116 PTEROPID.E. 
brown; beneath fulvous ashy; wings with series of white 
spots; face very short. Hab. Pondicherry; Calcutta, Roux. 
Perhaps adult of former. Mus. Paris. 
** Head elongate, attenuated. Fur close-pressed, soft. -Arm-bone very 
hatry. Neck of male with gland and half-collar of long unctuous hairs. 
Xantharpyia. 
2. Xantharpyia straminea. B.M. 
Pale brown, yellower on the loins; head darker; throat of the 
male with a broad reddish-yellow half-collar. 
Pteropus stramineus, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xv. p. 95; Temm.. Mon. i. 
p. 196, t. 15. f. 12, 13 (skull), ii. p. 84; Sundevall, Stock. Vet. Acad. 
Hand. 1842, p. 206. Xantharpyia strazainea, Gray, List Manun. 
B. M. Pachysoma stramineum, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 44, 55 ; 
ue Here t. 1.£6? ?Pterocyon paleaceum, Peters, Monats. Akad. 
erl. 1865. 
Hab. Africa: Egypt; Senegal, Mus. Leyden; Sennaar, Botta ; 
Guinea, Pet.; Gambia, Rendall; Sierra Leone, Strachan (in spirit). 
Skull (length above 2 inches) imperfect; hinder grinder roundish, 
the upper rather the largest; false grinders conical, acute, upper 
small, near the canines. The scrotum very large, naked, wrinkled 
and rough, as large as two hazel nuts. 
Geoffroy and Temminck described the species from some specimens 
which were said to have been brought by Péron from Timor; but 
M. Temminck, though in his first volume he declared the Timor 
habitat “certain,” in the second volume considers that he and 
Geoffroy were misled, and that Sennaar and Senegal are the proper 
habitats ; but Dr. Peters seems to believe that there is a Timor and 
an African species. 
See Pteropus stramineus, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 45; Temm. 
Monog. i. t. 15. f. 13 (skull); Blainv. Ostéogr. Cheirop. t. 6 
(skull from Timor); Tomes, P. Z. 8, 1861, t. 1. f. 6. 
Hab. Timor, Péron. 
Dr., Peters says this is different from the P. stramineus, Temm. 
Monog. ii. from Africa. 
Temminck’s description of the specimen in Paris, said to be 
brought by Péron from Timor, agrees with the African specimens of 
this animal. M.Temminck gives Timor as the “patrie certaine,” in 
vol. i. p. 195; but in vol. ii. p. 84 he says he was misled, and that 
it inhabits Sennaar and Senegal. 
7. ELEUTHERURA. 
Tail short, on underside of short interfemoral membrane, free at 
the end. Face moderate, broad. Lower jaw strong. Grinders close 
together. ars elongate. Neck of the male with a gland covered 
with radiating hairs on each side. Cutting-teeth 4. Canines elon- 
