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by a u arrow space iu the middle, the inner half the size of the outer 

 inuisors, all bifid ; second upper premolar rather close to the canine ; 

 the first small premolar, in immature individuals, quite filling up the 

 space between the canine and second premolar, in adults often deci- 

 duoiis ; premolars and molars broad, each with a posterior basal 

 ridge, forming a small projection externally ; last upper molar 

 slightly larger than the first lower premolar ; last lower molar about 

 the size of one of the outer incisors ; the antepenultimate upper 

 molar with a very long antero-posterior diameter. 



Length, head and body about 8", head 2"-5, ear 0"-85, eye from 

 end of nose 0"*9, forearm 5", thumb 2", second finger 3"'6 ; third 

 finger— metacarp. 3"-25, 1st ph. 2"-4, 2nd ph. 3"-8 ; fifth finger— 

 metacarp. 3"-4, 1st ph. l"-5, 2nd ph. l"-4 ; tibia 2"-l, foot l"-6. 



Hah. Piji Islands; Navigators' Islands. 



This species resembles Pt. keraudrenii (which inhabits the same 

 islands) iu size, in the form of the ears, and, to a considerable extent, 

 in the colour of the fur ; but may be at once distinguished by the 

 different quality of the fur of the back, and by the legs being well 

 covered almost to the ankles. This is as well seen in young speci- 

 mens as in old individuals*. 



On the habits of this species see remarks by Rev. S. J. Whitmee 

 in the ' Proceedings ' of the Zoological Society, 1874, p. 666. 



a, b. cj imm. & ad. sks. Ovalau Island, Fiji. F. M. Eayner, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of Pteropus mtiensis, Gray.) 



V. 5 ad. sk. Nawai Island, Fiji. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



(Type of I^eropus nawaiensis, Gray.) 



d. 2 jwv. sk. Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [P.]. 



e. 2 imm., al. Samoa. Purchased. 

 /. skull. Nawai, Fiji Islands. 



ff. skull of a. 



14. Pteropus rodricensis. 



Ears slightly longer than the muzzle, but projecting by their 

 upper third only from the long fur surrounding them ; ear-conch 

 moderately broad in lower three fourths, very abruptly narrowed 

 above by flattening of the upper fourth of the inner margin and a 

 deep concavity of the corresponding part of the outer margin, ter- 

 minating in a narrow acute tip; more than two thirds of the 

 concave surface of the conch is well clothed with moderately long 

 hairs, the uppper fourth and the back of the ear naked or with a 

 few short hairs only (Plate III. fig. 1). 



Fur long and dense, in quality intermediate between that of Pt. 

 edwarchii and Pt. vulgaris ; that covering the back of the head, neck, 

 and shoulders very long, on the back shorter but not appressed, the 

 hairs directed backwards, extending thickly upon the wings almost 

 as far outwards as a line drawn from the proximal third of the 



* The EeT. S. J. Wliitmee has presented to the British Museum a very young 

 specimen of this species and of Pf. keraudrmii from Samoa. These differ 

 remarkably in the colour and distribution of the fur, and at once show how 

 distmct the species are. (See description of Pteropus keraudrenii.) 



