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258 PTEKOPUS.
Dr. H. Allen fails to specify the type by nuniV)er, Imt speaks of only one .«pecimen
in his description, and that as being in Ward's ISTatural Science Establishment.
The si)ecimen was purchased from Ward's in August, LS90, shortly after
Doctor Allen's description appeared. On the original lal)el is written " Pteropus
lanigcni sp. nov. Samoa Is.," the italicized part being in Dr. H. Allen's hand-
writing.
Pteropus lepidus Miller.
Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., II, p. 237, fig. 16, August 20, 1900.
lOl^lTO. Skin and .skull. Adult female. Kaju Ara, or Saddle Island,
Tambelan Islands, South China Sea. August 15, 1899. Collected
by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Catalogued January 19, 1900.
Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect.
Pteropus niadicus Miller.
Proc. P>iol. Soc. Wash., XIX, p. 64, May 1, 1906.
141233. Skin and skull. Adult male. Teliwaa, Nias Island, oil west
coast of Sumatra. March 5, 1905. Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott.
Original numl)er 3981. Catalogued July 21, 1905.
Well-maile skin in good condition; skull perfect, except loss of tympanic rings.
Pteropus samoensis Peale. Cotypes.
U. S. Exploring Expedition, VIII, Mammalia and Ornithology, p. 20, 1848.
This species is based upon material brought back by the U. S.
Exploring Expedition. No tj^pe is designated, and there is nothing
to show that one specimen is more typical than any other. It is
inconvenient to regard all the Samoan Pteropus brought back by
the Expedition as cotypes. Those specimens from Tutuila are
here regarded as the cot3'pes of the species, the following quotation
from the original description seeming to justity this selection:
"This species was first discovered on the island of Tutuila, and
subsequently on all the islands of the Samoan group; we ol)tained
numerous specimens."
The specimens from Tutuila are as follows:
^V"6V2- Collected by James Gibson. The catalogue, under remarks,
says: " Specimen turned over to Dept. Comp. Anat. for exhibition."
Only the skull can now be found. It has the posterior part of
brain-ca.se cut away. Skin catalogued July 30, istiO; skull, Feb-
ruary 7, 1887.
A'fiVs- Female. Original numl)er 14. Recently made into a modern
study skin in fair condition and skull removed. Posterior part of
brain-case cut away, all molars of upper left hand side broken away,
otherwise skull in good condition. Skin catalogued July 30, 1866;
skull, February 21, 1900.
AVbV- Collected by W. Elliott. Recentl}^ made into a modern study
skin, in fair condition, and skull removed. Skull nearly perfect,
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