74 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



Female. — [Prosiniia riifipes of Gray) Brown \ eyes brownish- 

 yellow. 



Distribution. — Cap d'Ambra, N. Madagascar. 

 Nothing is known of the habits of this species. 



V. THE WHITE-HANDED LEMUR. LEMUR ALBIMANUS. 



Le Maki aux pieds bla?ics, Audebert, H. N. Singes, p. lo, pi. i 



(1797 : male). 

 Leimir albiviaims^ Is. Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., pp. 161- 169 



(i8i2);Milne-Edw.etGrandid., Hist.Nat.Madag.jMamm., 



Atlas, pis. 156, 157, 162-164, 165, figs. I and 2 (1890). 

 Lemur mongoz (nee L.), Schl., Mus. Pays. Bas., vii., p. 312 



(1876, pt.). 

 Characters. — Nose sharp and Dog-like ; eyes oblique j ears, 

 except the central portion, haired. 



Male. — Face, anterior to a line over the forehead, cheeks, 

 snout (except a greyish wash on its sides and the upper lip) 

 umber-brown ; rest of head, neck, down to the middle of the 

 back, and fore-limbs, grey ; margins of ears, chin, and under 

 surface of body white; rest of back and hind-limbs umber- 

 brown ; tail darker, except for a short distance at the base ; 

 upper surface of hands and feet grey. The nose varies in dif- 

 ferent species in the amount of grey colouring, and the fore- 

 head and face in depth of brown. Some specimens also have 

 an arcuate black band over the forehead from one outer corner 

 of the eye to the other. 



Female. — Greyish-black ; nose grey ; rest of face washed with 

 brick-red, deeper on the forehead, cheeks, ears, and sides of neck, 

 fainter in tint on the upper back ; lower back and tail darker, 

 except at the base, where it is washed with reddish-yellow. 

 Hands and feet greyish-white. The colour of the face varies 

 much in different specimens, being deeper or lighter rufous. 



