THE GENTLE-LEMURS. 8 1 



The brain is narrower and shallower than that of the genus 

 Lemur, and presents no specially close resemblance to the 

 same organ in the Indrisincs or the Lorisince. 



I. THE GREY GENTLE-LEMUR. HAPALEMUR GRLSEUS. 



Lemur griseiis, Geoffr., M^m. sur les Makis. Mag. Enc, i., p. 



48 (1796). 

 Hapalemiir griseiis, Is. Geoffr., Cat. Meth. Primates, p. 74 



(185 1); Mivart, P. Z. S., 1864, p. 613 (Skull); Schleg., 



Mus. P. B., vii., p. 361 (1876). 

 Hapalemiir olwaceus, Is. Geoffr., Cat. Meth. Primates, p. 75 



(1851); Schl., Mus. P. B., vii., p. 316 (1876). 

 Cheirogaleus grisetis, Giebel., Saugeth., p. 1018 (1856) ; V. der 



Hoeven, Tijds. Nataurl. Gesch., p. 38, pi. i., fig. i (1844). 

 Hapalolemiir griseus, Scl., P. Z. S., 1863, p. 161 ; Gray, 



P. Z. S., 1863, p. 828, pi. lii. 

 {Plale IX.) 



Characters, — Fur long and soft, not woolly ; ears short, hairy, 

 with long black vibrissae between them; tail bushy, and as 

 long as the body ; general shade above greyish Mouse-colour, 

 washed with rufous and speckled with black on the crown, 

 back and external surface of limbs ; shoulders and fore-limbs 

 bluish-grey; cheeks, throat, breast, and inner side of limbs 

 ochraceous white ; under side of body whitish-yellow ; tail and 

 hands grey, washed with black. Body and tail equal, 15 inches 

 in length. 



Facial portion of skull short ; brain-case rounded ; lower 

 jaw shorter and higher than in Lemurs generally; great 

 toe large and broad ; on the inner side of both arms close 

 to the wrist occurs a rough patch (extending down to the 

 bare skin of the palm) corresponding to a gland beneath, 

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