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LITERATURE OF THE SPECIES. 



1832. Bennett, in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 



Propithecus diadema described. 

 1840. Wagner, Schreber die Sdugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur 



mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband. 



Propithecus diadema is here placed in the genus Habrocebus. 

 1867. Grandidier, in Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 



Propithecus verreauxi described. 

 1867. A. Milne-Edwards, in Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 



Propithecus verreauxi coquereli described as Propithecus co- 



quereli. 

 1870. /. E. Gray, Catalogue of Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating 



Bats, British Museum. Appendix. 



Propithecus verreauxi coquereli redescribed as Propithecus 



damonis. 



1870. Peters, in Monatsberichte Konigliche Preussen Akademia der 

 Wissenschaften. 



Propithecus verreauxi deckeni described as Propithecus deckeni. 



1871. Grandidier, in Comptes Rendus. 



Propithecus diadema edwardsi described as Propithecus dia- 

 dema var. edwardsi. 



1871. A. Milne-Edwards, in Revue des Traveaux Scientifiques. 

 Propithecus verreauxi coronatus described as Propithecus ver- 

 reauxi var. coronatus. 



1872. Grandidier, in Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 



Propithecus diadema sericeus described as Propithecus diadema 

 var. sericeus. 



1875. Gunther, in Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 

 Propithecus diadema black phase; described as Propithecus 

 holomelas. 



1876. Schlegel, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas, Simice. 

 In this work the various forms described are all given full 

 specific rank. The species are P. coquereli = P. v. coquereli; P. 

 damanus = P. v. coquereli; P. deckeni = P. v. deckeni; P. 

 verreauxi ; P. diadema ; P. edwardsi = P. d. edwardsi; and 

 P. holomelas = P. diadema. 



1894. Rothschild, in Novitates Zoologicce. 



Propithecus verreauxi redescribed as Propithecus majori. 



