136 GALTDIA AND ITS SPECIES. 



Muzzle more pointed than in elegans , ears shorter 

 and more rounded. General tinge of the upperparts a 

 shining , very fine , brownish red , passing towards chest , 

 belly, abdomen and inside of legs to a more reddish 

 color , the hands and feet being black. The peculiar tinge 

 of the upperparts , tail and outsides of legs , is caused by the 

 different colors with which the various hairs are embel- 

 lished , viz : brown colored woolly hairs , reddish hairs repe- 

 atedly ringed with black and hairs which are entirely 

 black. Whiskers short, black. 



Length of a fullgrown individual : head and body 35,3 c. m., 

 tail with tuft 28,5 c. m. 



I believe that the "Vondsira," Flacourt ^) and "le Van- 

 sire," Buffon et Daub. ^) belonged to this species and not 

 to G. elegans as Is. G. St. Hilaire and other authors state , 

 for , in my opinion , these authors would not have over- 

 looked the very striking characteristic , viz : the black 

 ringed tail, if they had had before them specimens of the 

 latter species. 



Galidia olivacea ^ Is. G. St. Hilaire. 



Tail much shorter than in the foregoing species , colored 

 like the back. Fur dark olive-colored. Claws of hands and 

 feet as in the G. concolor , but the former are more arched 

 than in that species. 



Muzzle and ears as in G. concolor. Upperparts of a 

 magnific dark olive color, passing towards the lower parts 

 and insides of legs to a more brownish-red tinge. Hands 

 and feet grizzled black. The fur of upperparts and tail 

 consists of olive-brown woolly hairs , other hairs of which 

 some are entirely black, and some black with one or 

 two reddish olive-brown rings; the hairs of the tail have 

 more of such rings. Whiskers short , black. 



Measurements of a nearly fullgrown individual : head and 

 body 28.5 c. m., tail with tuft 19 c. m. 



1) llistoire de la grande isle Madagascar, 1661, p. 154. 



2) Histoire naturelle, 1770, nouf. éd., T. XIII, p. 89, pi. XXII. 



Notes from the Leyden ]VIuseiim. 



