PTEROPUS UOSTRATUS. 
Ord. III?* Carnassiees, Cuvier. 1^ Famille. Les Cheiropteres. 
Ord. I. Primates, Linn. Syst. 
Ord. XI. Vol it ant ia, IUiger. Fam. 32, Chiroptera. 
PTEROPUS, to. Erxleh Cm. Geqffr. Mtg. 
Vespertilio, Linn. Gmel. J&odd, 
Spectrum, Laeep. 
Char. GEK.—Dentium formula; Primores f , Laniarii Molares Laniarii 
distincti, primoribus longiores, conici. Molares obducti tritores tuberculati. 
Rostrum acutuui. Naxtus prosthemate nullo. Aurtculce mediocres oblonga;. 
Corpus patagio digitali, lumbari, et anali, denudatis cinctum. Patagium anale 
excisum. Cauda aut brevis aut nulla Mamma apertas duse pectorales. 
Pedes pentadactyli, antici chiropteri, halluce et digito primo unguiculatis, reliquis 
digitis inermibus; postici ambulatorii. Ungues: falcuke acuta?, antipedum 
digitis elongatis, tribus interioribus exunguiculatis. 
* Ecaudati. 
Pteropus corpore fusco concolore ex isabellino canescente, patagio saturatiore, rostro 
elongato. 
Lowo-assu, of the Javanese. 
In one of the next succeeding Numbers of these Researches, I propose to exhibit 
a connected view of the various Chiroptera which I have observed in Java. A large 
proportion of these has not previously been examined or described. Of the Genus 
Pteropus, four species have been arranged at the Museum of the Honourable East 
India Company ; two of these belong to the first, and two to the second subdivision 
of the Genus : the former comprises those that are entirely without tails ; the latter 
those that are provided witli short tails. 
