90 P'XEEOPODIDJE. 



either of the specimens. Wing-membrane from the base of the 

 middle toe, or from the space between the second and middle toe, 

 and from the sides of the body. 



Fur moderately short, but very dense, extending thickly upon the 

 wing-membrane as far outwards as a Hne drawn from the elbow to 

 the knee, and more thinly for a considerable distance beyond, and 

 also coTcring the short interfemoral membrane and the legs. 



Above, bright reddish yeUow, the base of the hairs dark ; on each 

 shoulder, at the point of origin of the antebrachial membrane, a 

 small patch of white hairs ; crown of the head greyish yellow, the 

 base of the hairs dark brown ; a large patch round each eye dark 

 brown, almost black ; anterior half of the muzzle pale buff, a narrow 

 streak of the same colour passing backwards between the eyes ; the 

 whole under surface of the body dark brown, almost black, the ex- 

 tremities of the hairs greyish ; the fur on the sides of the body longer, 

 and the terminal half of the hairs brownish buflf. 



Upper incisors small, forming a semiou-cle in front and separated 

 from the canines by a wide space on either side, central incisors 

 somewhat larger than the outer ones and converging slightly ; lower 

 incisors very small, in pairs separated by a space between; upper 

 canines remarkably long and strong, deeply grooved anteriorly by a 

 longitudinal furrow ; first upper premolar exceedingly small, and so 

 close to the canine as to appear to be a small basal projection from 

 that tooth ; second premolar larger than any of the other teeth 

 (except the canines), in the centre of the wide space between the 

 canine and first molar ; third premolar shaped like the second pre- 

 molar, but much smaller and close to the first molar ; molars very 

 narrow, scarcely raised above the gum ; first lower premolar larger 

 than the corresponding tooth in the upper jaw, but still very small 

 and similarly placed close to the canine, and separated from the 

 second premolar by a wide space equal to the distance between the 

 lower canines ; second lower premolar scarcely larger than the third 

 and separated from it by a wide space ; third premolar close to the 

 first molar ; molars close together, very narrow, their roots and those 

 of the other teeth in both jaws visible through the exceedingly thin 

 translucent alveoli. 



The molar teeth in this species appear to be proportionately smaller 

 than in any other known species of Megachiroptera, while the canines 

 are long and stronger. 



Length (of an adult <S ), head and body 4", head 1"'4, eye from 

 nose 0"-55, ear 0"-6, forearm 2"-4, thumb 0"-85, first finger l"-9 ; 

 second finger — metacarp. l"-85, 1st ph. l"-35, 2nd ph. l"-9 ; fourth 

 finger— metacarp. l"-9, 1st ph. 0"-8, 2nd ph. 0"-8 ; tibia l"-05, cal- 

 caneum 0"'3, foot and claws 0""7. 



Hah. Duke of York Island, New Ireland. 



a. (J ad. sk. (type). Duke of York Island. Rev. G, Brown [0.]. 



(Figured in P. Z. S. 1877, pi. xvii.) 



b. $ ad. sk. (in alcohol). Duke of York Island. Rev. G. Brown [C.]. 



c. skull of b. (Teeth figured in P. Z. S. 1877, p. 120.) 



