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descriptions, that the name of this species had been given to examples 

 of M. MURiNus. Is is much more rare in collections than the species 

 just named, which accounts in a measure for its relative being at times 

 compelled to represent it, and they are really so much alike that I 

 could only find one fairly conspicuous external character to separate 

 them, viz., the color of the nose, that member having its side black in 

 the present species, but brown in M. murinus. The type is now 

 practically useless for determining the species, as it does not resemble 

 at all Peters' published colored figure, nor agree with his description. 

 As to the ultimate standing of M. myoxinus, whether it will be enabled 

 to maintain a distinct specific rank, or will eventually be ascertained to 

 be a race of the longer known form or possibly identical with it, can- 

 not be satisfactorily decided at the present time. The acquisition of 

 much additional material to that already existing in collections is 

 imperatively needed before any definite conclusion is reached. Until 

 such a time arrives, it will be necessary to leave them as representatives 

 of distinct species. 



MiCEOCEBUs coQUEEELi (Grandidicr) . 



Cheirogaleus ( !) coquereli Grandid., Rev. Mag. Zool., XIX, 1867, 



pp. 85, 316. 

 Microcebus coquereli Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, p. 

 966; 1873, p. 492; Schleg. and Poll., Rech. Faun. Madag., 

 Mamm., 1868, p. 12, pis. VI, VII, fig. 2 A; F. Major, Novit. 

 Zool., I, 1894, p. 14. 

 Mirza coquereli Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating 

 Bats, Brit. Mus., 1870, p. 135; Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1872, p. 85; 1873, p. 492; Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Simiae, 

 1876, p. 321. 

 COQUEREL'S DWARF LEMUR. Native name Sietui (Schleg. and Pollen). 

 Type locality. Passandava Bay near Morondava, S. W. coast 

 of Madagascar. Type in Paris Museum. 



Geogr. Distr. Island Africaine, (Schleg. and Pollen) ; west coast 

 of Madagascar from Cape St. Vincent to Helville. 



Genl. Char. Similar to M. furcifer, but smaller; second and 

 third upper molar with five cusps, two outer, two inner and one pos- 

 terior ; last premolar with one long outer, and one small inner cusp ; 

 last lower molar with five cusps. 



Color. Head and upper parts rufous, hairs tipped with yellowish 

 gray; under parts yellowish, plumbeous under fur showing through; 

 nose rufous ; orbital ring black ; arms and legs on outer side rufous. 



