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2r)are spot over left thiLrli; sknll
perfect.
Genus PTEROPUS.
Pteropus aldabrensis True. Cotypes.
De.scription of a new species of Fruit Bat, Pterajma (tlilabrmsis, from Aldalna
Island, p. 1, .Inly 14, 1898. Keprinted in Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., XVI, No. 948,
p. .').•«, October 21, 1893.
IKglf and |^S-||. Skins and skulls. Adult males. Aldabra Island,
northwest of Madagascar. Septem])er 2() and October 5, 1892.
(Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Catalogued June 30, 1893,
Well-made skins in jj:ood condition, except j)roximal extremities of ho new of
forearm have been cut off, so that measurements of the forearm can not lie
ohtained; skulls perfect.
No tyjie is specified in the orif^inal description, hut these two specimens are
mentionetl hy numher and are here rejjarded as cotyj>es.
Pteropus baveanus Miller.
Pnjc. r.iol. Soc. Wash., XIX, p. (i.S, May 1, 190().
125482. Skin and skull. Adidt male. Hawean Island. Java Seti.
July 19, 1904. ('ollected by W. (JrasshotV. Original mimber 10.
Catalogued March 2