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Aus diesen Beschreibungen können wir unsere Hypothese im 

 Vereine mit Gerstfeld aufstellen: »Daß das erste Glied allein die 

 Unterlippe darstellt, wäre dann das Submentum (Newp.) und ent- 

 spräche den Cardines der Lippenkiefer, das zweite Glied bestände aus 

 den beiden Stipites und wäre analog dem Mentum (Newp.), das dritte 

 und vierte Glied gehörten zusammen den Endlappen der Unterlippe 

 an und entsprächen entweder nur den äußeren Laden (Paraglossae) 

 oder nur den unteren Laden (Ligulae) , oder aber, was mir noch wahr- 

 scheinlicher ist, beiden mit einander vereinigten Ladenpaaren zu- 

 gleich. 



2. A new Lemur (Menagensis). 



By Henry F. Nachtrieb, President of the Academy, Minneapolis. 



eingeg. 12. Februar 1892. 



The Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences has just received 

 from the Menage Scientific Expedition to the Philippine Islands a 

 letter containing a brief account of the discovery of what appears to 

 the Expedition to be an undescribed member of the Lemuridae. 



The following description taken from an adult male is the essen- 

 tial portion of the account sent to the Academy, under whose auspices 

 the Expedition is carrying on its work. 



»Head rounded; snout short and flat; eyes brown, large, round, 

 and slightly prominent. Ears stout (^/le in.) and hardly projecting bey- 

 ond hair of head. Neck so short as to give head appearance of being 

 set squarely on shoulders. Nails of hand flat. Hind legs very crooked 

 (bowed) with feet turned sharply inward. Length from tip of nose to 

 tip of rudimentary tail 1 1 Y2 "^- Tail itself ^/s in. General color light 

 rufous, hairs being dark at base, then gray changing to light rufous, 

 with very short gray tips. 



White line between eyes extending backward 1 in. from base of 

 nose. Face around eyes dark rufous , the markings extending upward 

 on forehead. Throat, cheeks and space between ears and eye mark- 

 ing above mentioned gray, the markings of each side extending up- 

 ward and nearly meeting on forehead. The efi'ect produced is a heart 

 shaped mark of dark rufous on face , the point of heart lying on fore- 

 head, the eyes occupying the two lobes and separated by the white 

 mark which does not run to tip of heart. Sides of head at back, and 

 of neck, have hairs broadly tipped with gray. Broad stripe of dark 

 brown extends backward for 5^2 in. along spine, tapering to a point. 

 Hair of arms lighter rufous than that of back. Backs of hands gray, 

 nearly white. Backs of feet grayish. Hair on back of body, arms and 



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