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handed Tamarin Monhey, Mielas rujtmamis, GeofF., presented by J. 

 Cliristoplier, Esq.; of the crestcd Porcupine, Hyslrix cristata, Linn., 

 vvhich had recentiy been brought forth there, being the first instance 

 ofsuch an occurrence in tliis species, and respecting nhich headded, 

 that observation of the young while sucking confirnied the correct- 

 ness of M. Blumenbach's statement that the nipple is nearly axil- 

 lary ; of the purple-crested Touraco, Corythaix porphyreolopha, \'ig-, 

 presented hy J. J Audubon, Esq.; and of the Platycercus Novcb 

 HoHandice, Vig., Psiltacus Novce Hollandice, Lath., a species \vhich 

 appears not to have been seen siiice the time when it \vas originally 

 described until very recently, when a living specimen for the Me- 

 nagerie, and skins for the Museum, vvere obtained nearly simulta- 

 neously. 



Mr. Bcnnett also called the attention of the Meeting to a living 

 Lemur, forming part of the Society's collection, nnd pointed out the 

 distingiiishing marks vvhich induced him to consider it as the repre- 

 sentative of an undescribed species, for which he proposed the name 

 of 



Lemur uufifrons. Lem. cinereus, subtiis artubusęue rųfescente 

 tindis; caudd xaturatiore į fronte supertie rufo infernc albo,lined 

 InHgitudinali medin n(tsnque niūris. 



Long. co)-poris, plūs qnain pedalis; raudd corpore longiore. 



The bark is grisly, the fur being dusky at tl)e base and grey at 

 the tip: the tail is rather darker than the back, and is, on its under 

 suitace at its base only, as \vell as the parts surrounding the anus, 

 black " The under parts, the haunches, and the limbs, especially 

 the back part of the hinder ones, have an intermixture of rufous. A 

 broad patch of rufous occupies ihe upper part of the forehead, ex- 

 tending to the ear on each side j it passes downwards and becomes 

 fainter in forming \vhiskers surrounding the throat, somevvhat simi- 

 larly to those o f Lem. collaris. Lower than this rufous patch, and 

 extending on each side over, outside, and beneath the eye, is a broad, 

 nearly complete circle of white. Down the middle of the forehead 

 passes a longitudinal line of deep black, which expands betvveen the 

 eyes, and is continuous with the jet black of the nose. 



The face is lengthened, and agrees in form with that of the sec- 

 tion of the Lemnrs represented by Lemm. Mucaco, niger, Caita, and 

 ruber; it is nuich more elongated and pointed tiian in Lemm. albi- 

 Ji'ons, collaris, &c. 



The tail is cylindrical, and has evidently been bushy,sonie of the 

 hairs being of considerable length. 



At the request of the Chairman, Mr. Gould exhibited a series of 

 specimens of the genus Mcdiirus, Vieill., including the vvhole of the 

 species previously known, together with one, forming part of the 

 Society's collection, vchich he regarded as hitherto undescribed. 

 He characteri/.ed it as the 



Malurus pectoralis. Mat. capite dorsoąue cyaneis; maculd 

 infra-orbifali metallice azured ; lined a ridu ad ociilum, Jascin 



