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PTEKOPODIDJE. 



Hdb. Amboina, Ceram, Goram, Pulo Pandjamb {Peters). 



a. S imm., al. Moluccas. Sir E. Belcher [C.]. 



(Type of Pteropus argetitatus, Gray.) 



b. S ad. sk. PMatabello Island. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



25. Pteropus pteronotus. 



Eunycteris pbaiops, Oray (in part), Catal. Monkeys and Fruit-eating 

 Bats, p. 113 (1870). 



Muzzle long and narrow ; ears longer than the muzzle, abruptly 

 narrowed and attenuated in upper third. Interfemoral membrane 

 nearly one inch deep in the centre, where it forms an acute angle. 

 Wings arising close together, scarcely a quarter of an inch apart at 

 the spine, but the fur extends outwards upon them for more than 

 half an inch each side. 



Colour of the fur like that of Pt. edulis ; head reddish yellow, 

 under surface of the muzzle and throat dark reddish glistening brown ; 

 back of the neck and shoulders bright yellow, brightest on the 

 shoulders ; back reddish brown ; rump dark brown, with a few 

 shining yellowish hairs. 



Fur generally short, much longer on the neck than anywhere 

 else, on the back occupying a space scarcely two inches wide ; the ' 

 humerus and forearm have a few very short hairs ; the interfemoral 

 membrane is partially covered above, its posterior half naked ; tibias 

 naked above and beneath, the thighs covered almost as far as the 

 knees on both surfaces. 



Teeth as in Pt. edulis, except that the upper incisors are more 

 slender and the minute first upper premolar is persistent ; the lower 

 middle incisors are separated by an interval. 



The following Table exhibits the relative measurements of this 

 species (No. I.) and of two specimens of Pt. chrysoproctus — the type 

 specimen (a dried skin), preserved in the Leyden Miiseum (No. II.), 

 and the tj^e of Pt. argentatus, Gray, preserved in alcohol (No. III.). 



I. II. III. 



Length, head and body, about 90 8-5 7'5* 



head 30 ... 2-4 



ear 1-6 12 12 



,, eye from tip of nostril 1'2 0-8 0"8 



„ forearm 72 6-5 52 



thumb 30 31 2-4 



,, second finger 52 ... 39 



„ third finger, metaoarp 4-5 4-5 34 



iBtph 3-5 3-6 2-5 



2ndph 51 5-4 3-9 



„ fifth finger, metacarp 4'75 48 3'6 



Istph 2-3 2-1 1'55 



2ndph 23 2-0 1-65 



tibia 3-5 29 2-3 



„ calcaneum 1-3 ... o-76 



foot 2-4 1-8 1-8 



* Not full-grown. 



