94 PTEEOPODirJE. 



ceeding teeth, chisel-shaped, with two roots ; second premolar 

 smaller, but larger than the first molar, which also exceeds the second 

 and last molar ; in the lower jaw the teeth are somewhat larger, but 

 similarly proportioned. 



Tongue very long, much attenuated in anterior third, and armed 

 with reciirved papiUse near the tip. 



Length (of an adult c?), head and body 4", tail 2"-3, head l"-5, 

 eye from nose 0"-6, ear 0"'6, forearm 2"-6, thumb 0"-85, third 

 finger 5"-3, fifth finger 3"-6, tibia l"-35, calcaneum 0"'25, foot 

 0"-85. 



Hah. Fiji Islands ; Aneiteum Island. 



a,b. d & $ ad. sk. Viti Levu, Fiji. Dr. J. D. Macdonald [C.]. 



(Figured in P. Z. S. 1859. Type of the species.) 



c. S ad., al. Aneiteum Island. 



d, e, skulls. Viti Levu, Fiji. 



8. EONYCTERIS. 



Eonycteris, Dohson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Benff. 1873, p. 204 ; Motiogr. 

 Asiatic Chiropt.f,'S2 (1876). 



Muzzle long, cylindrical ; nostrils scarcely projecting, simple, sepa- 

 rate ; upper lij) with a shallow vertical groove in front ; index finger 

 without a claw ; thumb short, part of terminal phalanx included in 

 the wing-membrane ; metacarpal bone of second finger equal to the 

 index finger in length ; wings from the sides of the hairy back ; 

 wing-membrane from the base of the first toe ; tail short, distinct, 

 the base contained in the narrow interfemoral membrane. 



Dentition. Inc. j, c. t^, pm. =^, m. ;^. 



First upper premolar small ; aU the molars narrow and very 

 slightly elevated above the gum, as in Macroglossus : tongue very 

 long and armed with long recurved pajiillte as in that genus. 



1. Eonycteris spelasa. 



Macroglossus spelseus, Dohson, P. A. S. B. 1871, p. 106; .7. A. S. B. 



1871, p. 2G1, pi. X. figs. .3 & 4. 

 Eonycteris spelrea, Dohson, J. A. S. B. 1873, p. 204, pi. xiv. fig. 10. 



Head long ; muzzle narrow, cjdindrieal, abruptly narrowed in 

 front of the eyes ; nostrils not prominent, with an intervening emar- 

 gination, which also passes down to the lip ; ears conical, with 

 rounded tips. 



Wings ample, from the sides of the hairy back ; wing-membrane 

 attached to the back of the foot, and extending to the base of the 

 outer toe ; thumb rather short, terminal phalanx longest, with its 

 base included in the membrane ; index finger of three phalanges, the 

 terminal phalanx very short and wholly contained within the wing- 

 membrane, not ending in a claw. 



Body clothed with very short and thinly spread fur of a uniform 



