96 PTEROPODIB^. 



Muzzle cylindrical, very long and narrow ; nostrils not projecting ; 

 upper lip not grooved in front ; tongue very long aud attenuated ; 

 ears simple, separate ; index finger with a distinct claw ; metacarpal 

 bone of second finger equal to or longer than index finger ; wings 

 from the sides, their points of attachment separated by a consider- 

 able interval from the spine ; wing-membrane from the base of the 

 fourth toe ; tail very short. 



Dentition. Inc. |, c. ^, pm. ?5|, m. |^. Upper incisors in a 

 triangular series ; molars very small and weak. 



1. Macroglossus minimus. 



Pteropus minimus, Geoffroy, Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 97 (1810). 



Pteropus rostratus, Horsfield, Zool. Research, in Java (1825). 



Macroglossus minimus, Temminck, Mmiogr. Ma7nmal. i. p. 191, ii. 

 p. 96 (1835-41) ; HorsfieU, Cat. Mammal. Mus. E. I. Camp. p. 29 

 (1851) ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Land. 1866, p. 64 ; PeUrs, Monatsh. 

 Aliod. Wissensch. Berl. 1867, p. 871 ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys and Fruit- 

 eating Bats, 1870, p. 115 ; Dobson, J.A.S. B. 1873, p. 205 ; Monogr. 

 Asiat. Chiropt. pp. 34, 35, fig. 



Macroglossa minima, Gray, Mag. Zool. 8f Bot. ii. p. 504 (1838). 



Ears scarcely more than half the length of the head, narrow, 

 rounded at the tip ; face abruptly narrowed in front of the eyes ; 

 muzzle very long, narrow, and cylindrical ; nostrils not prominent, 

 the slight groove between them not passing down to the upper lip ; 

 lower jaw projecting slightly beyond the upper jaw in front; eyes 

 large ; tongue very long, attenuated in its terminal third, covered 

 with numerous long brush-like papiUee, capable of being protruded 

 to a considerable distance from the mouth. 



Interfemoral membrane very narrow, reduced to a scarcely per- 

 ceptible band at the root of the tail, which in most specimens is so 

 small as to be quite concealed by the fur. 



Fur reddish brown, aud much longer than in most of the species 

 of Pteropodklce. 



Upper incisors in a triangular series, very small, scarcely raised 

 above the level of the gum, each tooth separated from the next by 

 an interval, which is widest between the two central teeth. Upper 

 premolars nearly equal in size, with single subacute cusps slanting 

 forwards, each premolar separated by a considerable interval from 

 the next. Molars with very narrow horizontal crowns, scarcely 

 raised above the level of the gum. 



Length (of an adult 5 preserved in alcohol), head and body 2"-3, 

 tail 0"'3, head 1", ear to tip of nostril 0"-8, eye to tip of nostril 

 0"-4, ear 0"-6 x 0"-35, forearm l"-55, thumb 0"-6, third finger 

 3", fifth finger 2"-2, tibia 0"-6, foot 0"-35. 



Hah. From the Himalaya (Darjiling) through Burma to the Malay 

 Archipelago and North and West Australia. Probably distributed 

 throughout aU the islands of the Malay Archipelago, and extending 

 as far east as New Ireland. 



