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The arcuate band from the corners of the eyes over the fore- 

 head varies in breadth and depth of colour. 



Distribution. — Madagascar ; the precise locality unknown. 



VI. THE CROWNED LEMUR. LEMUR CORONATUS. 



Lemur coronatus^ Gray, Ann. and Mag. N. Hist., x., p. 257 

 (1842) ; Schl., Mus. Pays. Bas., vii., p. 313 (1876) ; Milne- 

 Edwards et Grandid., Hist. Nat. Madag., Mamm., Atlas, 

 pis. 158-161, 165, 166. 



Lemur chrysampyx^ Scheurm. M^m. Cour. Acad. Brux., xxii., 

 p. 6 (1848 = female). 



Froswiia coro?iaia, Gray, P. Z. S., 1863, p. 138. 



Characters. — Tips of ears naked; tail a little more than the 

 length of the body. 



Male. — Face, nose, and region round the eyes greyish-white; 

 cheeks and forehead rufous or yellowish-red ; a conical spot in 

 the centre of the head between the eyes, dark brown or black, 

 intrudmg sometimes on the rufous of the forehead ; ears white ; 

 inner side of limbs and under side of body greyish-white ; tail 

 rufous at base, the upper side blackish, and the under side 

 lighter ; rest of body sienna-grey. 



Female. — Upper side entirely grey, washed with yellowish 

 cream-colour on the middle and lower part of the back, and on 

 the upper side of the tail ; long black hairs present in the tail ; 

 the under side entirely silvery-grey ; fur at base black, the tips 

 grey or silvery ; instead of the black spot on the forehead there 

 is a golden yellow-hooped, or widely V-shaped, bar above the 

 eyes, narrower in the centre over the nose. 



Albino specimens are sometimes found, which are entirely 

 white, except for the golden bar over the eyes. 



