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Show 1882.] ON NEW PTEROPI FROM THE CAROLINE ISLANDS. 755 the ' Voyage of the Coquille.' It differs, however, from this in having but one row of spots towards the apex of the primaries, the secondaries more caudate, and the sulphurous spot ou the discal area larger. DANAIS ADUSTUS, sp. nov. Exp. 2*7 inches. Alis rufo-fuscis, macula ultra cellula finem elongata, punctis duobus supra earn, apicem versus tribus minutissimis serieque submarginali albis; posticis macula duplici elongata ultra cellulam serieque duplici punctorum submarginalium coloris ejusdem: subtus ut supra, sed maculis omnibus majoribus aliisque ad cellula finem posticarum positis. Hab. New Ireland. This species is allied to Danais mytilene of Felder from New Guinea, and belongs to a small group all the members of which are of a uniform reddish-brown colour on the upper surface, marked with a few white spots. Mr. Butler has recently described two species which are closely allied, one from the Solomon, the other from the Duke-of-York Islands; but both differ considerably from the present species in the arrangement of the white spots, as will be seen by a reference to the description above. The specimen from which this description is taken is a male, and was sent us by Mr. E. L. Layard. Though in but poor condition, we have not hesitated to name it. 7. Description of two n e w Species of Pteropus from the Caroline Islands. By O L D F I E L D T H O M A S , F.Z.S., British Museum. [Received December 2, 1882.] (Plates LIV., LV.) Up to the present time no species of Pteropus have been recorded from the Caroline Islands, with the exception of the large and widely distributed Pt. keraudreni, Q. & G.; so that it was with much interest that I found several small Flyingfoxes in a collection recently obtained from the Godeffroy Museum, and formed for that Institution by Dr. Kubary. In all there were five specimens, two from Mortlock Islaud and three from Ponape. These five belong to two species, both new, of the first of which there is only a single specimen from Mortlock I., while the other is represented by the second Mortlock specimen and the three from Ponape. Both species are remarkable for the comparative weakness of their dentition, a character no doubt resulting from the soft nature of some Caroline-Island fruit upon which they feed. |