1887. _Nesonycteris woodfordi_ Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 14:147, February, type from Shortland Island; 1887, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 324, March 15; 1888, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 476, December 4; 1898, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium ..., 1:90; 1899, Matschie, Die Megachiroptera ... naturkunde, p. 91; 1904, Trouessart, Catalogus Mammalium .., Suppl., p. 66; 1907, Miller, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 57:74, June 29; 1912, Andersen, Catalogue of the Chiroptera ... British Museum, 1:792, from Alu, Shortland, Fauro, and Guadalcanal; 1931, Sanborn, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 18:23, February 12, from Russell Island (Pavuvo); 1954, Laurie and Hill, List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands, p. 45, June 30. 1953. _Melonycteris woodfordi_, Pohle, Z. Säugetierk., 17:130, October 27, from Bougainville Island; 1966, Phillips, Jour. Mamm., 47:23, March 12, from Choiseul. _Specimens examined_ (three males and one female; in alcohol).--Choiseul, in April, 23413-14, 23434, 23275. _Measurements._--Average and extreme measurements of three males and one female are as follows: Length of head and body, 86.1 (83.1-91.0); hind foot, 19.6 (17.2-22.2); ear, 11.3 (10.8-11.7); length of forearm, 54.4 (52.1-57.7). _Remarks._--Specimens of _Melonycteris woodfordi_ from Choiseul constitute a new locality of occurrence for the species. Apparently _M. woodfordi_ occurs throughout the Solomons (see Fig. 11). Thomas (1887_a_:147) named _Nesonycteris woodfordi_ in a preliminary report that appeared before the publication of the more detailed description of the genus and species (1887_b_:323-324). In the second paper he stated that the anterior projections of the premaxillary bones are separated distinctly in both _Nesonycteris_ and _Melonycteris_. According to Thomas (1887_b_:323), it was by some "accident" that Dobson (1878:4) reported the anterior projections of the premaxillary bones in _Melonycteris melanops_ to be united. Writing at a later date, Andersen (1912:785) reported that in _Melonycteris melanops_ the premaxillary bones have "simple contact with each other." Furthermore, in Andersen's (1912:791) illustration of _M. woodfordi_ the premaxillary bones are in contact anteriorly. In specimens of _woodfordi_ and _melanops_ examined by me, the premaxillary bones are in contact. In _M. aurantius_ the premaxillary bones are not in contact, and it differs from _woodfordi_ in several other respects. In _M. woodfordi_, as in other macroglossine bats, there is variability in dentition. One specimen examined has a total of three upper incisors, and another had an extra peglike tooth just anterior to I1. Subfamily Nyctimeninae =Nyctimene= Borkhausen 1797. _Nyctimene_ Borkhausen, Deutsche fauna ..., 1:86.