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ORDER II. 



chestnut ; below, face, hands, and tail, black ; broad 

 white spot on the nape of the neck. 



L. albimanus, Geoff. White-handed Lemur. 

 Greyish-brown above, belly and hands white. 



L. albifrons, Geoff. White-fronted Lemur. 

 Chestnut-brown above; olive-grey beneath; white 

 band round head ; hands yellowish. 



L. mongoz, Linn. Mongoos Lemur. Brown- 

 ish-fawn above, with an olive shade; end of tail 

 black ; face grey ; top of head black ; cheeks bright 

 orange-brown : in the female, the top of the head 

 is grey. 



Li. nigrifrons. Dark-fronted Lemur, Geoff. 

 Greyish-brown above; ash-grey beneath; forehead 

 and face dark brown ; hands ash colour ; larger than 

 Mongoos. We have seen a male of this species 

 spring the whole length of his chain after a negro 

 child, lay open its neck with a deep long scratch, 

 making the blood flow profusely, and carry off an 

 orange, the object for which the attack was made. 

 This animal would always snatch lighted cigars out 

 of the mouths of bystanders, and often scorch itself 

 by rubbing the ignited part against his abdomen, 

 blinking and grunting all the while it remained 

 smoking. 



There are, besides these, the Diadem lemur, 

 Propithecus diadema of Bennet; the Anguan le- 

 mur, the Red-fronted lemur, and probably several 

 others ; all, as far as is yet known, inhabiting Mada- 

 gascar. 



Genus LICHANOTUS The Indris. The head tri- 



