90 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



Characters. — Ears large, long, membranaceous ; tail shorter 

 than the body. Upper side Chinchilla-grey, with an indistinct 

 median brownish stripe from the neck to the root of the tail. 

 Top of head brownish-grey, with a darker median stripe ; 

 cheeks and chin whitish. Ears encircled by a broad ring of 

 whitish hair. Neck, shoulders, and upper parts of the fore- 

 arm pale rufous. Breast and belly greyish-white ; inner sur- 

 faces of the hind-limbs and the heels pure white.* Tail 

 greyish, with a rusty tinge. Length, 12 inches; tail, 10^ 

 inches. 



The skull is longer and broader than 'that of L. grandi- 

 dieri ; the mastoidal portion of the ear-capsules and the ad- 

 jacent squamosal region very largely inflated ; bony palate 

 elongated; dental cheek-series short; molar teeth small and 

 slender, distinguishing this species from Z. grandtJteri, their 

 small size also separating it from L. glohiceps, 



DistrilDution. — This species is at present known only from Fort 

 Dauphin in the south-east of Madagascar. [Type in British 

 Museum.] 



THE ENDRINAS. SUB-FAMILY INDRISIN^^. 

 This, the last sub-family of the Lemuridce^ is considered to 

 contain the highest members of the whole Sub-order. They are 

 distinguished by having their fur abundant, longer and woolly 

 above, shorter beneath, with the hands and feet haired to the 

 tips of the digits. Their head, set at right angles to the spinal 

 column, is rounded, the face elongated and naked, with a deep 

 furrow separating the nostrils. The eyes are large, and have a 

 third eyelid, or nictitating membrane, to draw across the pupil 

 during the day. The ears, which are naked inside and fringed 

 * N.B. — The white feet should have been more pronounced in the plate. 



