2. PTEKOPUS. 55 



margin is nearly straight, not deeply concave; and its superior 

 angle is narrowly, not broadly, rounded off, as in the latter species. 



The teeth are stouter in Pt. nicoharicus ; but their general cha- 

 racters are the same in both species, 



(For measxirenients see below.) 



I have examined the type of Ft. condorensis, Ptrs., which is pre- 

 served in the collection of the Paris Museum. The unconsolidated 

 condition of the epiphyses of the finger-bones shows that the speci- 

 men is immature ; and this explains why the last upper molar lies 

 almost quite behind the root of the zygomatic process, as described 

 by Dr. Peters. The head, neck, chest, and abdomen are dark red- 

 dish brown, the back and sides of the abdomen black, the fur of the 

 back with a few greyish or shining hairs. The ears appear rather 

 more rounded ofE than in specimens of Pt. nicoharicus from the An- 

 damans and Nicobars. On the whole I believe Pt. condorensis can 

 oidy be considered a local variety of this species. 



Hab. Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; Java ; Pulo Condor. 



a. 2 imm. sk. Ross Island. R. G. Wardlaw-Eamsay, Esq. [P.]. 



b. ad., al. Nicobar Island. Indian Museum, Calcutta [E.]. 



The following Table exhibits the relative measurements of the 

 species of Pteropus described in the foregoing six pages : — 



Pt. edulis. Pt. meditis. Pt, edwardsii. ' ■ 



Length, head and body 120 9-0 87 90 



„ head 40 31 29 30 



„ ear 175 1-5 125 105 



„ eye to tip of nostril... 1-5 1-3 M 1-15 



„ forearm 88 66 61* 6-5 



„ thumb 4-0 27 25 2-8 



third finger 16-5 125 11-9 12-5 



fifth finger ll'S 8-5 8-1 8-5 



tibia 4-3 30 27 3-0 



„ foot 3-3 2-3 2-0 20 



30. Pteropus livingstonii. 



Pteropus livingstonii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 66 ; Catal. Monkeys and 



IVuit-eating Bats, p. 109 (1870). 

 Pteropus edwardsii, Peters (nan Oeoffroy), MB. Akad. Berl. 1867, 



p. 825. 



Ears quite different in shape from those of any other known 

 species of Pteropus; upper half of the ear-conch almost quite 

 circular, the outer and inner margins forming part of the same 

 semicircle above (Plate III. fig. 5). 



Interfemoral membrane narrow behind, concealed by the fur. 



Head and upper and lower surface of the body intensely shining 

 black throughout, with the exception of a small tuft of long bright 

 yeUow hairs on each shoulder, and a few long yellowish shining 

 hairs among the long fur covering the rump ; beneath, the posterior 

 part of the abdomen with a few intermixed reddish-yellow hairs. 



* One specimen from Madagascar has the forearm 6-6 inches. 



