70 LT5MUHIDJE. 



Section A. TJie legs much longer than the arms. Fingers free, tvell de- 

 veloped. Tail elongate, huirg, except in, Indris. 



Tribe I. LEMUMNA. 



Head elongate; face more or less produced. Ears moderate, 

 hairy externally, more or less hid in the fur. Feet shorter than the 

 tarsus. Upper cutting-teeth suhequal, on the side of the more or less 

 prominent intermaxillary bone. Tail elongate, hairy. The great toe 

 short, broad. The length of the feet is shown in the skeleton by 

 the tarsal bones being shorter, or not longer, than the metatarsal 

 ones ; they aro shorter than tho shank or tibia, being generally about 

 two-thirds tho length of that part of the leg. 



Lemurina, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825 ; P. Z. S. 1803, p. 183. 



a. Head elongate ; muzzle elongate. Ears exposed. 



1. VARECIA. 



The cheek and chin suiTounded by a fringe of long hair. The ears 

 pencilled at the end. The wrist hairy. The skull elongate. Face 

 tapering, broad behind, and shelving on the sides of the nose ; su- 

 perciliary ridges prominent, much higher than the forehead. 

 Varecia, Gray, P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 135. 



1. Varecia varia. TJie Ruffed Maucaco. B. M. 



Fur black-and-whito varied, rarely all black or all white. 



Ruft'ed Maucaco, Penn. Syn. p. 118. Lemur melanoleucus, Gray. 

 L. macaco, Gmelin ; Linn. S, N. ; Geoff. Ann. Mas. xix. p. 215; 

 F. Cuv, Mamm. Lith. t. L. mocaco, Geoff. Van, Buffon, II. N. 

 xiii. t. 27 d; Sckreb. t. 40 B ; Audeb. Makis, t. 01. i. 5. Pro- 

 simia macaco, Gray ; Lesson, Spec. i. p. 233. Varecia varia, Gray, 

 P. Z. 8. 1803, p. 130 ! 



Var. 1. Side of the nose, mouth, ears, back of neck, back, and 

 sides white ; forehead, belly, outer side of limbs, and tail black. — 

 Buffon, II. N. t. xiii. t. 29. 



Var. 2. Black ; colour on the check and neck, the limbs, and an 

 indistinct band round the body white. 



Le Vari a ceinture, Geoff. Rev. Fucy. t. ; Audeb. Makis, t. 17. f. 0; 

 F. Cuv. Mamm. Lith. t. Prosimia subcincta, A. Smith. 



Var. 3. Grey white ; muzzle, top of the head, shoulders, arms, 

 inner side of thighs, tail, and four hands deep black or brown. — 

 Audeb. t. 10. f. 5. 



' Var. 4. AVhite. 



Var. 5. "White, with a brown spot on the forehead, a larger one 

 on each side. 



Var. 0. Black. B. M., 



