28 PTEEOPODID^. 



Fur long, everj'where very soft and dense, except on the anterior 

 extremities, ■where it extends thinly ; the humerus is clothed with 

 appressed yellowish-brown fui", and a smaU patch of yeUow#fur 

 appears upon the forearm near the elbow ; the legs are covered to 

 the ankles, the hairs passing on to the backs of the feet; on the 

 back the fur is directed backwards, but is not appressed. Beneath 

 a band of fur extends upon the wings almost as far as the carpus, 

 and the space between the humerus and femur is covered ; three 

 fourths of the legs are clothed, but not so thickly as on the upper 

 surface. 



Upper incisors strong, nearly equal, close together ; first upper 

 premolar very small, to the outer side of the tooth-row in the centre 

 of the space between the canine and second premolar ; molars well- 

 developed, the antepenultimate molar much exceeding the preceding 

 molar in antero-posterior diameter ; the last upper molar oval, slightly 

 larger than the corresponding tooth below; lower outer incisors 

 more than double the size of the inner incisors, which are separated 

 by a slight interval from each other ; first lower premolar almost 

 filling up the space between the canine and second premolar : middle 

 premolars and molars with transverse basal ridges behind. 



Length (of an adult 5 in the Paris Museum), head and body about 

 9", ear 0"-9, forearm 6"-4, thumb 2"'3 ; third finger — metacarp. 

 4"-l, 1st ph. 3", 2nd ph. 4"-2 ; fifth finger— metacarp. 4"-l, 1st 

 ph. l"-85, 2nd ph. l"-6 ; foot l"-7. 



Hah. New Caledonia ; Loyalty Isles. 



The museum has lately obtained from the Rev. S. J. Whitmee a 

 specimen of a Pteropus from the Loyalty Isles, which, although 

 differing slightly in the form of the ears and in the colour of the fur, 

 can be regarded only as a local variety of this species. The ears are 

 shorter and broader than in Pt. vetulus from New Caledonia ; face 

 beneath the eyes and the inferior surface of the muzzle greyish fer- 

 ruginous ; upper surface of the muzzle greyer, a greyish streak above 

 each eye ; head pale yellowish brown in front, reddish brown behind ; 

 neck and shoulders bright yellowish buff, the greater part of the 

 hairs bright buff; back yellowish brown along the middle, ferrugi- 

 nous brown on the sides ; the hairs on the forearm ferruginous, as in 

 specimens from New Caledonia ; breast and abdomen bright yel- 

 lowish, pubis yellowish brown. Distribution of the fur as in other 

 specimens ; the thighs and legs densely covered above as far as backs 

 of feet, but the toes are naked ; beneath, the thighs and the upper 

 parts of the tibiae are thickly covered. 



The upper incisors are not so strong as in New-Caledonia speci- 

 mens, and are separated by an interval from each other. 



a. c? imm. New Caledonia (Port de France). Purchased. 



(Type of Ptei-opus ornaUts, Gray.) 



b. $ ? ad., al. Loyalty Isles (Lifu). ' Rev. S. J. Whitmee. 



