1, VAKECIA, 



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The Black Macaco, Edw. Glean, v. t. 217. Lemur niger, Geoff. Ann. 

 Mus. xix. p. 159. L. macaco, Linn, Varecia nigra, Gray, P. Z. S. 



ISO;?, p. lac ! 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



Skull with the face much lengthened, tapering. The nose high, 

 shelving on the side to the central ridges. The grinders large ; the 

 upper cutting-teeth one before the other, on the side of the project- 

 ing intermaxillary. The interorbital space very narrow and de- 

 pressed. Length of skull 3" 9'", breadth at zygomatic arch 2". 



Fig. 1. 



Varecia vuria. 



2. Varecia rubra. The Med Mancaco. B.M. 



Fur rod ; wrist or ankks more or less white. 



Lemur ruber, Geoff. 1812. Prosimia rubra, A. Smith. V. errthro- 

 mela. Lesson. N'arecia rubra, Gray, P. Z. 8. 18();3, p. loG ! 



Hah. Madagascar. 



Skidl wider, orbit more diverging, and ihe side of the nose liigher 

 and Halter thau iu V. laria. 



