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Show 66 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE PTEROPINE BATS. [Jan. 23, of this species, if that were possible, would have the colours also more intensified, instead of less so. I have great pleasure in naming it after Mr. Wallace, who has enriched our Museum with so many new and beautiful species. It is most like Pteropus personatus, but very distinct, and about one-third less in size. The only other species that has the face ornamented is P. personatus • but that has only brown lines on the side of the face and round the eyes. It, like this, is a small species in the genus. As P. personatus has not yet been figured, I have given figures of the heads of the two species for comparison. Pteropus wallacei. Fig. 2. Pteropus personatus. PTEROPUS LIVINGSTONII, sp. nov. Deep black ; the under surface and the rump with interspersed white hairs, most abundant on the latter part; a small round tuft of bright yellow hair on the upper part of each shoulder. Hab. Island of Johanna, Comoro group (Dr. Livingstone). |