40 rrEKoCuBlDJ:. 



Teeth as in Ft. jjersonatus. 



Length (of an adult 2), head and body about 7", head 2", ears 

 0"-8, eye from nostril 0"-8, forearm 4"-4, thumb l"-8, second finger 

 3"-25 ; third finger— metacarp. 2"-85, 1st ph. 2"-3, 2nd ph. 3"-6 ; 

 fourth finger— metacarp. 2"-85, 1st ph. l"-8, 2nd ph. l"-7 ; fifth 

 finger— metacarp. 3"-l, Ist ph. l"-4, 2nd ph. l"-3 ; tibia l"-85, 

 foot l"-4. 



Eab. ISTew Ireland, Duke of York Island, and New Britain. 



Type in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 



a, b. $ ad. sks. Duke of York Island. Rev. G. Brown [C] 



18. Pteropus wallacei. 



Pteropus wallacei, Gray, P. Z. S. 1866 (with a woodcut of the head) ; 

 Catal. Monlceys and Fruit-eating Bats. 



The only specimen of this species as yet obtained is an example 

 of a very young individual, in which the epiphyses of the finger- 

 bones are quite separate, and the permanent teeth have not appeared. 

 Dr. Peters believes it to be the young of Pt. joersonatus, and in the 

 absence of other equally immature specimens of that species I am 

 unable to confirm or reject his hypothesis. However, as the pecu- 

 liar markings of the fur of the face are very different from those of 

 Pt. personatus, I think it better to consider Pt. wallacei a distinct 

 species until the question can be decided by the inspection of 

 equally young specimens of Pt. personatus. 



The face and crown of the head are reddish brown ; a small 

 oblong patch of white hairs directed backwards appears above the 

 eye on each side ; a narrow but very distinct streak of similarly 

 coloured fur extends along the centre of the muzzle as far back as 

 the space between the eyes, and a band of white hairs margins the 

 upper lip ; the remainder of the fur is soft and woolly, and resembles 

 that of Pt. personatus in colour, quality, and distribution. 



Hah. Macassar, Celebes. 



a. imm. sk. (type). Macassar. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C], 



19. Pteropus temminckii. 



Pteropus griseus, Temminck (non Geoffroy), Monogr. Mammal, ii. 

 p. 81 (1836-41) (vide Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1867, p. 331)5 

 Gray, Catal. Monkeys and Fruit-eating Bats, 1870, p. 110. 



Pteropus temminckii, Peters, I. c. 



Ears about as long as the muzzle, narrowly rounded off above, 

 naked ; the outer and inner margins of the conch converging almost 

 equally towards the tip. Wings from the back near the spine, 

 scarcely one third of an inch apart at their origin. Interfemoral 

 membrane very narrow in the middle, completely concealed by the 

 dense fur. The fur of the upper surface extends thinly and very 

 short upon the arm and forearm, but thickly clothes the thighs, and 

 passes along the tibiae almost to the ankles ; beneath, the thighs are 



