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

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

DISTRIBUTION: D'Entrecasteaux Isis, Trobriand Isis, Bismarck and Louisiade Archs. ( Papua New Guinea), Solomon Isis, and small islands off the north coast of New Guinea. A New Guinea mainland record is almost certainly erroneous; see Koopman (1979).

SYNONYMS: geminus, lullulae, scitulus .