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1. Lepilemur mustelinus. E.M. 



Dark grey, yellow-washed, with a black dorsal streak forked on 

 the nape ; throat and beneath whitish grey. 



Lepilemur musteliuus, /. Geoffr. ; Gray, Cat. p. 88, c. ; Pollen. Fauna 

 Madayasc. p. 10, t. 4 & t. 7. fig. 3 (skull). 



Ilah. Madagascar. 



2. Lepilemur dorsalis. B.M. 



Back grey, yellow-washed ; dorsal stripe uone. 

 Uah. Madagascar. 



Two specimens in the British Museum. The skulls of the two 

 species are very similar. There are both sexes of the species in 

 the British Museum. 



8 a. MURILEMUR. 



Back imiform. Skull : — Face rather elongate, conical. Palate 

 contracted in front, dilated behind. Tooth-line diverging. First 

 false grinder conical, the same size as the second ; upper canine 

 teeth very compressed and sharp-edged behind ; inner upper 

 cutting-teeth very large, conical, acute, erect ; the outer ones veiy 

 small, cylindrical, much shorter than the inner, slender, erect. 



The peculiar lanceolate form of the middle upper incisor teeth is 

 not represented in Mr. Mivart's figure of the skull of this animal. 



Murilemur murinus. B.M. 



Lepilemur murinus, Cat. p. 87, f. 13. 



8 6. PHANER. 



Head roundish ; nose rather conicid ; ears rather large, ovate, 

 liaiiy at the outer base. Fur soft, woolly, Avith a black streak 

 forked on the occiput. Tail thick, covered with long soft hair like 

 the back at the lower half, and with longer, slightly more rigid hair 

 at the end. Hind legs moderate. Skull : — Nose rather contracted, 

 conical. Palate narrow in front, rather wider behind. Inner 

 upper cutting-teeth very large, decumbent, and bent forward ; the 

 outer upper cutting-teeth erect, cylindrical, smaller. The first 

 upper false giiuder very large, compressed ; the front one in the 

 lower jaw very small and generally worn away by the friction of 

 the upper one on it. 



Phaner furcifer. B.M 



Lepilenmr furcifer, Cat. p. 88. Cheirogaleus furcifer, Schleyel^- Pol- 

 len, Fauna Madagascar, p. 8, t. 5 & t. 7. fig.l (skull). 



8 c. MIRZA. 

 Face rounded ; nose broad, rather tapering ; cars moderate, 

 bald, ovate. Fur wooUy, uniform. Tail elongate, covered for more 



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