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This species resembles Pt. rayneri . generally in the prevailing 

 brown colour of the fur and in its quality and distribution ; but is 

 easily distinguished by the much more pointed ears, by the naked 

 condition of the forearm, by the conspicuous radiating patches of hairs 

 over glands on the shoulders, by the yellow- not ferruginous-brown 

 colour of the fur covering the shoulders and the under surface of the 

 body, bj^ the conspicuously smaller measurements, and especially by 

 the remarkably small size of the last upper molars, which in Pt. 

 rayneri are as large as the outer lower incisors. 



a. cJ ad. sk. (type). Lombock Island. A. K. Wallace, Esq. fC"). 



b. J ad. sk. ' A. R. Wallace, Esq, [0.]. 



c. skull of h. 



13. Ptsropus samoensis. 



Pteropus samoensis, Peak, United-States E.cplor. Exped. p. 20 (1848). 

 Pteropus nawaiensis, Gray, Catal. Ilonkcys and Fruit-eating Bats, 



p. 1U7 (1870). 

 Pteropus vitiensis, Gray, op. cit. p. 109. 

 Pteropus whitmeei, Ahton, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 96, pi. xiv. 



Ears slightly shorter than the muzzle, conical, narrowly rounded 

 oS at the tip or subacutely pointed, the concave front surface of the 

 conch thinly clothed with short hairs. 



Interfemoral membrane very narrow, quite concealed in the 

 centre by long fur. 



Fur soft and dense, extending upon the sides of the face in front 

 of the eyes, covering the back for a breadth of two inches across the 

 loins, and thickly clothing the legs to the ankles. The fur of the 

 back is long and' dense, and differs from that of the neck in being 

 directed backwards, but is not closely appressed. 



Face, in front of and above and below the eyes, in the male dark 

 brown intermixed with some shining hairs, silvery on the muzzle 

 above ; crown of the head bright yellow, neck reddish yellow, shoulders 

 as the head, back reddish brown ; beneath, the chin is daik brown, 

 the neck ferruginous brown, breast and abdomen reddish brown. 

 In the female the face is silvery white, intermixed with a few black 

 hairs ; crown of the head shining buff, neck pale yellow, the shoul- 

 ders as the head ; back brown, the extremities of many hairs shining 

 grey ; beneath, the whole under surface is dark brown, more or less 

 mixed with silvery hairs, the sides of the neck yellow. 



In a young female from Samoa, with forearm 2^ inches long, the 

 hair covering the back and the hinder extremities almost to the 

 ankles is nearly as long and dense as in adult individuals. The head 

 is pale yeUowish grey throughout, the grey colour predominating ; 

 the back of the neck dark reddish brown, the extremities of some 

 hairs bright silvery ; back dark brown, also with some silvery hairs. 

 Beneath, ''the neck is brighter reddish brown ; the breast and abdo- 

 men reddish brown with greyish extremities. 



Uwer incisors strong, slightly notched; lower incisors separated 

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