78 LEMTTRIDJK. 



2. Cheirogaleus typicus. B. M. 



Reddish brown ; checks, throat, and beneath white ; orbits black- 

 ish ; tail cylindrical ; fur on outside of ears blackish. 



Cheirogaleus typicus, A. Smith, S. African Journal, ii. ; Gray, Cat. 

 Mam in. B. M. p. 17 j P. Z. S. 18(33, p. 142. 



Ilab. Madagascar. 



Length of foot 2"; length of head about 2", and width about 1|", 

 as well as it can be measured on a stuffed specimen. 



3. Cheirogaleus Smithii. B. M. 



Pale bay ; chin and beneath pale yellow ; outside of ears pale 

 brown ; orbits blackish ; streak on nose and betA\ r een the orbits 

 white ; the hairs are slate-colour at the base. 



Cheirogaleus Smithii, Gray, Ann. $ May. N. II. 1842, x. p. 257 ; Cat. 

 Mamm. Ii. M. p. 1(5 ; P. Z. S. 1803, p. 143. Microcebus pusillus, 

 Waterhouse, Cat. Mus. Z. S. ed. 2. p. 12. no. 89. Le Rat de Mada- 

 gascar, Buffon, Supp. iii. t. 20 ? 



Hab. Madagascar. 



Length of hind foot 1" 2"'. 



This specimen is' about one-fourth the size of C. typicus. It 

 may be the young of it ; but the teeth, so far as one can see in a 

 stuffed specimen, appear to be perfect. 



There is a specimen in spirits in the British Museum, from the 

 Zoological Society, that was named Microcebus pv&illus by Mr. 

 Waterhouse in the second edition of the Catalogue of the Museum 

 of that Society, which agrees with this animal in almost all particu- 

 lars ; but the ears appear larger and bald, and the fur of the under 

 part of the body whiter — perhaps both particulars arising from its 

 having been preserved in spirits. The length of the feet and the 

 teeth agree ; but the feet and, especially, the hands are white and 

 hairy, while in the dry specimen they arc brown and nearly without 

 hair. 



It is sad to observe the persistence with which an error may bo 

 endowed. Vigors and Horsficld, in the ' Zoological Journal ' in 

 1828, described an American Douroucouli as a Lemur, under the 

 name of Cheirogaleus Commersonii, believing that it came from Ma- 

 dagascar. This error was soon corrected ; but Lesson retains it 

 among the Lemuridse, and renamed it Glicebus rufus ; Schinz, in 

 his ' Systematic Catalogue,' published in 1844, still retains it, and 

 calls it Scartes rufus (vol. i. p. 102) ; andGiebel, ' Die Siiugethiere,' 

 published in 1859, p. 1018, still regards it as a Cheirogaleus. 



Le Rat de Madagascar (Buffon, Supp. iii. t. 20) well represents 

 this animal ; but it has been considered the typo of the genus 

 Microcebus, which is described as having a long slender foot. 



The following generic and specific names have been applied to this 

 animal : — 



Microcebus, Geoff. 1828. Myscebus, Lesson, 1840. Myocebus, Schinz, 

 1844. 



