1954. _Pteropus rayneri rubianus_, Laurie and Hill, List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands, p. 35, June 30. 1888. _Pteropus grandis_ (part), Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 470, December 4, from Rubiana; 1899, Matschie, Die Megachiroptera ... naturkunde, p. 15; 1904, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium ..., Suppl., p. 49. _Specimens examined_ (two males and one female).--Kolombangara, in February, 23458-60. _Measurements._--Measurements of two males and one female are, respectively, as follows: Length of head and body, 253, 265, 251; hind foot, 53, 50, 50; ear, 30, 31, 32; length of forearm, 158, 161, 160; greatest length of skull, 70.2, 67.4, --; condylobasal length, 67.0, --, 68.4; zygomatic breadth, 40.0, 39.4, 40.7; breadth across first upper molars, 19.4, 20.4, 19.9; length of mandible, 53.9, 49.4, 51.3. _Remarks._--Kolombangara Island is a new locality for _Pteropus rayneri rubianus_; heretofore this subspecies was known only from Rubiana and Narovo islands (Andersen, 1908:366; Sanborn, 1931:15). The coloration of a specimen from Narovo Island was described as between that of _P. r. rubianus_ and _P. r. lavellanus_. Sanborn (1931:16) allocated it to the subspecies _rubianus_ on the basis of length of forearm. Andersen's descriptions (1908:366; 1912:256) of _rubianus_ were of a specimen stored in alcohol. Coloration of the museum skins examined by me is as follows: Dorsum from shoulders to rump near Vandyke Brown; crown and mantle Brick Red; face close to Mummy Brown; rump patch and thighs close to Warm Buff, strongly contrasting with back and mantle; base of hairs dark, Seal Brown; venter dark; chest about same as back but paler laterally (to Ochraceous Tawny); throat Brick Red. =Pteropus rayneri lavellanus= Andersen 1908. _Pteropus lavellanus_ Andersen, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2:366, October, type from Vella Lavella; 1912, Andersen, Catalogue of the Chiroptera ... British Museum, 1:259; 1931, Sanborn, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 18:16, February 12, from Ghizo and Ronongo. 1954. _Pteropus rayneri lavellanus_, Laurie and Hill, List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands, p. 36, June 30. _Specimens examined_ (one male and one female).--Vella Lavella in November, 23192, 23142. _Measurements._--Measurements of a male and a female are, respectively, as follows: Length of head and body, 286, 282; hind foot, 55, 56; ear, 30, 30; length of forearm, 156, 155; greatest length of skull, 72.9, 67.6; condylobasal length, 71.8, 64.2; zygomatic breadth, 38.4, 37.9; breadth across first upper molars, 19.9, 19.8; length of mandible, 54.6, 50.8.