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Galar/o Monteiri. (Mivart.) 



* * Head short, broad ; face short, conical ; ci/es large. Euoticus. 



4. Otogale pallida. 



B. M. 



Fur palo grey, whitish beneath, with a roundish white spot on the 

 side, over tho axilla, and the groin ; tail very long, cylindrical, nearly 

 half as long again as tho body and head. 



Otogale pallida, Gray, P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 140, t. 10. 



Var. Tip of tail white. 



Otolicnus apicalis, T>u Chaillu, Travels, p. 471 ; Boston Jonrn. 18G1, 

 vii. p. 3(!J. Microcebus elegantulus, Lceonfe, Proc. Acad. N. S. 

 Philad. 1857 ; Slack, ftoc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1801, p. 153. 



Hab. Fernando To, Cajpt. Burton. 



Feet 2" 6'". Skull, length 2", breadth 1" 4'" ; orbits " pro- 

 minent and produced on tbc sides ; wider than tbe zygomatic 

 arch. 



This species, which has the tectb exactly like tbc other Otogalac, 

 by tbe shortness of its head and tbe large size of the eyes and orbit 

 of the skull forms a passage to the Galagoids. 



