2. PXEROPUS. 



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the females shot had young of considerable size attached to the 

 breasts." 



a. 5 imm. sk. (type). 



h. 5 ad. sk. 



c, d. (J imm. & ad. sk. 



e,f. cT imm. sks. 



g-l. d & 2 juv., al, 



m. $ ad. sk. 



n. cJ imm. sit. 



o. cJ ad. sk. 



p. skull. 



Australia. 



Australia. 



Australia. 



N. Australia (Quail Island). 



N. Australia (Quail Island). 



Howick's group. 



Gould Island. 



Percy Island, 



J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



Dr. Elsey [P.]. 

 Dr. Elsey [P.]. 

 Voy. ' Rattlesnake.' 

 Voy. ' Fly.' 

 Pm-chased. 



36. Pteropu3 conspicillatus. 



Pteropus conspicillatus, Gould, Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 109 ; Gould, 

 Mammals of Australia, iii. pi. 29 (1853). 



Ears as in Ft. medius, but shorter, obtusely pointed, and more 

 abruptly narrowed above ; interfemoral membrane very narrow, quite 

 concealed by the fur in the centre. 



Face and crown of the head black, with a ring of pale brownish- 

 yellow fur round each eye, extending slightly forwards on the 

 cheek ; back of the head, nape, and shoulders pale yellowish ; chin, 

 throat, and neck black, with some yellow fur extending round from 

 the back of the neck ; breast and abdomen black, with a few shining 

 yellowish hairs ; back similar. 



The fur is short, even on the neck above, and scarcely extends upon 

 the forearms or legs ; on the back, across the loins, slightly more 

 than 2 inches wide. 



Upper incisors strong ; central lower incisors separated by a 

 space, each half the size of the outer incisor ; canine and second pre- 

 molar separated by a moderately wide space in both jaws ; first 

 upper premolars deciduous ; premolars and molars as in Pt. medius ; 

 last upper molar larger than the first lower premolar, which is 

 slightly larger than the last molar. 



Zygomatic arches much curved outwards ; postorbital processes 

 of the frontal verj' long, almost circumscribing the orbit, and nearly 

 meeting the corresponding processes from the zygomatic arches. 



Length (of the type specimen, an adtdt c? ), bead and body about 

 10"-12", ear l"-25, eye from tip of nostril l"-2, forearm 7", thumb 

 2' -3, second finger 4"-6 ; third finger — metaearp. 4" -3, 1st ph. 3" -3, 

 2nd ph. 5"-2 ; fifth finger— metaearp. 4"-6, 1st ph. 2"-l, 2nd ph. 2"-2 ; 

 tibia 3"-2, foot 2"-3. 



Hah. Australia (Fitzroy Island ; Rockingham Bay, Queensland) ; 

 Yule Island, New Guinea. 



This species resembles Pt. gouldii, but the light-coloured rings 

 round the eyes at once distinguish it. Mr. Pierson Eamsay (who 

 has lately had an opportunity of examining several specimens from 

 Eockingbam Bay brought to the Sydney Museum) remarks* that the 

 " colouring of the orbits is more defined in some, paler in others ; 



» Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1877, pt. ii. p. 7. 



