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he rightly thinking it unwise to préserve types in the tropical climate of Java, far away from 

 European zoologists. And we hâve also been most kindly allowed to acquire by exchange 

 the types included in the Versteeg collection. 



Thèse valuable collections form as a whole a fine mémorial to the scientific enterprise 

 of the Dutch authorities in the exploration of their great Papuan possessions. 



In the following list, the species of the Buitenzorg séries are numbered straight through 

 from beginning to end, while those from the Versteeg collections are intercalated in square 

 brackets. The spécimens with ordinary numerals are skins and skulls, so numbered at Buiten- 

 zorg. Those with Roman figures are spirit spécimens, to which thèse numbers were attached 

 hère. Species marked with a j are those now discovered for the first time, but already diagnosed 

 in the paper quoted above. 



The positions of the three localities chiefly occurring in the Van HEURN collection 

 are Pionier-bivak, 138 E. 2.20 S., Prauwen-bivak 138.30 E 3.15 3., and Doormanpad-bivak 

 13S . 30 E. 3. 30 S. 



1. Pteropus papuamis, Pet. & Dor. 



In al. XIV and XV. Three spécimens, and a head, Prauwen-bivak, Idenburg River. November 



1920. W. C. VAX Heurn. 

 In al. foetus. VIII. Berkombor, Tor River. 23 October 191 1. 

 In al. young. IX. S. New Guinea. Hassax. 



2. Pteropus hypomelanus, Temm. 



In al. IV 1 ). No exact locality. 



3. Dobsonia magna, Thos. 



In al. N°. 1. South New Guinea. 

 Forearm r5i mm. 



4. Cynopterus sphinx, Vahl. 



çf in al. IV. Locality doubtful. 



5. f Nyctimene celaeno, Thos. 



çf in al. II. Legare R., Geelvink Bay, N. W. New Guinea. Juni 1912. R. F. Janowskv. 



A large species, related to N. aello, Thos. 



Size large, rather smaller than in aello, about equal to the maximum found in scirtula 2 ) 

 and gemina. General colour of back pale brown, less yellow than in aello, the hairs tipped 

 with dull whitish. Head yellowish white. Throat, chest and middle area of belly dull buffy 

 white, sides brown — not fulvous as in aello. Dorsal stripe extending from between the ears 

 to the root of the tail, very broad (ri — 12 mm.) along the middle of the back, only exceeded 

 in breadth by that of aello, strong and sharply defined, as in that species, and far broader 

 and more conspicuous than in any other. 





1 ) Among the stores in the Buitenzorg Muséum one bottle marked IV was found containing three labels of diffé- 

 rent localities, so that it is impossible to détermine where the spécimens came from. I hâve however included the species 

 in order to make this a full list of the Papuan Mammals in the Java Muséum. 



2 ) Nyctimene would appear to be a féminine word, based on (i-ljvq, the moon. 



