32 piEEOPoniDJi. 



fifth finger— metacarp. 4", 1st ph. l"-75, 2nd ph. l"-85 ; tibia 2"-85, 

 foot 2"-4. 



Hah. Australia. 



a, b, c. d and $ ad. sk. Australia. 

 d. 2 ad. sk. Clarence River, E. Aus- 



tralia. 

 e,f. d ad. sk. Australia. Dr. Merriman [P.]. 



</. ad. sk. Cape Upstart. 



A. ad. sk. (Shot while feeding on the blossom of Eucalyptus.) 

 i. imm. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



/ ad sk. Australia. Purchased. 



k. Jimm. al. Port Stephens. Dr. G. Bennett [P.]. 



I. 5 ad. sk. 

 m, n. S a.d. sk. No history. 



10. Pteropus leucopterus. 



Pteropus leueopterus, Temminck, Esquiss. Zoolog. sur la cote de Guin^, 



p. 60 (185.3). 

 Spectrum leucopterum et Pteropus chinensis, Gray, Catal. Monkeys 



and Frmt-eating Bats, pp. 102 & 111 (1870). 



Ears as long as the muzzle, conical, with obtuse rounded-off 

 extremities, naked. 



AVings from the sides of the back, nearly two inches apart at 

 their origin : interfemoral membrane very short in the middle, com- 

 pletely concealed by the dense wooUy fur. 



The whole of the fur and membranes are of a pale colour ; above 

 pale buff, the base of the hairs slightly darker or uniform with the 

 extremities ; beneath, the fur is much shorter and pale brownish buff. 

 Membranes and ears pale brown throughout. 



Above, the fur of the head and neck and that covering the rump 

 and legs is soft, very dense and woolly, but not long, that covering the 

 back slightly shorter and directed backwards, occupying a space about 

 three inches wide across the loins. Short appressed fur extends 

 outwards on the humerus, elbow, and three fourths the forearm, and 

 the legs to the ankles are thickly covered with erect wooUy fur ; be- 

 neath, the thighs and the proximal third of the tibiaj are covered, 

 and the wing-membrane between the humerus and femur and along 

 the forearm is thinly clothed. 



The skrdl differs from that of any other known species of the 

 genus in the peculiar character of the teeth, and in the postorbital 

 process of the frontal being connected by bone (even in immature 

 individuals) with the zygomatic arch, so that the orbital ring is com- 

 plete in front. The upper incisors are very strong and close together, 

 each with a prominent projecting base behind, the outer incisors 

 considerably larger than the inner ones ; lower inner incisors ex- 

 ceedingly small, not one sixth the size of the outer incisors, which 

 are as large in cross-section at their bases as the posterior lower 

 molars ; the first upper premolar is much larger than in any other 

 species of Pteropus, more than half filling the space between the 

 canine and second premolar, and nearly equal to one of the middle 



