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LEMUKIDiE. 



3. Varecia leucomystax. 



Grey; patch on lower part of back and fringe round the face 

 white. 



Lemur leucomystax, Bartlctt, P. Z. S. 18G2, p. 347, pi. 41. Varecia 

 leucomystax, Gray, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 130 ! 



Hab. Madagascar. Li\'ing in the Zoological Gardens. 



2. LEMUE. 



Face without any ruff. Ears hairy externally. The hand with a 

 bald line up the inside of the wrist, ending in a bald spot above. 

 The tail ringed. A dark gland on the middle of the rump. Upper 

 cutting-teeth subcqual, rather shelving. SkuU with the forehead 

 convex ; face rather compressed, round above. 



Lemur, Litm. ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 136. Procebus, Stwr. Pro- 

 simia, part., Brisson. 



Lemur catta. The Ring-tailecl Lemur. 



B.M. 



Ashy ; sides of back brownish ; chest and beUy, sides of face, ears, 

 and frontal spot white ; orbit and end of muzzle blackish ; limbs 

 greyer. 



Ring-tailed Maucaco, Penn. Syn. Lemur catta, Linn. S. N. i. p. 45 ; 

 Geoff". Ann. du Mus. xix.t. 62 ; Gray ! Maucaco, Edtv. Birds, iv, 

 1. 197; Schreb.t.41; Shaw, Mus. Lever. 1. 11. Moc^qo, Biiffun, H. 

 N. xiii. t. 22 ; Mem. Mus. t. ; Andeb. 3Iakis, t. 14. f. 4 ; F. Cuv. 

 Marnm. Lith. t. Prosimia catta, Lesson, Sp. M. p. 223. Procebus 

 cinerea, Brisson, p. 157. 



Uah. Madagascar. 



Skull quite adult, length 3" 2'", breadth 1" 10'"; the interorbital 

 space flattened, narrow ; forehead convex. 



Fig. 2. 



Lemur catta. (Huxley.) 



