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space nearly two inches wide across the middle of the back : fore- 

 arm clothed with a few short hairs only, but the legs are covered 

 almost to the ankles ; beneath, the thighs only are covered, and a 

 few fine erect hairs occupy the wing-membrane between the humerus 

 and femur and behind the forearm. 



General colour yellowish brown ; head yellowish brown, with a 

 few shining hairs, the base of the fur dark brown ; breast and abdo- 

 men somewhat similar, but the base of the hairs not so dark as on 

 the upper surface ; above, the neck is brighter yellowish brown ; the 

 back similar to the head. 



The skull is differently shaped from that of Pt. samoensis, the 

 facial bones are longer, and the zygomatic arches less curved out- 

 wards ; premaxillary bones more slender and incisors smaller ; first 

 upper premolar very small, in the narrow space between the canine 

 and second premolar ; last upper molar as large as the first lower 

 premolar ; remaining teeth as in Pt. medms, without basal projec- 

 tions or cusps. 



Length (of the type specimen, a nearly adult S), head and body 

 about 8", head 2"-3, ear 0"-8, eye from tip of nostril 0"-9, forearm 

 4"'5, thumb 1"'9, second finger 3"'4 ; third iinger — metacarp. 3"'], 

 1st ph. 2"-35, 2nd ph. 3"-8 ; fifth finger— metacarp. 3"-4, 1st ph. 

 l"-45, 2nd ph. l"-5 ; tibia 2"-l, foot l"-5. 



Hah. Percy Island, near east coast of Australia. 



This species is distinguished from Pt. polioceplialus by the very 

 differently shaped ears, by the colour and quality of the fur, and by 

 its conspicuously smaller size ; from Pt. samoensis, which it probably 

 approaches most closely, by the naked ears, quite differently coloured 

 fur, and by the much broader premolars and molars without basal 

 projections, as well as by the very smaU size of the first upper pre- 

 molar ; from Pt. gouldii, which inhabits the same island, by the 

 quite differently shaped ears, by the colour and distribution of the 

 fur, and by its much smaller size. 



a. cJ nearly ad. sk. (type). Percy Island. Captain Deiiham [C.]. 



b. skull of a. 



16. Pteropus personatus. 



Pteropus personatiis, TemmincJc, Monogr. Mammal, i. p. 189 ; Gray, 

 Catal. Monkeys and Fruit-eating Bats, p. Ill, with a woodcut 

 (1870). 



Ears slightly longer than the muzzle, oval, rounded off above. 



Interfemoral membrane narrow behind, concealed by the fur. 

 Face pale buff-white, marked by conspicuous well-defined brown 

 streaks: oij each side a brown streak extends from the nostril to the 

 eye, where it divides, one half passing upwards and backwards 

 above the eye to the crown of the head (being separated from the 

 posterior half of the eyelid by a white patch), the other half passes 

 along the margins of the upper and lower eyelids, and reappears at 

 the posterior angle of the eye, behind which it extends for a short 

 distance, where it joins at 'right angles the commencement of a 



