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also clothed, and fine long hairs extend upon the wing-memhrano 

 between the humerus and femur and behind the forearm. 



Pur everywhere soft, very dense and woolly, and moderately long, 

 even on the back, where it is directed backwards, occupying a space 

 nearly two inches wide across the loins. Above shining buff, the 

 basal two thirds of the hairs reddish brown ; beneath dull buff, the 

 base of the hairs brownish ; on the back of the neck the terminal 

 half of the hairs bright yellowish buff. On the whole, the fur on 

 the upper surface is like that of Pt. personatus without the black 

 streaks on the face. Membranes light reddish brown. 



In the type specimen in the Leyden Museum the fur and mem- 

 branes axe much paler throughout, the back silvery grey with a few 

 intermixed light brown hairs, head above and beneath pale buff, 

 back of neck yellowish buff, wings half an inch apart, but the fur 

 occupies a space two and a half inches wide across the loins. 



Skull with a long and narrow facial portion ; zygomatic arches 

 moderately curved outwards, with a small ascending process ; den- 

 tition as in Pt. medius. 



Length (of a not quite adult d), head and body about 6", ear 

 0"-75, eye from nose 0"-75, forearm 3"-8, thumb l"-55, second 

 finger 2"-65 ; third finger— metacarp. 2"-5, 1st ph. l"-9, 2nd ph. 

 2"-8 ; fifth finger— metacarp. 2"-65, 1st ph. 1"-1, 2nd ph. 1" ; tibia 

 l"-6, foot 1"-1. 



The type in the Leyden Museum is an example of a quite adult 

 individual. It has the forearm 4 inches long, so that the specimen 

 from which the above measurements have been taken is evidently 

 nearly fuU-grown. 



Hah. Semao, Timor, Amboina, Ceram. 



This species is easily distinguished by its soft and almost uni- 

 coloured pale buff silky fur, which, though not long, thickly covers 

 the back, and descends upon the legs almost to the ankles ; also by 

 its teeth, which are like those of Pt. medius, but smaller, and by its 

 small size. 



imm. sk. Ceram. Purchased. 



h. F ad. sk. Timor. Purchased. 



V. skull of a. 



20. Pteropus scapulatus. 



Pteropus scapulatus, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1862, p. 574. 

 Pteropus elseyi, Gray, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 67 ; Catal. Monkeys and 

 Fruit-eating Bats, p. 108 (1870). 



Ears narrow and subacutely pointed, longer than the muzzle, 

 naked, the upper third of the outer margin of the conch slightly 

 concave ; muzzle long and rather narrow, as in the group Macro- 

 glossi. 



Interfemoral narrow behind, but its posterior margin beneath is 

 not concealed by the fur ; wings about an inch apart at their origin 

 from the back. 



General colour of the fur reddish or yellowish brown. Face and 

 under surface of muzzle dark brown with some greyish hairs, on the 



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