LExnun.K 



LEONHARDITE. 



to oUsrr* other* M UM expedition travelled. They were 

 ry active, cpringing from bnnoh to branch and tree to tree with 

 extraordinary facility, and always Mixed the branch on which they 

 Intended to rait In their manner* they considerably resembled the 

 monkey*, particularly in grimace* and gesticulation*. According to the 

 1 nocturnal, and rarely to be *een during 

 in the ne*t which it has formed in 



nalirea, the species i* entirely noct 

 UM day, which the animal spend* 

 UM fork* of branch** or in caviti 



M or in" caritie* of decayed tree* ; and in these 

 eocMtrocUd of soft graaa, the female* bring forth and rear 



their yooaf (ccoerauy two at a birth). Dr. Smith states that the 

 food of UM Jloluli consist* principally of pulpy fruits, though there 

 i* reason to beliere it also consume* insects, as remains of the 

 Utter were discovered in the itotuachs of several individuals which he 



Muholi (G*l*go JUUkoN). 



Dr. Smith for the i 



1 iii his work, considers this animal 

 Ho gives 



different from Q. SnttyaJaui*. Ho gives an elaborate anatomical 

 description aad good figure* of the more important and interesting 

 part* of this animal. 



In the ' Orituh Museum Catalogue ' the following specie* of Oalago 

 are found : 



'. .Souyofauu, the Senegal Oalago. From Gambia, Western Africa. 



(i. AUtmi, the Black Oalago. From Fernando Po. 



O. minor, the Little Oalago. From Madagascar. 



Ptrtdinitni (Bennett). Ksoe somewhat lengthened. Limb* *ub- 

 qua). Tail moderate. Index rery abort, the ungucal phalanx alone 







IncUon, -j ; canines, f^ ; molars, j^ (?). 



The upper incisor* are (unequal, and the lower slender and sloping 

 (dscliva*); UM canine* conic, compressed, with the anterior and 

 posterior margin* acute ; the ant upper molar imallett, the second 

 Ltrgsr, and both conic ; UM third scutcly tuberculate, the tubercles 

 bring two externally and ons internally; the fourth like the preceding, 

 ite internal tabercM rather larger than the rest (absent in the young 

 specimen) ; UM lower molars consist of two, conic and equal, and a 

 third externally acutely biUiberculated, and one internal tubercle: the 

 



F. Ow/rojri (BmiMtt) U of a chestnut colour, paler below, with a 

 fw atb-ookiuml hairs interspersed ; fleece woolly. U U a native of 

 Sierra Uon*. A lire specimen of this animal exists in the Gardens 

 of UM Zoological Socvty of London. 



Mr. BsMMtt gire* UM following a* the lynonym* of thi* highly- 



_._l . ti 11 _ it /-.!_ t tt sir v A i. r 



UM n*M M rounded, witn a projecting muzzle ; the 

 nostril* lateral, small, (inuotw. with au intermediate groove extending 

 to UM upper lip , the tongue rough with minute papilla, rather large, 

 thin, and rounded at the tip, and furnished beneath with a tongue- 

 like sppcndagr, which u shorter than th* tongue itself, and terminate* 



in about six rather long lanceolate procc-sea, forming a pectinated 

 tip. The eye* are small, round, somewhat lateral, and oblique ; the 

 ears moderate, open, and slightly hairy both within and without ; the 

 body rather slender, and the fingers moderately long. The index on 

 the forehand* is excessively short, the first phalanx being concealed, 

 and the ungueal phalanx (the only phalanx free) being barely large 

 enough to support a rounded nail, which did not exist on the speci- 

 men, but of which there was an apparent cicatrix ; nails of all the 

 other anterior fingers flat and rounded ; those of the hinder hands 

 similar, except that of the fore finger, which, as in the Lemurs 

 generally, is long, subulate, and curved. Toil of moderate length, 

 covered with hairs resembling those of the body. Hairs generally 

 long, soft, and woolly, each of them mouse-coloured at the base, 

 rufous in the middle, and paler at the tip ; some few tipped with 

 white. This arrangement produces on the upper surface and on the 

 outside of the limbs a chestnut hue, slightly mixed with gray ; the 

 under surface is paler. Muzzle and chin almost naked, and having 

 only a few scattered whitish hairs. Length of the head two inches 

 and two-tenths; of the body six inches ; of the tail one inch and six- 

 tenths, or, including the hairs, two inches and three-tenths. Breadth 

 of the head in front of the ears one inch and four-tenths ; distance 

 between the eyes four-tenths ; from the anterior angle of the eye to 

 the end of the nose seven-tenths ; from the eye to the ear fifteen- 

 twentieths ; length of ear* behind five-tenths, of their aperture eight- 

 tenths, breadth five-tenths. Elaborate measurements of the anterior 

 and posterior limbs ore given by the author, to which we refer the 

 reader. 



