f)2 



PTEKOPODIDiE. 



Fur everywhere short ; dark brown on the head, paler bro-vm 

 on the neck and shoulders ; beneath, dull yellowish or greyish 

 brown. 



Above, the fur covering the shoulders terminates abruptly at about 

 the posterior angle of the scapula, corresponding to the commence- 

 ment of the wing-membrane ; a few hairs appear upon the base of 

 the interfemoral membrane, but the remainder of the membranes 

 and the anterior and posterior extremities are naked ; beneath, a 

 band of rather long fur extends outwards behind the forearm towards 

 the carpus. 



General form of the skull similar to that of Pteropus, but the 

 muzzle is much shorter, and the postorbital processes of the frontal 

 scarcely more developed than in Cynonycteris ; premaxillary bones 

 slender, not united in the centre, each supporting a single incisor 

 with abroad cutting-edge ; lower incisors two, slender, in the narrow 

 space between the canines ; first upper premolar about two thirds 

 the size of the canine, separated from it by a narrow interval; first 

 upper molar once and a half the second premolar in cross sec- 

 tion ; second molar small, but exceeding the last lower molar in 

 cross section ; lower premolars and molars very similar to those in 

 Pt. jubatus, with prominent antero-internal basal cusps, but the first 

 lower premolar fills up the space between the canine and second 

 premolar. 



Length (of an adult 5 ), head and body 6"-o, tail l"-3, head 2", 

 ear 1", eye from nose 0"-7, forearm 5""3, thumb 1""5, third fiLnger — 

 metacarp. 3"'l, 1st ph. 2"-35, 2nd ph. 3"'4 ; fourth finger — meta- 

 carp. 2"-8, 1st ph. 2"-15, 2nd ph. 2"-3 ; fifth finger— metacarp. 2"-8, 

 1st ph. l"-7, 2nd ph. l"-8 ; tibia 2"-3, foot l"-2. 



Hob. Austro-MalayanSubregion (Celebes, Timor, Amboina; Bouru; 

 Ceram, Samar, Banda, Batchian, Ternate ; Duke of York Island, New 

 Ireland ; San Cristoval Island, Solomon Islands). 



7. NOTOPTEEIS. 



Notopteris, Grew, P. Z. S. 1859, p. .36: Peters, MB. Akad. Berl 1867, 

 p. 872. 



Muzzle narrow, cj-lindrical, and pointed ; nostrils not prominent, 

 opening sublateraUy, the extremity of the nose scarcely emarginate 



