3. CYN0NTCTEET8. 73 



(For measurements, see p. 79.) 



Hah. From the Persian Gulf to the Philippine Islands ; Bengal, 

 Southern India, Ceylon, Burma, Celebes, Ambojma, Timor, Aru 

 Islands. 



The habits of this species are thus noticed by Mr. B. H. 

 Hodgson : — " The Pteropi never appear in the central hilly region 

 of Nipal save in the autumn, when they come in large bodies to 

 plunder the ripe fruit in the gardens. The lesser species is a 

 perfect pest from the havoc it makes among the ripe pears. Hence 

 I have called it pyrivorus. These animals are never seen in Central 

 Nipal save at midnight, at which time they come to feed, and 

 necessarily from a very considerable distance. In the plains it is 

 noted of them that they will travel 30 or 40 miles, and as many 

 back, in the course of a single night, in order to procure food." 



a. 5 ad. sk. India. Captain Boys [C.]. 



(Eleiitherura marginata, Gray.) 

 6, c. c? ad., al. Nipal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of Pteropiis pyrivorus, Hodgson.) 

 d. c? sk. Himalayas. 



(Type of Cynopteriis affinis, Gray.) 

 e-j. sks. Ley den Museum. 



k. ad. sk. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart [P.]. 



(Type of Pteropus seminudus, Kelaart.) 

 I. (S ad., al. Ceylon. Purchased. 



m. ad. sk. Lao Mountains. Mr. Mouhot [C.]. 



n. 5 ad. sk. Sumatra. Mr. Turner [0.]. 



0. (S ad. sk. Philippine Islands. 



(Type of Eleidherura philipipinensis, Gray.) 

 p. 5 ad., al. Philippine Islands. Zoolog. Soc. Coll. 



q. (S ad. sk. Mores. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Tjrpe of Eleutherura infumata, Gray.) 

 r. 5 imm. sk. Timor. Purchased. 



«. 5 ad., al. M. Lidth de Jeude. 



t. skull. Nipal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



M. skull of a. 



2. Cynonycteris minor. 



Cynonycteris minor, Dohson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1873, p. 203, 

 pi. xiv. fig. 9; Monoyr. Asiat. Chiropt. p. 32, fig. (ear). 



Ears smaller and proportionally narrower than in C. amplexi- 

 caudata, muzzle shorter. 



The minute first upper premolar is closely wedged in between the 

 canine and second premolar ; in G. amplexicaudata it is separated by 

 a narrow interval from both these teeth. 



The distribution of the fur is somewhat similar to that of the pre- 

 ceding species, but the hair is much shorter on the wing-membrane, 

 and almost absent from the backs of the tibise, from the adjoining 

 portions of wing-membrane, and from the feet. 



Length, hoad and body 3"-7, tail 0"-45, head l"-55, ear 0"-68 x 

 0"-35 ear to tip of nostril 1""3, eye to tip of nostril 0"-45, forearm 



