Nyctimene major (Dobson, 1877) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877:117.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Duke of York Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Fergusson Isl.; Kiriwana Isl.; D'Entrecasteaux, Trobriand Isis., Bismarck and Louisiade Archs.; Solomon Isis.; Heath Isl.; Goodenough Isl. (off east end of New Guinea).

COMMENT: A New Guinea record is almost certainly erroneous; see Koopman, 1979, Am. Mus. Novit., 2690:6.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405001036005001.