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Chin, throat, chest, belly and inside of legs furnished 

 with a few white or dirty white more or less rigid hairs. 



Naked muzzle , ears , feet and hands brownish black. 



Upper jaw. Incisors separated from each other and from 

 the canines; the middle ones are the longest, the others 

 are notched. Canines very strong and long , inclined fore- 

 wards , without notch. First premolar separated from the 

 canine by a much longer space than that which separates 

 the first premolar from the second; the second premolar 

 much longer and more, developed than the first, crowded 

 with the third premolar and other molars which it exceeds 

 in height. 



Loioer jmv. Incisors not crowded , longer than the upper 

 ones , the foremost pair is the largest , a. s. o. , they are 

 all notched. Canines shaped and sized like the upper ones , 

 received into a fossa in the upper jaw. First premolar 

 shorter and less developed in all proportions than the se- 

 cond , separated from the canine by a much wider interval 

 than from the second premolar. The latter exceeds the third 

 premolar and also the molars in height. The two hindmost 

 premolars and the molars also are crowded '). 



There are now in the Leyden Museum of this species 

 fifteen stuSed specimens, one skeleton and nine skulls, 

 collected by Pollen, v. Dam and Audebert in Mada- 

 gascar, Mahambo and Maisine, in Nossi be, Nossi faly, 

 Mayotte and Mauritius. The largest specimen measures 

 about 33 c. m., the smallest about 15 c. m. : the largest 

 skull measures 10 c. m., the smallest 6.5 c. m. 



C. Hemicentetes, Mivart — 1871. 

 L t±, c. — . P. M. — . M. — . 



3—3 1—1 3—3 3—3 



With white streaks or bands on the back. Crest well 

 developed. 



1) For more details I refer to P. Z. S. L. 1871, Mivart, "on Heraicentetcs.' 

 Notes Irom. tlie Leyden DVIiiseum. 



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