back soft, 
of underpart very thin; upper joint of thumb rather longer than the 
lower. Arm-bone 3} inches. 
Pteropus seminudus, Kelaart, MS. B. M.! P. Leschenaultii, Kelaart, 
Prod, Ceylon, p. 27 (not Geoffroy). 
Hab. Ceylon, (in spirit) Thwattes. 
See Pteropus Leschenaultii, Desm. Temm. Mon. ii. p. 86. Grey 
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