90 LKMUKm/K. 



Microrhynchus laniger. The Avahi. B. M. 



Brown, varied ; rump, spot over groin, and beneath whitish, with 

 a narrow white lunate band on the forehead. 



Lichanotus laniger, Ittiger. Lemur laniger, (inn tin. Maki abourres, 

 Sunnerat, i. 81); cop. Buffon, Supp. viii. 1. .'55. Lemur lanatus, 

 * Schreb. Indria longicaudatus, Geoff. Ann. 3fus. xix. p. 158. L. 

 brunneus, Link, Beytr. p. 65. Seninocobus Avahi, Lesson ; lloe- 

 ven, Nat. Tijds. xi. t. 3, and t. 2. f. 6, skull. Avahi, Juurdan, In- 

 stitute, 1834, p. 231. 



Hub. Madagascar. 



Length of foot about 2| inches. 



Tribe IV. IND11ISINA. 



Head elongate. Face well developed. Eyes moderate. The hind 

 foot short, broad. Great toe very long, slender. 



Lichanotina, part., Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825. Indrinina, Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1803. 



10. PROPITHECUS. 



Ears short, smooth inside, and visible in the fur, Nostrils sepa- 

 rated by a moderato septum. Tail elongate. The two middle 

 upper cutting-teeth very largo, oblique, sharp-edged. Great toe 

 long, hairy. 



Propithecus, Bennett, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 20. Macromerus, A. Smith, 

 1834. Ilabrocebus, Wagner, 1840. 



Cutting-teeth ^j- ; upper chisel-shaped, expanded at the end, two 

 middle larger; lower elongate, subulate, decumbent. Canines | ; 

 upper canines broad, lower elongate, decumbent. Fur formed of 

 long, straight, silky hairs. Head, nose, and top of the back black. 

 Forehead, ears, thorax, and tail yellowish white. Shoulders, sides, 

 and beneath white. Lips with black hairs. Between the eyes and 

 over the claws are some yellowish hairs. 



Propithecus diadema. The Propitheque. B. M. 



Grey ; limbs yellowish ; hand and top of the head black ; 

 shoulders and part of back blackish ; circumference of face white. 



Propithecus diadema, Bennett, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 20. Macromerus 

 typicus, A. Smith, South African Journal. Lemur diadema, Blainv. 

 Ost. t. 8. f. 3; t. 11. f. 2. 



Ilab. Madagascar. 



11. INDRIS. 



Upper cutting-teeth largo, strong, compressed, one before the; 

 other in an arched line. Ears exserted, hairy. Nostrils separated 

 by a very narrow septum. Body thick. Feet short; tarsus shorter 



