1. VARECIA. 



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The Ulack Macaco, Edw. Glean, v. t. 217. Lemur niger, Geoff. Aim. 

 Mus. xix. p. 150. L. macaco, Linn. Varecia nigra, Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1803, p. 130 ! 



Hab. Madagascar. 



Skull with the face much lengthened, tapering. The nose high, 

 shelving on the side to the central ridges. The grinders large ; the 

 upper cutting-teeth one before the other, on the side of the project- 

 ing intermaxillary. The intcrorhital space very narrow and de- 

 pressed. Length of skull 3" 9'", breadth at zygomatic arch 2". 



Fig. 1. 



Varecia varia. 



2. Varecia rubra. The Red Maucaco. 13. M. 



Fur red ; wrist or ankles more or less white. 



Lemur ruber, Geoff. 1812. Prosimia rubra, A. Smith. V. erythro- 

 mela, Lesson. Varecia rubra, Gray, P. Z. S. 1803, p. 130 ! 



Hab. Madagascar. 



Skull wider, orbit more diverging, and the side of the nose higher 

 and Hatter than in V. varia. 



