3. PKOSIMIA. '5 



rufous ; a largo spot on each side of the forehead over the eyes grey ; 

 tail brown, blackish-washed. 



Lemur xauthomystax, Grai/, B. M. Prosimia xauthomystax, Gray, 

 P.Z. S. 1803, p. 138, t. 17. 



llab. Madagascar. 



This may be easily known from P. mongoz (with which it agrees 

 by having the grey spot on the forehead) by the dorsal streak and 

 the red puff on the tomples. 



#**«• Temphs and cheeks and sometimes the sides of the neck rufous. 



7. Prosimia coronata. 13. M. 



Fur pale grey ; beneath reddish white ; face white ; temples, 

 cheeks, and forehead rufous ; spot on the crown of the head black ; 

 tail blackish, rufous at the base. 



Lemur coronatus, Gray, Ann. $ May. N. II. 1842, x. p. 257 ; Voy. 

 Sulphur, t. 4. Prosimia coronata, Gray, P. Z. S. 1803, p. 138. 

 Var. White. Maid albinos, Chenu, Ency. H. N. Quadr. p. 203, fig. 

 Hub. Madagascar. 



Lemur chrysampyx (Scheurmann, Acad. Brux. xxii. 1848), ac- 

 cording to M. I. Gcoffroy, differs from the foregoing species 

 in the absence of the black spot on the crown, and the white 

 colour of the lower and outer parts. 



8. Prosimia albimana. The White-handed Maucaco. B. M. 



Fur dark iron-grey, with a black streak on the hinder part of tho 

 back, and a black broad crescent at the base of tho tail ; nose, outer 

 base ' of tho ears, hands, chin, chest, and beneath white ; temples 

 and sides of tho throat rufous ; spot on forehead and underpart of 

 orbit blackish. 



Lemur mongoz, Audeb. Makis, 1. 1. L. albimanus, Geoff. Prosimia 

 albimana, Gray, P. Z. S. 1803, p. 139; Lesson. 



llab. Madagascar. 



See Lesson's Propilhecus Brissonianus, from L. mongoz, var. c, 



Gmelin, said to be brown above, dirty white beneath, with a 



whito nose and hands. 



9. Prosimia anjuanensis. The Grey-fronted Maucaco. B. M. 



Fur reddish iron-grey ; chin and beneath paler ; nose, head, nape, 

 front of tho body, and shoulders blackish grey ; temples and outer 

 base of the ears black ; a large roundish spot on the side of the 

 neck, under the ears, rufous ; tail blackish -washed. 



Lemur anjuanensis, Geoff. Ann. Mus..f. xix. 101. Simia sciurus, &c. 

 Pet. Gaz. xiv. t. 8. Prosimia fusca, Brtsson. P. bugi,ZcssoM,Sp. Mamm. 