The animal is described as slothful and retiring, seldom making its 

 appearance except in the night-tune, when it feeds upon vegetables, 

 chiefly the Canada. It is known to the colonists of Sierra Leone as 

 the Bush-Dog. 



Mr. Bennett remarks that the genus is readily distinguishable from 

 the other f.nnuriilir by the comparative length of the tail. In this, 

 he observes, in the moderate elongation of the face, in the moderate 

 size of the ears, in the equality of the limbs, and especially in the 

 extreme shortness of the index of the anterior hands, reside its 

 essential characters. The latter character is regarded by Mr. Bennett 

 as especially important, and he considers it as indicating its typical 

 station in a family, all of which are distinguished from the neigh- 

 bouring groups by a variation in the form of the index or of its 

 appendages. " In the Leinuridas generally," says Mr. Bennett in 

 conclusion, " the nail of the index of the hinder hands is elongated 

 and claw-shaped, and unlike those of the other fingers, which are flat, 

 as in the Monkeys. This is frequently accompanied by an abbreviation 

 of the index of the fore hands, which becomes in Lori* (Geoff.) very 

 considerable, and is in Perodicliciu carried to its maximum, that organ 

 being here almost obsolete." (' ZooL Proc.,' 1831.) 



Of Cheirogalewi but little is known. M. Geoffrey characterised the 

 genus from the drawings and manuscript of Commenon. He gives 

 the following generic characters : Head round ; nose and muzzle 

 short; whiskers long ; eyes large and prominent ; ear* short and oval; 

 tail long, full (touffuo), cylindrical, and curled (enrouloe); nails of the 

 thumbs flat, and all the other noils subulate ; fur short 



The three species mentioned in Comrnerson's manuscript note* are 

 Cheirogalttu major, C. media*, and C. minor, all from Madagascar. 

 M. Geoffrey thinks that the species last-named is Oalago Madayai- 

 carientit. 



Two species are named in 'the British Museum Catalogue,' 

 C. Kmithii and C. typiau, both from Madagaicar. [LlcUANOTUS.] 



U'.NTH'.ri.AUl A <'!'..;;. IiuUer-Worl, a small mouopetalous order 

 of Exogenous Plant*, resembling Scrojihularincea! very much in all 

 respects, except that their seeds are arranged upon n free central 

 placenta. They are natives of ui.irshen or rivulets or fountains, in all 

 parts of the world, especially within the tropics. Pinyuicula vulyarit 

 Las the property of giving consistence to milk and of preventing its 

 Hcparating either into whey or croam. It is by the use of the leaves 

 of this plant that the solid milk of the Laplanders is prepared. 

 There are 4 genera and 175 species of thi* genus, all of which are 

 herbaceous plants, living in water or marshes, chiefly within the 

 tropic*. The species of Otnlitea are exclusively Brazilian. 



LENTIL. ptBTCH] 



LKX/I SITE, a Mineral consisting of silicate of alumina. It occurs 

 massive. Fracture earthy. Sometime* slightly conchoidal. Hard- 

 ness 1-5; easily scratched by the point of a knife. Colour white. 

 Lustre rather greasy. Translucent, transparent on the edges. Specific 

 gravity 1'8 to 2'10. When put into water it divides into numerous 

 small translucent bits, which, when touched, fall into grains of great 

 hardness ; by heat loses 25 per cent in weight, and becomes hard 

 enough to scratch gloss. It is found at Eifeld in Prussia. Dr. John's 

 analysis give* 



Silica 37-5 



Alumina 37-5 



Water 25'0 



100 



LEO. [FKLIDvK.1 



LEO'DICE. [ANNELIDA.] 



LEONIIAUDITE, a Mineral occurring crystallised. Primary form 



