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PTER0P0DID35. 



Ft. dasy- 

 maUus. 



Pt. psela- 

 phon. 



Pt.aneite- 

 anus. 



Extreme length from occipital crest to end of 

 uaaal bones 



Breadth across zygomatic arches 



Length from supraorbital foramen to extremity 

 of nasal bones 



From infraorbital foramen to extremity of 

 nasal bones 



Space occupied by last four upper molars... 



Space occupied by last four lower molars . . . 



m. 

 2-45 



1-25 



11 



0-75 

 07 



0-8 



in. 

 2-45 

 1-4 



0-95 



0-65 



0-7 



0-83 



m. 

 2-2 

 1-3 



0-85 



0-55 



0-6 



0-7 



a, b. (J and 5 ad. slia. (type). 



c, d. (S ad. sks. 



e. skull of a. 



f,g. $ skulls. 



h. imm. skull. 



i, skull of c. 



Aneiteum Island. J. Macgillivray [C.]. 

 Aneiteum Island. F.M.Rayner,Esq.[P.]. 



Aneiteum Island. 

 Aneiteum Island. 



J. Macgillivray [C.]. 



8. Pteropus molossinus. 



Pteropus molossinus, Temtninck, Esquiss. Zool. stir la cote de Guini, 

 p. 62 (1853) ; Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1867, p. 832. 



About the size of Pt. rubricollis, resembling Pt. pselaphon in the 

 colour and quality of the fur, but differing remarkably from both in 

 dentition and in the distribution of the fur. 



Ears very narrow, small, and acutely pointed, scarcely longer 

 than the fur of the head, but nearly naked. Interfemoral membrane 

 narrow in the centre, concealed by the fur. 



General colour of the fur dark reddish brown, with a few long grey 

 and shining hairs above and beneath ; head and bade of neck darlcer 

 than body, reddish between the eyes ; a tuft of bright yellow hairs 

 over each shoulder-gland ; back and rump more reddish brown. 



Fur soft, woolly, and erect ; on back half erect, not appressed, 

 directed backwards ; scarcely any hairs extend upon the forearms or 

 legs above, and the membranes beneath are also nearly naked. 



Muzzle rather short ; zygomatic arches wide, without ascending 

 process ; upper incisors short, contiguous ; lower incisors in pairs, 

 separated by a space in the middle ; the inner incisors very small, 

 scarcely one fourth the size of the outer incisors, and placed in front 

 of their iuner and anterior sides ; first upper premolar persistent, 

 acutely pointed, in the rather narrow space between the canine and 

 second premolar, which it half fills up, nearly as long as and in cross- 

 section equal to half the diameter of one of the outer upper incisors ; 

 second lower premolar large, with a small but well-defined antero- 

 internal basal cusp, both it and the corresponding tooth in the upper 

 jaw and the third lower premolar with small posterior basal cusps ; 

 last upper molar slightly larger than the last lower molar, which has 

 an oval crown, and scarcely more than half as large as the first 

 lower molar, which very nearly fills up the space between the canine 

 and second premolar. 



Length (of the type specimen, an adult d), head and body about 



