THE SPORTIVE-LEMURS. 89 



SECTION B. (SPECIES MINORES.) 



V. THE ROUND-HEADED SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR 



GLOBICEPS. 



Lepidolemur globtceps, Forsyth Major. 



Characters. — " The smallest of the Sportive-Lemurs. Similar 

 to Lepidolemur ruficaudatus, but less rufous down the fore- 

 limbs ; the tail drab colour. 



" Skull very characteristic ; the brain-case broad, high, and 

 globose, the facial region short ; the premaxillae more reduced 

 than in any other species ; the external auditory channel very 

 large ; the occipital region less vertical than in the species of 

 Section A." 



Distribution. — Ambulisatra, south-west Madagascar. 



VI. GRANDIDIER's SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR 

 GRANDIDIERI. 



Lepilejuiir musfelinus, Gray (nee Geoffr.), P. Z. S., 1863, p. 144. 

 LeptdoIe??iur grandidieri, Forsyth Major. 



Characters. — " General colour cinnamon ; head greyish ; an 

 indistinct median dorsal streak from the forehead along the 

 back ; inner side of the hmbs and under side of the body 

 yellowish-grey. 



" Skull remarkable for the large size of its orbits, and for the 

 anterior convergence of its upper dental cheek-series being 

 greater than in the other members of the group." 



Distribution. — North-west Madagascar. 



VII. WHITE-FOOTED SPORTIVE-LEMUR. LEPIDOLEMUR LEUCOPUS. 



Lepidolemur leucopus^ Forsyth Major, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., xiii., p. 211 (1894). 



{Plate X.) 



