70 LEMUEIDiE. 



Soction A. The legs much longer than the arins. Fingers free, tcell de- 

 veloped. Tail elongate, hairg, except in ludris. 



Tribe I. LEMURINA. 



Head elongate : face more or less produced. Ears moderate, 

 haii'j' externally, more or less hid in the fur. Feet shorter than the 

 tarsus. Upper cutting-teeth subequal, on the side of the more or less 

 prominent intermaxillary bone. Tail elongate, haii'j. The great toe 

 short, broad. The length of the feet is shown in the skeleton by 

 the tarsal bones being shorter, or not longer, than the metatarsal 

 ones ; they are shorter than the shank or tibia, being generally about 

 two-thirds the length of that part of the leg. 



Lemmina, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825 ; P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 133. 



A. Head elongate ; muzzle elongate. Ears e.iposed. 



1. VARECIA. 



The cheek and chin surrounded by a fringe of long hair. The ears 

 pencilled at the end. The wrist hairy. The skull elongate. Face 

 tapering, broad behind, and sheh-ing on the sides of the nose ; su- 

 perciliary ridges prominent, much higher than the forehead. 

 Varecia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 135. 



1. Varecia varia. TJie Muffed Maucaco. B. M. 



Fur black-and-white varied, rarely all black or all white. 



Ruffed Maucaco, Penn. Sgn. p. 118. Lemur melanoleucus, Gray. 

 L. macaco, Ginelin ; Linn. -S". N. ; Geoff. Ann. 3Ius. xix. p. 215 ; 

 F. Cur. Mumm. Lith. t. L. mocaco, Geoff. Vari, Ptffon, H. JV. 

 xiii. t. 27(5'; ^'^chreb. t. 40 B ; Audeb. Makis, t. (jl. f. 5. Pro- 

 simia macaco, Grat/ ; Lesson, Spec. i. p. 233. Varecia varia, Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 136 ! 



Var. 1. Side of the nose, mouth, ears, back of neck, back, and 

 sides white ; forehead, belly, outer side of limbs, and taU black. — 

 Baffon, H. N. t. xiii. t. 29. 



Var. 2. Black ; colour on the cheek and neck, the limbs, and an 

 indistinct band round the body white. 



Le Vari a ceiutiue, Geoff. Per. Fncy. t. ; Audeb. Makis, t. 17. f. G ; 

 F. Cuv. Mamm. Lith. t. Prosiniia subcincta, A. Smith. 



Var. 3. Grey white ; muzzle, top of the head, shoulders, arms, 

 inner side of thighs, tail, and four hands deep black or brown. — 

 Audeb. t. 16. f. 5. 



Var. 4. A\Tiite. 



Var. 5. White, with a brown spot on the forehead, a larger one 

 on each side. 



Var. G. Black. B. M. 



