The: Are-Are b charactenzed bf tibe fofloiriag^ aaria: The heai » 

 laiif e, the neck ribort, tlie bodj povretfol, the tafl as loo^ as tibe bodj- 

 The limbs are of the sane leagth. The eres are satall ia cnmageuiioa 

 with the bead, the ears retj larg^e. The tioogsaed ^stigen amd tir<e« are 

 remarkable. The dutmb is stroog^ aad diort, the aeder ifciger weaker, 

 the third finder as thick as die thnsub, the fittle finder rerj ftroog, vhdc 

 the ioo^ nuddle-fii^er seems driad t^. The tanas is moderateir ioa^, 

 the bi^-toe like the Asaab, the other toes all of the same lei^tk. The 

 hce IS of a reddisfa-^graj vith dark rii^ roood the eres and a %fat 

 patch orer them; the gzaj- caior cootimaes 00 the cheeks aad threat: 

 elsewhere the coUx is a brownish^ilack spndkkd vith vhite aad vith 

 gra J reflectJoos. The adtdts reach the length of treatj^serea iaches, 

 of irhich ooore daaa half beioi^gs to the taiL 



Pollen in 1S63 pubfisbed aa aoc:'- ^ ' the creatnre's habits. "TMs 

 remarkable beast lires in the bambr. of the interior of the idbod. 



The satires eaj it e %o rare as to be seies oolr br acckkaC; it fires aloae 

 or in paii^ never in band& k seen oolr at night and deeps br dar in the 

 densest duckets. It feeds on the sap of tise bambrio aad sogar-csae. as 

 wefl as 00 beetles and larvae- To get ks S(>«L it gsaws, -Midi ks Kr'ieag 

 incisors, an r^jeoing into the stem of the fiaoL, and tisroo^ it iJHert^ i-s 

 attenuated r' . t the insects or the hqaid. At 



amset It oo:_ ,_..,. . .; j openi^^ deft orboliwr in the 



trees, bat at the approach of da-rs liids itseif m the thickest recess^. 

 Its err, a load granting, is often beard in the nigiHt.'* 



The eitraordinarv character of the whfAe fK * : ''- ~mda£, '-' -'-'- 

 co'^nement to die i^2ad rA >Iadagascar, has noch i 



Geok^gists iniorm ns that remains of Lemnroids hare been Kxiod in tise 

 Eocene depr^its in France, while in yorih America Mr. Mar 



r-O less than tR---- : -_ ' : rdsct Lemcroids. "" - ■ 



a:r^ most allied -ican group, the Av 



nK>sets. Hence erea in the Terdaz-r dsfosts we hare act yet got 



^ enough hack to find the priraeral type &om which aS. the Primates 



spring, 



Mr. Wallace oonaders that there js erideace for behef that in ear?T 

 Terdarj times a oontinaoce 51a mxB the Bar of Bei^al to the Br 

 Islands isolated Southern aad C bich coutineat ext£=:>c.ea 



as fc- as Soodiera ladia aad - -£^ thk period tm '■'■/-=" 



rr:>e; of yismmz!^ were ateec* -% edemata, aad in 



